The Lost Pleiad

Excerpt from The Lost Pleiad: A Fantasy in Two Acts The suggestion for this fantasy lay in the Greek myth of the Pleiad, who came to earth to marry a mortal. The Pleiades were the seven beautiful daugh ters of Atlas and the ocean nymph Pleione. By command of Zeus, they became a constellation, shining by night as stars; but by day, in the form of doves, they winged their way to the far Hesperides to fetch ambrosia for the Olympian King. All were content with their fate, except Merope, the youngest, who, having fallen in love with Sisyphus, founder and first King of Corinth, slipped down to earth to become the bride of the mortal of her choice. For this act she was forbidden to resume her heavenly station. Compensation was hers, 'however, since it was her grandson, Bellerophon, who, beside the magic spring Peirene, captured Pegasus, the winged horse of the Muses, thereby securing forever for mortals the service of poetry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

She set out on a journey to find home, and ended up finding two. Which one will she choose?Anya Allen has always felt out of place on Earth and strangely felt more connected to the stars. Stargazing has been a life-long hobby for Anya but there is one constellation she favors above all others; Pleiades. As befuddling as this connection was, she still spent years convincing herself everyone felt just as lost in the world. But at 30-years-old, her strongest desire to belong takes her on a journey to discover who she really is and her true place in the Universe. As her online research awakens her introspective curiosity, she discovers truths about the star cluster that evokes a possibility she only vaguely suspected; she might not be from planet Earth. How can that be?Motivated to get answers, Anya seeks assistance from a duo of lightworkers, who introduce her to metaphysical travels that will shoot her to the one place she had only ever imagined. As her abilities to move between two worlds intensifies, so does a budding romantic bond with one person who knows and accepts her better than anyone, Sam. Suddenly, Earth was feeling like the home she had always yearned for.Their deepening love threatens to disrupt Anya's desires to visit a world unknown and find the place she truly belongs.Through a series of interstellar travels, Anya finally finds the home she has always longed for but which world is she actually destined to live in?

Aesthetic & mystical writings by the Swedenborgian poet whose work was admired by Poe.