~ Excerpts from the forthcoming
Tree of Grace:
Troubadors, Patriots, Mystics and Lovers
© Camille Hamilton Adams Helminski
I.
The opening of this Journey began with the discovery of the beautiful spirit of our grandmother, Mary Barret Dyer and her later to be grand-daughter-in-love, Freelove Williams, granddaughter of Roger Williams, close friend and colleague of Mary and William Dyer, all early colonists of America and among those who stood steadfastly for Freedom of Spirit.
https://sufism.org/library/articles/cycles-of-witnessing-trees-of-life
Herein lies the kernel of Chapter 4, “A Friend of Truth”: Mary Barret Dyer and Chapter 5: “God’s Love Is Free”: Freelove Williams.
II.
The second unfolding arrived in completion under the Light of Mevlana Rumi and St. Francis as we journeyed to Konya:
Chapter 18, “Mystic Cousins”: Gurcu Hatun and Lady Jacoba
https://sufism.org/library/articles/gurcu-hatun-and-lady-jacoba-mystic-cousins
III.
The third unfolding completed in form as Chapter 3 with the news that our dear grandson had also chosen to study law like many of his forebears. It relates stories of grandmothers and aunts at the time of the Revolutionary War, who, together with their soulmates, also, stood for Freedom of Spirit and Country.
Chapter 3, “Poetry of the Soul”: Catherine Cumming Stockton and Annis Boudinot Stockton
“Poetry of the Soul”: Catherine Cumming Stockton and Annis Boudinot Stockton
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