Natasha è fresca di nozze e la sua vita è praticamente perfetta: ha una casa da sogno, suo marito Nick è molto premuroso e ama alla follia la sua bellissima bimba di nome Emily. C'è solo una cosa che stride nel quadretto armonioso della sua vita: Jen, la ex moglie di suo marito. È una donna invadente e non sembra essersi affatto rassegnata all'idea di essere stata lasciata. Nick con lei è piuttosto accondiscendente, e Natasha finisce sempre per lasciar perdere perché si fida di suo marito e dei suoi sentimenti. Un giorno Natasha torna a casa e scopre che Nick e Emily sono svaniti nel nulla senza lasciare traccia. Persino le loro cose non ci sono più. Perché Nick avrebbe dovuto fare una cosa del genere? Le ore passano e l'angoscia attanaglia la giovane donna che, mettendo da parte tutto l'orgoglio pur di ritrovare la sua bambina, si decide a chiedere aiuto all'ultima persona al mondo da cui vorrebbe un favore: Jen. Nonostante l'abbia sempre considerata invadente e si trovi a disagio a parlare con lei, la disperazione le suggerisce che forse la ex moglie di Nick potrebbe essere l'unica a sapere qualcosa in grado di aiutarla. Ma Natasha può davvero fidarsi delle sue parole?
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Będziemy się za was modlić. Z Polski do Zimbabwe ścieżkami Przodków to książka
wprowadzająca czytelnika na ścieżkę mistyczną – drogą snów, choroby
szamańskiej, podróży z USA do Peru, do Zimbabwe, opowieściami szamanów i
uzdrowicieli, mitologii afrykańskiej i polskich bajek, językiem poezji. Jest
to książka która pokazuje, że są różne drogi do Boga. Wbrew własnej woli,
autorka przeszła druzgocącą chorobę szamańską, która najpierw prowadzi do
śmierci ego i przyziemnego życia, a potem do nowego życia w bliskości sacrum.
Sny zaprowadziły ją do Zimbabwe, gdzie odkryła zupełnie inny, lecz bardzo
znajomy świat, który pokazuje, że Bóg jest wszędzie, we wszystkim i
wszystkich, że Przodkowie nas kochają i nigdy nie opuszczają. Droga mistyczna
nie jest drogą zabobonów, lecz głębokiego sensu istoty życia – jest to droga
inicjacji od ludzi, przyrody, Wielkiej Miłości, aż wreszcie znajdujemy się w
domu. Książka Klary jest porywającą opowieścią człowieka, który wbrew swej
woli dotknął świętości. Zajmuję się szamanizmem naukowo od 10 lat i stąd wiem,
że historia Klary wpisuje się w światowy fenomen obecny na wszystkich
kontynentach, choć w Europie zapomniany. Rdzenne ludy syberyjskie,
amerykańskie, australijskie i afrykańskie zapadają na chorobę szamańską, która
wyniszcza ciało i odmienia psychikę, nieleczona często prowadzi do szaleństwa.
W Europie takich ludzi kieruje się do szpitali psychiatrycznych. Najstarsze
kultury wiedzą, że jest to powołanie do służenia ludziom, do porzucenia strefy
profanum i wejścia w sacrum. Klara – jako jedyna Polka – przeszła chorobę i
inicjację szamańską w kulturze południowoafrykańskich Shona. Jej historia jest
równie porywająca co powieść sensacyjna, zaś język brzmi jak poezja. „Będziemy
się za was modlić...” jest lekturą dla osób szukających w życiu głębi, a także
dla tych, którzy chcą się oderwać od otaczającej ich rzeczywistości i przeżyć
przygodę życia. Długo będę nosić w sercu jej opowieść. dr Agnieszka Podolecka,
orientalistka i afrykanistka, autorka powieści „Za głosem sangomy” i „Żar
Sahelu” Klara Wojtkowska jest muzykiem, pisarką, aktorką, reżyserką,
nauczycielką, uzdrowicielką i założycielką Mhondoro Dreams – teatru ceremonii
skupiającego się na działalności duchowo-artystyczno-performatorskiej.
Mhondoro Dreams ma zbudować pomost kulturowo-artystyczny między Zimbabwe a
Polską. Jej pierwsza podwójna płyta, Bangiza 1 i Bangiza 2 (Olśnienie), to
zbiór piosenek łączących instrumenty afrykańskie ze skrzypcami. Jej najnowsza
sztuka, NZARA: Hunger, miała udaną premierę w Zimbabwe. Klara jest absolwentką
Yale University i Rice University. Była także stypendystką Thomas J. Watson
Fellowship. Poza sztuką, Klara wykonuje prace uzdrawiające w dziedzinie
wróżbiarstwa (z Afryki), rytuałów, ceremonii i indywidualnych sesji
terapeutycznych. O jej pracy można przeczytać na masibanda.net lub
#mhondorodreams na Facebooku, albo napisać do niej na
Klara.wojtkowska@gmail.com
