Ama Alchemy of Love

By Nataša Pantović Nuit

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

Description: “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