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Adytum
"Survival Guide" - a quote from that chapter in Adytum:
“He (my father) taught that what we think can outweigh the corporeal world around us.” Believe in yourself and you can...

Mary Cools
May 12, 20252 min read
Adytum
Quote: “Somehow my thoughts seemed to gather in corners like the snow; my mind was clogged and frozen over with multidirectional fluff....

Mary Cools
Apr 25, 20252 min read
An excerpt from Adytum that means the world to me:
"My father would have said to my mother, “Mama, look what we started!” Their lives were always complete when their family gathered around...

Mary Cools
Apr 16, 20252 min read
Adytum a memoir -- for me, it was a strengthening expeerience:
My memoir about my dad’s life philosophies sometimes helped me in my life. But the most important thing he taught me is included in...

Mary Cools
Mar 31, 20251 min read
Adytum, my memoir:
I wrote my memoir, not because I am famous or important in any way. I wrote it because I grew up amidst much secondary trauma which...

Mary Cools
Mar 24, 20252 min read
Adytum, an insight:
My mother . . . “I am glad she was there for us. She was the leaven in all of Dad’s bread—I know she lightened my burden when listening...

Mary Cools
Mar 20, 20251 min read
A Paraphrase from Adytum:
Adytum 's story is a part of me. It is made up of many parts: my stories, my father’s stories and my mother’s stories. My mother’s...

Mary Cools
Mar 15, 20251 min read
Another description of Adytum
By Mary Cools This description of Adytum was solicited by another client, and they requested 300 words. While the content in my...

Mary Cools
Mar 12, 20252 min read
As requested, a description of Adytum
A description of Adytum By Mary Cools: Recently, I was asked to write a 500-word description of my memoir, Adytum . You cannot...

Mary Cools
Mar 10, 20253 min read
He Touched My Adytum
He Touched My Adytum “My father’s silences were bits of him that I could absorb, feel. Even as a child, I sensed where he went, why he...

Mary Cools
Feb 17, 20251 min read
Sharing Adytum:
Adytum (ad-it-um): the most sacred place within a sacred place; the inner shrine of the heart, the place inside you where you feel a...

Mary Cools
Jan 29, 20251 min read
Snippets from Adytum
Definition: Adytum (ad-it-um): the most sacred place within a sacred place; the inner shrine of the heart, the place inside you where...

Mary Cools
Jan 9, 20251 min read
It's NOT just me? Is it?
Adytum Adytum (ad-it-um): the most sacred place within a sacred place; the inner shrine of the heart, the place inside you where you...

Mary Cools
Dec 11, 20241 min read
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