Elmina's Fire

A Novel

Linda Carleton

• Publisher: She Writes Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781631521911
• Year: 2017

What happens when a troubled young woman dares to follow the stirrings of her soul in turbulent times? Elmina begins life with a troubled childhood in a medieval French town—a childhood that turns her into a spiritually seeking young woman who dares to follow the stirrings of her soul. Her idealism and love lead her to leave a Cathar school and follow the man who will become Saint Dominic. As the world around her erupts into the Albigensian Crusade, Elmina finds herself complicit in its horror, and her spiritual and emotional life begins to unravel. With the aid of the counsel of her wise prior, Brother Noel, Elmina learns to paint her experiences within a sacred circle—a practice that helps her discover the origins of her lifelong fears and wrestle with questions that are as divisive today as they were eight centuries ago: the nature of God, the purpose of creation, the nature of evil, and the possibility of reincarnation.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Prologue
• Chapter 1 Fanjeaux
• Chapter 2 Le Jeu d’Adam
• Chapter 3 The Ostal
• Chapter 4 Consolamentum
• Chapter 5 The Path to Perfection
• Chapter 6 Dominic
• Chapter 7 Trial by Fire
• Chapter 8 Flight
• Chapter 9 Prouilhe
• Chapter 10 Saint Cecilia
• Chapter 11 Out of the Depths
• Chapter 12 In Need of Mercy
• Chapter 13 The Summer of Our Content
• Chapter 14 The Coming Storm
• Chapter 15 Ignis Consumens
• Chapter 16 Ella
• Chapter 17 Crusade
• Chapter 18 Minerve
• Chapter 19 Mandragora
• Epilogue
• Questions for Discussion
• About the Author