Christine Autumn
WALKING WITH
THE ANCESTORS
"ASHE"
Unlock ancestral wisdom through sacred journeys. Ashe empowers your spirit, connecting past and present. Transform your path with timeless guidance.
Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being
― Victor Hugo
About the Author
Christine Autumn
Nine Years ago, I embarked on a mission to explore trees as sentient beings. I realized there were relationships between humans and other species that I also wanted to explore while telling you about Taos New Mexico where I have lived for thirty-four years.
I wrote Walking with The Ancestors because I wanted to see everyday heroes. To me magic is real, and the goal was to make it plausible where you can see yourself in one or more of the characters. Imagine a world where someone is not afraid to covertly fight for your right to exist and be free. “Ashe”
Captured by Sam Joseph Photography
Book
WALKING WITH THE ANCESTORS ASHE
The idea of writing an autobiography came to me in 1996, after a near-fatal car accident. Coming so close to death inspired me not only to piece my life together, as would any human being, but to tell others the soul-crushing story of the life that I once lived, whose nature I finally came to fathom for the first time in my life.
The narrative begins in 1962 literally, at my conception. It begins with the perspective of an unborn child caught in the abortion of a twin sibling, and finally born into an African-American family, whose roots reach back to 1926. None of the subjects thereafter are easy: family violence (both moral and physical), abortion, racism, sexual dysfunction and homosexuality, and plain being poor in America. However, I wanted to tell this story in a life-affirming fashion. My story is that of countless other people, my message simple: none of us can survive on our own, we need the life-giving nourishment of love. This is about love both denied and requited […]
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All That I Am
I am presenting my autobiographical book, “All That I Am.”I am a forty-four year-old African-American woman — teacher, poet, painter, and jazz singer — a graduate of the Pratt Institute and the first member of my family to graduate. For two years, a curator for the Society Of The Muse Of The Southwest. The idea of writing an autobiography came to me in 1996, after a near-fatal car accident. Coming so close to death inspired me not only to piece my life together, as would any human being, but to tell others the soul-crushing story of the life that I once lived, whose nature I finally came to fathom for the first time in my life.
The narrative begins in 1962 literally, at my conception. It begins with the perspective of an unborn child caught in the abortion of a twin sibling, and finally born into an African-American family, whose roots reach back to 1926. None of the subjects thereafter are easy: family violence (both moral and physical), abortion, homosexuality, racism, sexual dysfunction, and being poor in America.
However, I wanted to tell this story in a life-affirming fashion. My story is that of countless other people, my message simple: none of us can survive on our own, we need the life-giving nourishment of love. This is about love both denied and requited. […]
You Can Purchase The Book On These Platforms
Blogs
Author Christine Autumn talks about her new book “Walking With The Ancestors,” and book launch at SOMOS at 8:00 AM, June 27th.
You know, girl, we come from a history of magical people.” Oil Moss, a widowed father and carpenter-artist trying to raise his two kids in Taos, worries about his young daughter, Zarra, who talks to trees
Generational Wisdom: When Grandmothers Speak Through Trees
Grandmother Shiloah isn’t just a character, she’s a spiritual force. Explore the power of ancestral connection and how to tap into messages from the past that arrive through nature, intuition, and spirit. Wisdom doesn’t die, it waits.