A Journey to Fierce Compassion
Around the world, women are working for justice and healing. In Nepal a woman doctor works tirelessly to rescue children who have been sold to Indian brothels. In Argentina, the mothers of the "disappeared" maintain a vigil against the government that stole the lives of their children. In India, Mother Theresa's Sisters soothe the fears of the dying, and an international women's campaign works to clean the waters of the Ganges River.
The lives of these women reveal an unusual source of strength: The fierceness of compassion symbolised in ancient icons, images, and archetypes of the wrathful divine feminine.
China Galland weaves myths and travel narrative into a powerful chronicle of the spiritual journey, tracing the re-emergence of fierce compassion both in the struggles of women around the world and at sacred sites of pilgrimage.
