Dorothy Walters is widely recognized as one of today's most ecstatic and illumined kundalini poets, which inspired the mystic Andrew Harvey to say about her, ""Of all modern visionary poets, Dorothy Walters is, to my mind, by far the wisest and most radiant." Her work is simultaneously authoritative and abandoned, with the power to uplift, transport, and even awaken readers to the extraordinary splendor of the Divine. In this volume, she shares the work of her lifetime of contemplation, offering an extensive set of poems that, as she describes, arrives in a special way, "pouring forth from the Divine Source over a short period of time" during which she became simply the vessel in which they were received. Walters is convinced that universal awakening is possible and indeed is now occurring over the globe through similar transformations. It is her wish that the poems in this volume will provide inspiration and guidance to all whose hearts are opening to divine love as well as those who long for such experience."This is a magnificent book written by our wisest and most mature mystical poet. Anyone who cherishes the mystical path and who pursues with awe and humility the way of divination will find in Dorothy Walters' poems not only radical inspiration but profound encouragement and abiding wisdom born out of the deepest experience of divine love." Andrew Harvey, author of Turn Me to Gold, Translations of Kabir. "Dorothy Walters, PhD, a former English professor, has brought her rare qualities of a penetrating intellect and a writer's disciplined mind to the mystic's path of unbounded Love, which has unfolded for her by the Divine's power of grace and transformation, known as Kundalini in the yogic tradition. Kundalini bestows the gift of directly experiencing the Infinite, the Divine, as our true nature and the nature of all we see. For Dorothy, this exploded the conventions of her ordinary heart and mind, allowing the cascades of light to flow through as her radiant poetry. Repeatedly bathe yourself in the warmth, humor, insight, devotion, irreverence, and power of the inspired poetry that flows from Dorothy's heart of hearts. You will see longed-for reflections of the truth of who you are."Lawrence Edwards, PhD Author of Awakening Kundalini: The Path To Radical Freedom"Dorothy Walters' luminous poems are literal transmissions of the possible for every soul who braves the peaks and valleys of the Path Within. We are extraordinarily blessed to have them. Actually, one does not read these poems. They are taken directly through the heart. Dorothy has delivered us to the gate of bliss and welcomes us home."Claudia Helade, Ph.D. Transpersonal Psychotherapist and artist
About the Author: Dorothy Walters, Ph.D., spent most of her early professional life as a professor of English literature in various Midwestern universities. She helped to found one of the first women's studies programs in this country and served as the director of this program for many years. After an extended residence in San Francisco, she now lives and writes in Colorado. She underwent major Kundalini awakening in 1981, a phenomenon totally unfamiliar to her as well as to most of her contemporaries at the time. Since then she has devoted her life to researching and writing about this subject and to witnessing the unfolding of this process within herself as well as assisting others on a similar path through writing and other means. As someone who made her extensive journey without the direction of any external leader or guru, church or established order, she is a strong believer in the "guru within," the inner guide rather than the external authority figure or institution. Walters feels that universal Kundalini awakening is the means for planetary and personal evolution of consciousness, and that evidence of planetary initiation is becoming more and more prevalent. Her Kundalini awakening and subsequent process of unfolding are described in her memoir Unmasking the Rose, A Record of a Kundalini Initiation. Her poems, which have been published in several volumes, included in anthologies and journals, have also been set to music and sung at the Royal Opera House in London and Harvard University, used as texts for sermons, included in doctoral projects and have given inspiration to many. Dorothy Walters often gives counsel and referral free of charge to those undergoing spontaneous Kundalini awakening and spiritual transformation. You can find more of her work at: www.kundalinisplendor.blogspot.com