Ama

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“I started writing this as a 17th-century novel. In this novel, it was easy to write from the point of view of the main character, a priest or Ama's mother, or a man without a name, or a Goddess Lilith, I wanted to bring in the many first-person singular voices, starting with an animal, a bat who is a story teller, moving to Pythagoras, to people who meet Ama within the setting of her coffee house. This narrative framework is 50% inspired with the Yin mind-set, dreamy and emotional and 50% factual, male, mind driven.” Says the Author in the Interview. “Holding up a mirror to society of ancient worlds can be fanatical or too obvious within the storytelling environment, so I had to break the rhythm with myths, with art, with dreams.” Sunday Times

subjects: fiction,  history,  social conditions,  missions,  missionaries,  Church history,  China Inland Mission,  China in fiction,  China in literature,  Christians in China,  Missions in China,  HISTORY / Asia / China,  Jesuits in China,  Southern China,  eastern philosophy,  PHILOSOPHY / eastern,  Tao,  alchemy in literature,  alchemy in fiction,  psychological aspects of Alchemy,  Internal Alchemy,  mind and body,  spiritual,  historical fiction,  China,  East Asia,  Macao,  Ama,  alchemy,  alchemy of love,  spiritual fiction,  fiction in English,  Chinese philosophy,  17th century,  enlightenment,  body mind spirit,  spiritual life,  alchemy of soul,  Macau,  psychology,  Eastern psychology,  spirituality,  spiritual books,  Spiritual Awakening,  Spiritual life in literature,  Spirituality in literature,  Spiritual life. fiction,  Religion & Spirituality,  RELIGION / Spirituality

People: Ama,  Lilith (deity),  Father Schall

Places: Macau,  Macao,  Macau (China),  China,  Portugal,  Southern China,  Pearl River Delta,  Asia,  East Asia,  East Asia / China

Times: Establishment of Chinese Annual Calendar,  17th Century,  Dutch attack on Macau,  Age of Reason,  Age of Enlightenment,  1593-1670,  Christians in China,  Missions in China,  Ming Xizong Emperor of China (1605-1627),  K""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""ang-hsi Emperor of China (1654-1722),  Jesuits in China