A spiritual soul searching journey has come to the creation of Tori Amos’ ninth album, “Beekeeper.”

“Beekeeper” evokes an emotional, physical and mental healing through abstract songs. The tracks are not all autobiographic, but are from stories that Amos discovered while exploring her Christianity.

The tracks are separated into six themed gardens. The gardens are desert, rock, the orchard, roses and thorns, the greenhouse and elixirs and herbs.

The songs are very soothing and resemble work from her earlier albums such as 1998’s “The Choirgirl Hotel.” The styling of Joni Mitchell’s folk-jazz-pop and perhaps Robert Plant’s wailing blues are present through Amos’ songs.

The tracks have substance and show the storm chase that Amos went through to create this album.

“Beekeeper” features guest Irish folk singer Damien Rice on “The Power of Orange Knickers.” This song crafted a combination duet of the deep voice of Rice behind Amos’ soft, yet seductive, vocals.

Amos’ songs use a piano to represent the female and an organ for the male. She is assertive in her voice and sometimes strict when telling her stories, but the lyrics are a bit too oblique and imaginary.