Wild Mercy
Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics

I did not expect to be up at 1AM on a work night crying while reading this book. It was a good cry. Not every aspect of this book resonated with me, but that's ok. The biggest message of this book is "love", in all it's small moments and loftyness. But it's not a fluffy book. It challenges the "law o......more

Beautiful, powerful, mystical, magical... Fierce and Tender were perfect words to use in the title. Eye opening, cultural conditioning surrendering, just gorgeous!......more

Expected a history of female mystics. The author dedicates 3/4 of a page to a superficial overview of a mystic in each chapter buried in memoir and pandering. Rife with cultural appropriation, the author essentially encourages the readers to cherry-pick sacred spiritual practices from marginalized c......more

There was a time I was on a search for myself. Oh maybe I did that a few times in my life. And this book was recommended to me. So, I began reading. It became a slow process read, because I found myself underlining so many different passages that seemed to resonate with where and what I was feeling......more

Oh, how this book unravels the depth of femininity! You'll love reading from Mirabai's life experiences and bouncing that off the various female mystics that she shares and it's such a profound, personal read that you are never the same after reading it. Thanks Netgalley for the eARC.......more