Men, Djinn and Angels

 The novel, Men, Djinn, and Angels: Awakening is the first of many stories in the Men, Djinn & Angels saga. The storylines are too rich for me to go in-depth with the novels or with the short stories.  I thought it would be nice to share some of the underlined currents and philosophies that connect to them.  The first theory deals with the time and physicality of the old earth and new.  Most people are familiar with the biblical account in Genesis, but I'd like to invite the reader to consider how it puzzles together with other possibilities.  First, let's consider the amount of time passed between the first three verses.   1. In the beginning, G-d created the heavens and the earth. 2.  Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of G-d was hovering over the waters.  3.  And G-d said, "Let there be light," and there was light. When I read City of God by St. Augustin...

My grandmother’s mom lived in rural Mississippi just outside of Greenwood where some of her ancestors of Choctaw and African descent spent their lives in forced servitude.   Roxanne, my grandmother’s mom was never a slave; she was the family’s first born emancipated.   As such, she was afforded the opportunity to have input on her future education and after taking a liking to a mid-wife, learning the trade, Roxanne delivered her first baby at sixteen year old.   Not only did she win trust and respect from everyone in her community for her skills as a mid-wife, she was soon respected as a healer.   She learned what herbs and roots are needed to make medicines to stop pain, break fevers and treat burns.   By the time she was twenty one, she was regularly called upon to tend the young and elderly until one day she was labeled as a witch by a doctor who came to treat a young boy and saw, to his surprise, the boy healed and active. In those days and in thos...