reviews of dark mother

"The most radical thing is a long memory."
Kalli Halvorson, Herstar, doctoral scholar, Women's Spirituality, CIIS

"Lucia's work is unique among feminist scholars because she is unafraid to point out African origins of humanity and African origins of the dark mother."
Luisah Teish, poet, dancer, feminist scholar, CIIS workshop presenter

"So original and so courageous."
L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Genetics, Stanford University

"A map of our own foreignness ... interlayering history, folklore, and religion ... swept me right out into the long, deep, dark history of my own [Irish] grandmother's blood."
Karen Smith, M.A., CIIS; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

"Gives us a wonderful opportunity to examine what it means to be members of the human family as we affirm our identities through ethnicity, gender, race, religion, and the political, social, and cultural structures we create ... Not only new ways of knowing, but new questions, perhaps the greatest contribution any scholar can make."
Lillie Johnson Edwards, Director of Women's Studies and African Studies, Drew University

"So important and holds such true integrity. . .so clearly articulates(s) the living presence of the ancient influences."
Rose Wognum Frances, painter, sculptor, independent feminist scholar

"Her work is a source of intellectual pleasure and political hope."
Donna Haraway, History of Consciousness, U. C., Santa Cruz.

"Daring and supra-disciplinary ... a hope for our globe in these end times. One may recoil in outrage, face her disturbingly vital truths and/or suspend belief ... I bask in the chiaroscuri of her inexhaustible science and Lilithian poetry."
Justin Vitiello, French and Italian Literature, Temple University

"Lucia's work is at the frontier of women's studies."
Luisa Muraro, feminist thealogian, Libreria delle Donne, Milano, Italia

"Dark mother is exciting to me because it backs up what I say in my poetry ... As a working class southern italian/sicilian american pagan catholic ... it's more than a joy, it's a life saver."
Rose Romano, poet, editor, novelist, scholar

"Her work is at the cutting edge of scholarship around liberation theology today."
Harvey Cox, The Divinity School, Harvard

"Lucia's feminist scholarship, grounded in prehistory with a commitment to the women's movement, is an arrow into the new millennium."
Simona Mafai, former senator of Italy, editor of Mezzocielo

"Lucia's work is life-saving."
Chickie Farella, playwright

"Her multidisciplinary, multi-ethnic approach is bringing a desperately needed unguent ... providing a positive ground on which a healing discourse can begin."
Adele LaBarre Starensier, Art, Drew University

"A transformative experience for me ... groundbreaking."
Paola Chiarmonte, feminist scholar

"It is no exaggeration to say that [Lucia's work] is life-changing."
Dina Gerasia, sicilian educator

"As good as bread."
Judith Grahn, Director, Women's Spirituality, New College, San Francisco

"Rich with insight into ... hidden culture and politics ...invaluable folklore and history ...."
Matomah Alesha, The First Book of the Black Goddess

"Allows the reader to understand that cultural and political action can never be separated from spiritual perception."
Vivian Deziak Hahn, doctoral scholar, Women's Spirituality, CIIS

"A great contribution to women's studies and the transformation of world thought."
Necia Desiree Harkless, Nubian Pharoah and Meroitic Kings; Rulers of the Kingdom of Kush

"I have just finished your amazing book and I am reeling! What a powerful work you have created ... am totally blown away by how you pull in so many threads from such wide ranging fields of study ... engrossing and very moving. To find such a gem of personal story in the midst of a scholarly work reinvents what it means to be an historian ... incredible writing and ... courage."
Mary Saracino, Voices of the Soft Bellied Warrior

"wonderful, riveting, provocative ..."
Yana Womack, Doctoral Candidate, Women's Spirituality, CIIS