Mystic Grits: A Southern Girl's Journey to Wisdom
Darelyn "DJ" Mitsch
Mystic Grits is a story about a southern
girl’s personal evolution and growth into a
conscious awakening at midlife –presented as a
work in “meta-fiction,” the collision of
two literary genres –autobiography sparked with
metaphysical spirituality –or, said another
way, the “Dance of the Dissonant
Daughter” meets Star Trek, the Next
Frontier.
Follow a young girl named Precious, the namesake of a
wise, Carolina tobacco-farming grandmother –she
calls Maw Maw– the magical influence in the
girl’s early life and who shows up posthumously
as an “image” during a retreat in the
mountains and as a consistent voice and guide in her
journals.
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About the Book
Struggling with where to start the story of her life’s
journey, the author writes, “I climbed the ladder to my
attic to collect dust-covered journals and diaries among the
luggage, my kid’s outgrown clothes and that vast
collection of Beanie Babies I thought would make me rich one
day. I wanted to see if there was a story worth reading in
the diary pages written as I explored the depths of my soul
during life transitions and spirit-filled growth
spurts.” Pulling from these journals just a few of the
cosmic events and deeper inquiries, she has found a novel way
to transform truly personal reflections into a sampling of
anecdotal stories about her inner journey beyond her southern
traditions and values.
More than just an entertaining story, the book is a
recollection of actual moments from the author’s life.
Young Precious grows into a spirited woman who, while
remaining true to her deep-rooted faith, is also awakened to
a more-expansive view of how “to live out loud”
and fully embrace her many gifts. So, Mystic Grits is
ultimately a story about a conscious awakening. Playing with
the Ouija Board Game at her 10th birthday party, Precious is
told that she will become a “T-E-A-C-H-E-R,” to
which she replies, “Yuck, that’s not what I want
to be, I want to be an airline stewardess and see the whole
wide world.” Continuing to resist even more obvious
messages, she finally learns to surrender, trusting divine
guidance to show up just in time for the most critical
decisions of her life. These decisions are typical of many
who are reflecting on their quest for what’s next,
asking the big life questions about who they will marry, the
children they might have, how to face daily career
challenges, and how to support a friend who faces mortality.
Her quests leave her restless as she begins to capture her
journey–wrestling with this leap of faith she will
ultimately take to become a writer!
This “southern girl’s journey to wisdom,”
is divided into four books that illustrate a solid grounding
in faith and then an expansion of this faith in herself, in
humanity, and in the Divine. Captured in the four section
titles – Foundations, Leaps, Lessons, and
Mysteries--each set of reflections builds on the revelation
that there is more to this life than what we know. The
conversations with her Maw Maw Precious give the younger
Precious an easier way to talk to God through prayer. Growing
in trust, she has a glimpse of a spaceship at Hanging Rock
State Park, communes with angels and other guides in her
journals and meditations, and has too many coincidences to be
just that. Through these magical experiences, Mitsch
discovers the marvelous potential that is available to those
willing to envision a larger experience of this life and our
place in the Universe.
The author ends the book with her views on writing as an act
of faith: “I hear a constant drumming to help
‘awaken the torchbearers’ who will lead us to a
new place in our human evolution. I have an amazing faith
that those who read my story are being called forth with your
light. So now as this story ends, a new story begins.”
She leaves us all with the invitation to become courageous
enough to share our own stories.
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