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.

Blessed By Light-Filled Love by Mariam Massaro: the official purple and gold cover

The spiritual memoirThe Celestial
Teachings of AshentoFeatured paperback · 2024

Discover the memoir

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.

Open a thread to explore

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 memoir
02Sirius 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 sequence
03Page 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 Hour

02 / The celestial fiction

The Gaea Star Crystal books

From Star Sirius toward Earth.
Follow the Rainbow Brigade, one book at a time.

  1. Begin here Book 01
    Gaea Star Crystal Book 1: Awakening the Tribes of Light, showing a crystal above Earth

    Awakening the
    Tribes of Light

    A 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.

    Revised paperback · 2022
    ISBN 9781953904034

  2. Continue the journey Book 02
    Gaea Star Crystal Book 2: Entering the Portal, showing a woodland path with animals and fairies

    Entering
    the Portal

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

    The continuing Gaea Star Crystal saga

Explore both books on Mariam’s website
Mariam Massaro seated indoors, playing a wooden stringed instrument
Mariam Massaro · author & singer-songwriter

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 Hour

Episodes and listening options on Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network.

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