Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Visionary & Metaphysical

Praise for John Crowley:

"Like a magus, John Crowley shares his secrets generously, allowing us to believe that his book is revealing the true and glorious nature of the world and the reader's own place within it."--Village Voice

" Crowley] transforms the lead of daily life into seriously dazzling artistic gold."--Newsday

Often de-scribed as an alchemical allegory, John Crowley instead decided this is "the first science fiction novel." After all "it's fiction; it's about the possibilities of a science; and it's a novel." No matter what else it might be,...

Bridget McGuire fell in love with God when she was thirty-five years old. Drowning in a sea of diapers and lost in her routine life as mother and wife, she felt invisible until that day in 1980 when she was on a retreat in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Caught up in an unexpected encounter with God, Bridget's life was turned upside down forever.

Her journey of transformation wasn't easy. The tragedies she endured--a brutal divorce, betrayal, forbidden love, and the agony of death--challenged her to continue to reach deep inside and hold on to the dignity of her own...

Scarred is an urban fantasy novel and is book two in The Elm Stone Saga. Sometimes we survive unscathed, Sometimes we are left scarred. Following an unforeseen attack, the White Elm council is depleted but even more determined to find and prosecute their former member, Lisandro, and his followers. Suggestions of a spy within the council ranks, however, cast shadows of doubt and suspicion, and trust is suddenly a commodity no one wants to afford. Events that can only be considered fateful have thrown Aristea and her new ally Renatus into the middle of this political turmoil, bringing into...

Jim's wish to learn more about the spirit realms results in Linsa, his Muse, leading him on a journey through his Third Chakra, where magic mushrooms carpet the fields, and in the course of demonic orgies conducted in a medieval castle Jim falls in love with Mindu, the young girl spirit of his dreams.

Their happiness, however, is threatened by Linsa's jealousy and her obsession with the demon/efreet Jod, an escaped spirit slave to whom she has offered a hiding place from the dangerous evil master who is scouring the universe in search of his slave and the priceless gold ring with...

Born into a lineage of priestesses in modern day Glastonbury, England, Sharay is chosen by the Goddess of the Stars and the Sea to help humankind move through the fear and chaos of today's world. To do so, she has to face her grief, loss, and her own dark side. Her way is blocked by her jealous Aunt Phoebe, who uses black magic against Sharay to steal her fortune and her magical powers. When Phoebe accuses her of insanity and murder, it's the elder, eccentric wizard Dillon who sets Sharay on the Celtic 'Imram, ' a quest designed to awaken her magical abilities as a priestess. And it's...

A humorous novel that crosses the boundaries between literary fiction, philosophy and plain silliness.

A mermaid turns up in your bath, without explanation or warning--what do you do? It's almost as disruptive as the search for Truth or (worse) finding it. To complicate matters further, Lionel falls in love with her just before she disappears into the clutches of the evil Dr Squidtentacles.

Lionel's efforts to rescue her are aided by his friend Captain Kipper, the Higgs Bosun and the lovely Lola 'Hotstuff' Tabasco, and complicated by international hallucinogenic chilli...

J. R. Austin's novel, Mars The Final Day, is a historical fantasy that mixes science fiction, history, and hard science, all the while carrying a deeper philosophical message for humanity. The first in a trilogy that lays down the foundational knowledge of Ikaran daily life and the mysteries of the Grand Cycle. The world of Ikara was settled by an Earth-like race of humans who divided into five unique nations. Jast Rathael from Elmanith is a determined and shrewd man, who wishes to lead his country into a new space age and explore the neighboring planet, Azur. But though he has a lot of...