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Originally Posted by SleazyDream
14. Why do you refer to your mom as a 'spiritual explorer'
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As I think is the case with most
sons, my mother was the most influential person in my life.
She was also a beautiful, brilliant woman, a poet and the most generous person I ever met.
She was flawed and broken, but loved completely and unconditionally.
Here are she and my dad, circa 1960...
They parted when I was 1 year-old, and she spent the rest of her life single.
Among the pursuits to which she did give her attention was the discovery of
spiritual truth.
She experimented with many belief systems, including Afro-Caribbean Santeria, Spiritism (possession) and White Voodoo.
All I'm going to say about it is that, while growing up, I got to see things that
prepared my mind for the discoveries and challenges of my adult life.
My mother was the very thing that I want to be, though I know it is very, very dangerous.
She was a
lightning rod -- an attractive object placed at a dizzy height, to draw down bolts from the heavens.
Victoria Mardach* died on February 11th, 2000 -- a year whose arrival she strangely dreaded. I should have, too.
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*(Not a typo, I changed the "h" to a "k" in 1995)