The books & creative world of Mariam Massaro
Blessed by
Light-Filled Love
A personal awakeningA forest vision quest.
A celestial encounter.
A life told in her own words.
The spiritual memoirThe Celestial
Teachings of AshentoFeatured paperback · 2024
Rooted in the Earth. Reaching toward the celestial.
A reader’s guide
Three threads.
One creative world.
A personal account, an imagined universe, a living musical practice. Choose a thread to find your way in.
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01Earth to spiritThe memoir
In Blessed By Light-Filled Love, Mariam recounts a forest vision quest and her encounter with Ashento, the spiritual figure whose guidance she describes in waking life and dreams.
Meet the memoir02Sirius to GaeaThe celestial fiction
The Rainbow Brigade journeys from Star Sirius toward Earth in Gaea Star Crystal. Begin with Awakening the Tribes of Light, then continue through the Portal of Illusion in Entering the Portal.
Follow the two-book sequence03Page to songThe musical practice
Mariam’s work also unfolds in sound. On the Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour, she creates improvised music with Bob Sherwood, Craig Harris and guests.
Find the Radio Hour01 / The spiritual memoir
A forest encounter.
A life in dialogue.
Blessed By Light-Filled Love:
The Celestial Teachings of Ashento
For Mariam, the story begins with a vision quest in the forest.
In this autobiographical account, she describes meeting Ashento, whom she understands as a twin flame and ascended spiritual master. His presence, as she recounts it, becomes a source of guidance in both waking life and dreams.
The book follows her account of spiritual awakening and the place of inspiration in her creative life.
- Featured edition
- 2024 paperback
- Publisher
- URLink Print & Media LLC
- Length
- 334 pages
- ISBN
- 9781684869145
The 2021 paperback and ebook are earlier editions, with different ISBNs and publication details.
02 / The celestial fiction
The Gaea Star Crystal books
From Star Sirius toward Earth.
Follow the Rainbow Brigade, one book at a time.
- Begin here Book 01

Awakening the
Tribes of LightA brigade of lightworkers sets out from Star Sirius on a mission to Earth. Angels, fairies and crystals accompany a story of protecting Gaea’s resources and restoring harmony.
- Continue the journey Book 02

Entering
the PortalThe Rainbow Brigade’s journey continues through the Portal of Illusion, into realms of fairies and crystals and worlds beneath the Earth.

03 / The life behind the books
Writer. Musician.
Rooted in the Earth.
Mariam’s creative life extends beyond the page. A singer-songwriter and the creator of the Gaea Star Crystal story, she brings writing, music and performance into a shared artistic practice.
She is the owner of WiseWays Herbals in Worthington, Massachusetts, and founded the Singing Bridge Performing Arts Lodge in Cummington.
04 / Beyond the written word
Listen to the world
behind the words.
The Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour
Original music created in the moment. Mariam joins Bob Sherwood, Craig Harris and guests in an improvisational musical conversation.
Explore the Radio HourEpisodes and listening options on Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network.
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