The sacred well murders [A novel]

Author:
Rowland, Susan 1962-

Place of Publication:
Asheville, North Carolina

Publisher:
Chiron Publications


ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
9781685030056

Source:
Donated by Barbara Sabath

Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)

Media Sub-type:
Book

LoC Call Number:
PS 3618 .O8815 S23 2022

Accession Number:
139355

Keyword Subject Headings:
Celts and Celtic England--Mythology, Religion, History
Violence--Traumatic effects--Personal and familial
Ecopsychology--Climate crisis
Literature--Fiction--Jungian-influenced

User Notes:
Paperbound; vi + 329 pp. This title appears to be the first in a series of "Mary Wandwalker" novels. From the author's "Acknowledgements and Apologies to Celts": "This is not a story criticizing ancient Celts nor those inspired by them today. Rather the novel explores the dangers of psychic possession. It looks at people traumatized by war or family breakdown in the context of acute anxieties about the climate emergency. 'The Sacred Well Murders' argues that there is a psychic and social dimension of ecological crisis hitherto neglected by the powers that be." The author is an OFJ speaker: Contents: Acknowledgemens and apologies to Celts Prologue Chapter 1: Mary Wandwalker is distracted Chapter 2: Miss Wandwalker is warned Chapter 3: Rhiannon North arrives at Oxford Chapter 4: Joe Griffith is inspired Chapter 5: Fearful and angry Chapter 6: Skirmishes with Rhiannon Chapter 7: First rite: Initiation part one Chapter 8: Party games Chapter 9: Mary Wandwalker's big mistake Chapter 10: First rite: Initiation, part two Chapter 11: One of London's lost rivers Chapter 12: A delivery of cakes Chapter 13: The Celtic Summer School does a field trip Chapter 14: Caroline and Anna Chapter 15: Second rite: Immersion Chapter 16: Emails from the second rite of immersion Chapter 17: Oxford and a confession Chapter 18: Mr. Jeffreys is furious Chapter 19: Anna Chapter 20: No more depth inquiry agency? Chapter 21: A torc between Celts Chapter 22: Local experts and incompetent detectives Chapter 23: Spellbound Chapter 24: Back to school Chapter 25: The other/world of Barin Chapter 26: The disappearance of Mary Wandwalker Chapter 27: Going to college? Chapter 28: Kidnapped Chapter 29: Caroline has trouble sleeping Chapter 30: Return of the golden torc Chapter 31: By the boathouses, Oxford Chapter 32: The dream Chapter 33: The prisoner Chapter 34: Celtic London Chapter 35: Tower of rain Chapter 36: Mr. Jeffreys at the archives Chapter 37: Death by water Chapter 38: The rescuers Chapter 39: Third rite: The crone by the wood Chapter 40: In another part of the forest Chapter 41: Solstice late Chapter 42: Solstice night Chapter 43: A trip to the Thames Chapter 44: The sacred river Chapter 45: Rising from the river Chapter 46: While you were sleepimg Chapter 47: Two visitors Epilogue