A Spectacular Dawn

A Spectacular Dawn is the final in this series and here Gabriel Orion Marie takes you into the heart of her healing, her conscious reclaiming of her sanity, her soul, her life and her joy. In this volume she shares extensively from her correspondence with Dr. A. and we are allowed to witness the depth of respectful, professional love that was a key ingredient in the thoroughness of her healing.

"It was when I realized that Dr. A. respected me more than my father despised me and loved me more than my father hated me that I felt the certainty that my whole recovery was possible. Only respectful love can permanently undo the damage of hatred. And his love was expressed by unwavering commitment, impeccable boundaries, and unconditional acceptance and respect. Period. That was critical for my whole resurrection. Anything less would have amounted to symptom management and I didn't want that, I wanted Healing!"

About this Series
There are many themes in the areas of wounding and healing from sexual abuse, incest, and torture, and for my books, I have chosen themes that were most prominent in my journey. I created over 325 paintings and drawings during several years of my therapy and have arranged selections of them by themes for chapters. I tried to choose paintings in each topic that I felt would communicate best what I am trying to share. These themes and paintings are divided into three books, each sharing the subtitle: Recovery From Incest Through Painting My Story:

This White House (Book One)
Chapter 1 A Legacy of Shame: A Brief Autobiography
Chapter 2 First Revelations: Beginning Therapy
Chapter 3 Child Pornography/Child Prostitution
Chapter 4 Multiplicity
Chapter 5 Inner Deaths: Borderline Series
Chapter 6 Obesity and Measurement
Chapter 7 Spirituality and Guilt

Going Sane (Book Two)
Chapter 1 The Therapeutic Relationship
Chapter 2 Establishing My Insanity
Chapter 3 Tortured: Segreto Oscuro (Dark Secret)
Chapter 4 The Penis Question
Chapter 5 The Fiercest Taboo
Chapter 6 Sensations
Chapter 7 Some of My Selves

A Spectacular Dawn (Book Three)
Chapter 1 Choosing Consciousness
Chapter 2 Grieving
Chapter 3 Letting Go
Chapter 4 Forgiveness
Chapter 5 A New Beginning
Chapter 6 The Dawn and I
Chapter 7 Only Now