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Review: The Fire and the Light by Glen Craney

Oct 14, 2008 19:20

The Fire and the Light: A Novel of the Cathars and the Lost Teachings of Christ

by Glen Craney

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The Fire and the Light: A Novel of the Cathars and the Lost Teachings of Christ ext_17227 October 15 2008, 15:21:55 UTC

Mr. Craney has at our request correctly amended his video and press releases to clearly state this is a work of fiction taking some liberties with historical fact. While Esclarmonde de Foix, was a Perfectae greatly loved and respected for her deep faith, she was not a "high priestess" whatsoever. The medieval Cathar movement did not have 'high priests' or 'high priestesses' at all. She did not lead the church. It was a community that stressed equality among all and rejected these superstitious trappings.

Mr. Craney is to be commended for a wonderfully written book of fiction and we hope readers are touched by this story to discover the historical reality of Esclarmonde de Foix in bona fide scholarly works.

Brad Hoffstetter
Communications Division
Assembly of good Christians
www.cathar.net

Re: The Fire and the Light: A Novel of the Cathars and the Lost Teachings of Christ fashion_piranha October 15 2008, 15:39:52 UTC

Thank you for sharing some of the differences between the book and history, Brad!

the_kestral October 19 2008, 19:38:21 UTC

sounds like it may be an interesting read, thank you

ext_119711 October 20 2008, 21:25:16 UTC

Thanks for the review - the book does sound interesting, but I find it better to read a book that may drag a bit in parts after reading reviews, because I often enjoy them better knowing those things!

~ Wendi
http://wendisbookcorner.blogspot.com

caramel_lunacy October 22 2008, 16:27:48 UTC

Ooh, this sounds really cool. I've struggled with Labyrinth (tried to read it on again/off again and just kept getting annoyed with the main characters), but I keep coming back to it because I find the entire Cathar/Templar/Grail business completely fascinating and I know so little about it. This is definitely going on the TBR pile!

The Fire and The Light anonymous October 26 2008, 04:54:05 UTC

What an interesting book. I'd like to give it a shot.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention,
Darby
darbyscloset at yahoo dot com