Ruby by Mary Summer Rain is Mary's second fictional work. Her other works include the No Eye's series of books, multiple reader question and her answer books, two memoirs, and more.

She is one of the greatest spiritual writers of our time. Her influences of Gnosticism, Edgar Cayce, and Native American spirituality, are apparent in her beliefs and wisdom.

Her books have been my mentors as I have travelled my own path of spiritual growth and development. I highly respect her not only as a talented author, but as a person.

Ruby is her newest book, a fictional story that posits reality is unlimited possibilities, one of these possibilities being that an elderly bag lady is really the incarnation of the MotherGod. There are three main characters in this book: Sadie, Savannah, and Ruby. Together Sadie and Savannah cross paths with Ruby and witness the elder women interact with many diverse people and perform seemingly supernatural things.

If you are familiar with Mary's previous works, this book reads like a distillation of her previous messages she has put forth in other books. This would be an excellent book to be introduced to Mary's writing because I think it would pique interest to delve into her more serious works.

The book struck me as being written for someone who is new to the concept of God having a female aspect, and is willing to explore the notion of God being both Father and Mother. Mary doesn't go into depth how Christianity converted the Goddess into the genderless Holy Ghost/Spirit; she glosses over that ancient cultures did worship Goddesses known by various names and images. The entire thrust of this story is that the Goddess is currently living among us cleverly "disguised" as a bag lady.

Since the notion of God being both male and female is something I've explored for almost 20 years, the book read for me like 'preaching to the choir'. Still, I love Mary's writing style and her ability to convey important messages while crafting a darn good story.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Recommendation: 3.5 out of 5