Mothers of Magic

“In a world where so many of us feel unmothered, unanchored, and cut off from the deep sources of nourishment that once sustained our souls, Finn reminds us that we were never meant to be held by one mother alone. We were meant to be circled by many–human, ancestral, elemental, animal, and unseen… This book is not optional reading for our moment. It is essential.”

–Dr. Gertrude Lyons, podcast host, TEDx speaker, and author of Rewrite the Mother Code: From Sacrifice to Stardust - A Cosmic Approach to Motherhood“A powerful and intimate act of generosity and care… If we stand any chance of throwing off modernity’s shackles, might we need to re-imagine–through remembering and through dreaming-forward–what mothering means in ways that are both simple and complex, as well as what it means to mother one another and the worlds we’re living in, and what it means to be mothered ourselves, by forces both minuscule and grand? I pray that this beautiful book plays its rightful part in that re-imagining, and that Perdita’s wise incantation and evocation for Mothers of all kinds is heard across all the worlds.” –Tom Hirons, author of Sometimes a Wild God“We know the feminine has been diminished–but what happens when we face that truth through the raw, complicated stories of our own mothers and grandmothers? Clear, compassionate, and disarmingly honest, Finn’s prose reminds us that the gifts we long to offer often rise from histories far older than our own lives.” –Mary Reynolds Thompson, author of The Way of the Wild Soul Woman and The Wild Scribe

“How many of us even know our mother and grandmother’s stories? Who amongst us has the courage to really ask–and deeply listen? …Finn invites us to put away the books of men and thoroughly look at the lives of our mothers and grandmothers before, during, and after patriarchy.”

–Trista Hendron, Founder of Girl God“Filled with heartrending stories and hard-won wisdom, Perdita Finn’s compendium to mothers and mothering is a cri de coeur in androcentric times, a passionate argument for the bring sacred maternity back to the heart of contemporary life.” –Mark Matousek, author of Mother of the Unseen World: The Mystery of Mother Meera“Perdita Finn’s magical new book brings both essential challenge and profound comfort to this earthen moment, inviting us to see beyond the overcultural confines of linear time and to ground ourselves in the natural, entangled, eternal rhythms that sustain all life. These pages call us to walk the world fully alive and enlivened–nourishing the earth and all beings even as we are nourished in ever-unfolding reciprocity. We emerge from this book radiant, with a deepened sense of ourselves as both mothered and mothering, always and everywhere, and with the beautiful understanding that we are not somehow falling behind in life. For, as Finn reminds us with rare grace, the story of the soul is very long. This book is a lodestar for anyone seeking to live with reverence, rootedness, and wonder.” –Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit“Do not be fooled! This book is more than a book. It is a passport to a wild country and Perdita Finn is a poet, a magician, a myth maker and unmaker, a storyteller of great power, humor, and depth. As you read her alluring tales of being mothered and mothering, you will meet your own mother, your grandmother, your ancestors, and yourself. And as you practice and pray along to her reverent and irreverent incantations, you will find healing and hope.” –Elizabeth Lesser, author of the NY Times bestsellers, Broken Open, Cassandra Speaks, and other books, and the cofounder of Omega Institute“In this luminous summons, Perdita Finn reveals the quirky wonders of her enchanting matrilineal matrix and prompts us to excavate the magic hidden within our own family trees. Her stories are rapturous and real, her writing exquisite, and her connection to the unseen as ordinary and alluring as baking bread. Perdita opens the way for people of all genders to harvest the wisdom of our female ancestors, connecting us not only with our deepest selves but with our place in the entire web of creation to which we belong.” –Mirabai Starr, Author of Wild Mercy and Ordinary Mysticism