Margaret De Wys is a composer and sound installation artist whose works have been performed at venues including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. She has traveled extensively and worked closely with traditional healers throughout the world. Currently working with John of God (João de Deus) in Brazil and at Omega Institute in New York, she also takes groups to the Ecuadorian Amazon to work with the shaman who healed her of breast cancer. The author of Black Smoke, she divides her time between Upstate New York and Southeast Nigeria.
Initiation
Gum Boots
Purging
Burial
Vine of the Maestros
The Holy Terror
The Jungle Lives in Us
Spirit of the Waters
The Ghost Child
Petroleros
The Boiling Waterfall
Woman from the North
Apprenticeship
Dangerous Nonsense
Threats of Drought and Famine
Bare Arms Touching
Madre
A Billowing Light
I Want to Be Alone
Rosita
The Women of Gualaquiza
God of the Black Jaguars
A Crystal Palace
Union
Bird Bones and Plastic Bags
Possession
Partnership
Flechas
The Dueño of New York
A Poultice of Tar
A Different Kind of Power
The Bay of Beavers
Medicine of the Stars
The Quill
The Bust
Running Naked in Toronto
Epilogue
Acknowledgments