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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 sense of awe and reverence for the privilege of being alive.

The adytum is a thin place found deep inside each of us. Most people refer to this place as their soul. Our adytum makes us more than we can imagine. We are more than how we define ourselves.

Snippets from Adytum by Mary Cools:

“I knew the real reason for his shiny scalp peeking from beneath his careful comb-over.”

“Really, he had no imagination! But I knew why.”

“I had learned about hunger.”

“his eyes had already turned away from the clouds and his thoughts had turned inward.”

“He grabbed my arm roughly and I felt each of his fingers bruise me.”

“I cried because of my father’s darkness; and because I loved him. And he could be terrifying.”

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Adytum is about the near destruction of my soul.

 Read my book, Adytum, which will launch at Friesen Press in January 2025. In this book, I share how I came to know PTSD and how my parents learned to cope with it.

Mary Cools