I Dared to Call Him Father

What are the motifs in I Dared to Call Him Father by Bilquis Sheikh?

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Spiritual Experiences/Dreams are tecurring ideas. Bilquis considers herself a blessed woman who experiences incidents and has dreams that reach out to her spiritual being. The first such incident occurs one evening as Bilquis is walking through her palatial garden. Something invisible clasps her hand and brushes by her. The feeling of this strong presence alarms her and stays with her throughout the evening and the days following. Subsequently, she has several dreams one in which she is dining with Jesus Christ. In another dream she meets with a person called John the Baptist. This prophetic dream is stunning since she had never heard the name of "John the Baptist" before in her life.