Contents: Introduction. I. Getting to know the mother: 1. Ammachi. 2. Hinduism and the mother. 3. Kundalini Shakti. 4. Jillellamudi mother. II. Love and rapture: 1. The lure of divine love. 2. The lover and the beloved. III. The mother’s discipline: 1. Penetrating deep into the mind. 2. Who is the Guru? 3. Tapas. 4. Kali. IV. The shadow from a spiritual perspective: 1. Forgotten secrets. 2. Demons within and without. 3. The religious shadow. 4. The family shadow. 5. The personal shadow. V. Surrender: 1. Releasing gradually. 2. The song of God : The Bhagavad Gita. 3. Love can blossom even out of the darkest shadow. VI. Contentment and yearning: 1. Saying yes to everything. 2. The bittersweet of yearning. Epilogue. Appendices.

"The Path of the Mother introduces us to a divinity more whole than any we have yet encountered—her arms open to men and women of any persuasion or practice. She is at once masculine and feminine, creator and transformer, joy and anguish, the all-loving mother and the true, realized human self. Drawing on her most vibrant expression, this inspiring book traces her myriad faces—compassionate, fierce, enchanting, challenging, passionate—in male and female deities of many religions.

"It is a six-stage journey to union with the Great Mother, framed by Savitri Bess’s own years of devotion to one of her most famous incarnations—the Hindu mystic Ammachi. Interweaving Hindu myths with her own quest and those of others, Bess reveals this journey as an exodus from aloneness to the wonderous integration of love, worship, and service into life’s daily tasks.

"Practical exercises, meditations, yoga, and prayers will help both novice and veteran seekers to rediscover their innocence, balance their inner masculine and feminine energies, resolve their buried wounds, desires, and talents, and open their hearts to the nurturing guidance of the Mother-God within us all."