Author, Author Shine Out Loud! From Mystical Memoir to
Mystery Writer
Dana Micucci has
enjoyed a decades-long career as a widely published journalist and author
writing about culture, travel, and spirituality. She is the author of
a new novel, The Third Muse, an international art-world mystery
inspired by Renaissance ideals and the divine feminine teachings of the
Magdalene Order. Her last book, Sojourns of the Soul: One
Woman’s
Journey around the World and into Her Truth, was a gold winner in the
2013 Nautilus Book Awards. She has a private healing practice and conducts
transformational talks and workshops nationwide.
DanaMicucci.com
The main themes of The Third Muse:
The
wisdom of the heart. The transformative power of love. The divine feminine mystery
teachings of the Magdalene Order.
The
story/message of The Third Muse
--In Dana Micucci's new novel The Third Muse, a metaphysical
mystery set in the international art world, New York journalist
Lena Leone investigates the mystery of a stolen painting, the Portrait of
Giovanna Tornabuoni by the Renaissance master Ghirlandaio. In the process, she
undergoes a series of initiations that unexpectedly take her on a
transformative journey deeper into her heart.
--The Florentine
noblewoman Giovanna Tornabuoni, who is schooled in the divine feminine wisdom
of the Magdalene Order, reaches out to Lena through time and teaches her about
the healing power of love.
--Flashbacks to the
Renaissance period and Giovanna's life mirror the New Renaissance that we
are experiencing now on many levels--in culture, spirituality, science, health
and wellness, and ways of doing business-- through a great shift in
consciousness .
Audience for The
Third Muse
--Micucci wrote The
Third Muse particularly to empower women. She hopes the story of the soul
connection between Lena and Giovanna, two women six centuries apart, will
inspire strength and courage in women for generations to come.
The author's Journey in Writing the Novel and Why She Wrote It
-- Micucci, a Pittsburgh
native and longtime New York journalist who has written for many well-known
publications, began writing The Third Muse in a garret in Paris 25 years ago.
This very long labor of love is her fifth book and first novel. She
says it was a test of her faith to keep holding onto her vision and
believing that The Third Muse would one day be published. She is pursuing
a film adaptation of the book, another one of her longtime dreams.
Unique Aspects about
this Book
--Having studied fiction
at Columbia University under the late novelist Raymond Kennedy, to whom The
Third Muse is dedicated, Micucci weaves together themes from her own life
in the novel, which is set in New York, Paris, and Florence. She says The Third
Muse, like her last book, the spiritual travel memoir Sojourns of the Soul: One
Woman's Journey around the World and into Her Truth, is ultimately about the
universal human journey towards wholeness.
The Author's Career as a New York Journalist and Author. Her Writing Process.
--As a journalist
Micucci had the privilege of traveling to many exotic, sacred sites throughout
the world. She chronicles these journeys and her own inner illumination and
growth in her memoir Sojourns of the Soul, which delves deeply into the
timeless spiritual teachings of the world's wisdom traditions.
How The Third Muse Builds upon Prior Book the Award-Winning Sojourns of the Soul
--Both of these
books--Sojourns of the Soul and The Third Muse--carry a heart-centered message
for our time. Micucci believes that we will be able to create a whole new
way of being on a whole new earth, when we think with our hearts, see with our
hearts, trust with our hearts, and lead with our hearts.
Other Projects
--She speaks frequently at venues around the country about
Embodying the Wisdom of the Heart, where she shares powerful heart-based
teachings and practices from the world's wisdom traditions (Tibetan, Egyptian,
Mayan, mystical Christian, shamanic, etc. ) gleaned
from her lifetime of travel
that people can apply to their daily lives.
--Micucci will be giving
a presentation, Embodying the Wisdom of the Heart, on February 15 at Unity
Center of Pittsburgh from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Register at www.unity center.com.
--Though she has
traveled the world, she says she is proud to be from Pittsburgh, a city with so
much heart. She makes frequent trips back to Pittsburgh to visit her family.
She is now based in Taos, NM, after many years in New York City.
What Author Hopes
readers will gain from The Third Muse
--Micucci also has a
private healing practice, having trained in energy and shamanic healing with
many well-known teachers. She says all her work--writing, speaking, mentoring,
and healing services--carries a transformational healing vibration aimed at
empowering people to live to their fullest potential.
--For information about
Micucci's audio course, Awakening the Mystic Within: A Course in Self
Mastery for Higher Living, and her mentorship program, Divine Life: A Woman's
Guide to Your Own True Power, visit her website www.danamicucci.com.
ABOUT THE THIRD MUSE
New York journalist Lena Leone is beautiful, successful, and has a devoted
boyfriend. Yet something is missing. When her editor sends her to Paris to
investigate and write about a stolen Renaissance masterpiece, the
Portrait
of Giovanna Tornabuoni, she becomes immersed in a dangerous art
scandal that tests her to the core and jeopardizes her life. Lena’s haunting
visions of Giovanna in Renaissance Florence turn up the heat.
The Third Muse combines mystery, suspense, history, and
spirituality with radiant eloquence. Dana Micucci masterfully explores the
timeless quest for wholeness through the soul connection of two women six
centuries apart. At the heart of her exquisite novel is a story of unbridled
heroism that will inspire strength and courage in women for generations to
come. Discover the seven life-altering initiations that lead Lena not only to
solve the mystery of the stolen painting but to open to a more expansive love.
Get
The Third Muse on
www.amazon.com.
“This beautifully written mystery, set in
the international art world, expresses a deep heart-centered wisdom inspired by
Renaissance ideals and the goddess archetype. In our own time of great change
and rebirth, Dana Micucci celebrates the return of a divine feminine
consciousness and the power of love.”
—Marci Shimoff,
New York Times bestselling author of
Happy
for No Reason and
Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul
“Dana Micucci’s The Third Muse is a wonderful blend of
spirituality, history, suspense, and intrigue. At its center are the deep
divine feminine mystery teachings of the Magdalene Order. This novel serves as
a powerful vehicle of awakening and remembrance for the many present-day
members of this Order who have yet to discover who they are.”
—Catherine Ann Clemett, author of
Soulweaving and co-author
of
Anna, The Voice of the Magdalenes
“The
Third Muse is a captivating read! From the intriguing international art
scene to time-traveling through the Renaissance, you will be inspired and
touched by the spiritual exploration of this book.”
—James F. Jereb, Ph.D., award-winning author, visionary artist, and founder
of the sacred site Stardreaming
Thank
you very much,
Dana
917-626-6583
(cell)
Dana Micucci
Author
| Speaker | Healing Practitioner
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