Becoming Mad and Asking Why the River is Flowing: an ethnoautobiographic account of an igorot woman

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by Allu Kuy

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This audacious and thought-provoking work recounts the author’s lifelong spiritual quest to understand the elusive “Mind of God.” The journey begins with a simple childhood question—asked by a six-year-old girl pointing to the river in her hometown: Where does the river begin, and where does it end? From that moment unfolds a profound exploration of dreams, visions, storytelling traditions, and metaphysical inquiry. Raised between two powerful influences—a revered shaman grandmother and a devout catechist mother—the author navigates the tension between Indigenous wisdom and Christian doctrine while confronting life’s deepest questions: God, death, suffering, free will, and the nature of reality. Told through folktales, parables, memories, and visionary episodes spanning three generations of indigenous women, this work blends existential philosophy with shamanic insight and quiet humor—an intimate and compelling search for meaning in a mysterious universe.

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