Hot Flush Dark Cave The extraordinary personal account of one woman's spiritual transformation through the portal of menopause. Tree dives through the portal as a willing, enthusiastic initiate. She follows her intuitive understanding; that she is responding to an invitation to a vital, life changing initiation. The story follows Tree's three-year journey. After spending twenty years raising a family, she responds to a deep need to withdraw into solitude, creativity and nature. She travels to her own interior, shedding parts of herself, burning off dross, using hot flushes as a form of alchemy, purifying herself. She spends much time in nature. During the initiation the veil between this world and the spirit world lifts. Much wisdom is imparted by the spirit world. Sometimes painful; both physically and emotionally, often joyful and enriching, and always transforming.