WATER
Book Four of the Elemental Journey Series
by Caroline Allen
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Pub Date Sep 20 2020 | Archive Date Nov 07 2020
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Description
By the author of the award-winning Elemental Journey series, WATER comes at a time when the message is most urgent.
Pearl Swinton is drowning in a dark night of the soul. In the depths, she hears a cry to purpose, but to what?
A former journalist who has spent years trying to outrun her psychic visions, Pearl meets a mentor in an urban mystic named Rayne, who introduces her to the concept of the Divine Feminine and sets her afloat on the turbulent waters of self-acceptance. Pearl finds herself navigating Seattle’s metaphysical scene, studying tarot, shamanism, and past-life regression. As a journalist, she gave voice to the voiceless, and in the transformative journey she’s now on, she is being asked to find her own voice.
Accepting her new mystical calling finds her at the helm of a rickety folding table in the back of a bookstore reading tarot for the public. Daily she dives deep into the psyches of many, finding inside each person a lushness and a rootlessness, a poetry and a thirst. Still Pearl resists this life. Still she runs away.
It will take a national tragedy to break through the walls of her resistance and show Pearl how desperately the world needs her to step into her power, to own the divinity of the feminine voice.
Advance Praise
"“The imagery and character development in Water pull you deeply into the protagonist’s metamorphosis of body, mind, and spirit. You’ll agonize with her pain and celebrate her self-awareness, and you will be changed by this story. It’s a tale of a woman with many gifts battling sexism, trauma, fear, and the world’s unenlightened deadness. Yet she emerges a courageous, creative empath who will inspire you to dance with your inner vitality and stop settling for less.”
—Gail McMeekin, author of The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women
“Emotional and gripping, Water is set against a time of great social change. The novel flows into uncommon metaphysical territory, making the invisible real, spirit palpable, and the quest for healing the driving force behind the soul’s purpose. Water quenches our collective thirst for authenticity.”
—Rev. Judith Laxer, author of Along the Wheel of Time: Sacred Stories for Nature Lovers and Founding Priestess of Gaia’s Temple
“Caroline Allen has written an eloquent and succinct guidebook to healing the dark night of the soul. If you have anxiety, you’ll recognize yourself in these pages and know once and for all that you are not alone. I wish I had had Water tucked beside me when I was going through my own dark night.”
Ellen Newhouse, author of the memoir Nothing Ever Goes On Here"
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780997582475 |
| PRICE | $0.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 707034
This book speaks to the challenging times we live in. It addresses reclaiming the Divine Feminine as a force for positive change amidst the failing systems of our patriarchal society. It chronicles the courage and perseverance required to reclaim one’s voice in the cacophony of our collective consciousness.
Pearl Swinton, now in her early thirties, has struggled her whole life with her metaphysical gifts, which may seem more a curse than a blessing. Born into an abusive and generally dysfunctional family she shut down her insights, became “invisible” and began a life-long search for a sense of belonging…in other words…home. After traveling the globe, Pearl has now settled in Seattle, struggling to support herself physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Her heroine’s journey unfolds as a soul-inspired healing journey to reclaim all the lost parts of herself sacrificed since childhood. As she struggles with crippling depression and isolation, she begins to realize that all her efforts to “fit in” and be “successful” have led to the painful denial of her true identity as a mystic, an empath and an artist. How she comes to a place of self-acceptance is the thrust of the story.
Caroline Allen is a remarkable wordsmith. I savored this book as I read it while simultaneously wanting to hurry along to discover the outcome of Pearl’s journey. Anyone who has struggled with integrating their metaphysical/spiritual life with third dimensional reality will appreciate the protagonist’s sensitivity and vulnerability. The author has excelled at drawing the reader into Pearl’s world to experience her suffering and her deep connection with nature. The prose is full of wisdom without being preachy and there is even a bit of sardonic comic relief in Gem, Pearl’s next door neighbor.
Water is the fourth book of the five-book Elemental Journey series. I have not read the previous three (Earth, Air, and Fire), and after devouring this novel I plan to track them down. I was able to grasp most of the significant nuances on this story, but I think I would have greatly benefited from the historical context of the first three. I am definitely looking forward to the fifth installment in the series.
My thanks to the author, BooksGoSocial, and NetGalley for the privilege of reviewing a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This review is being posted immediately to my GoodReads account and will be posted on Amazon and Barnes and Noble upon publication.
Selena N, Educator
While I enjoyed this book, I do not think I can give a true review without reading the previous three books in the series. I will add to the review when I have more background to make sure I do justice to the writing.
I did enjoy this book, THIS book I give a 5 star rating.
I was given the opportunity to read this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
