Red Fire: A Quest for Awakening

by Paula D'Arcy

In the deceptively simple framework of an allegorical tale, Paula D'Arcy tells of her own spiritual journey through the story of a young girl named Anastasia. In the town of Status across the river from Quo, where Anastasia was born, nothing ever changes until the Stranger arrives and awakens a great longing in her heart. Bringing tales of love and of the Great Being, the Stranger captivates the children with his joy and delight in life. They dance, fly kites, and disrupt the way things should be. But the town elders disapprove and force the Stranger to move on. When Anastasia reaches her seventeenth year, she begins to feel discontent, restless, and is filled with a deep longing. Setting out on a journey to find the Stranger whose words had once captured her heart, she encounters a Magician who promises to guide her quest. Red Fire is a book of visionary fiction for all who have ever felt left a place of comforting familiarity in search of the unknown.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[janeann fessler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recommend by a dear friend. I found it to be an average self discovery book. To be fair, my friend is in her 30' s and still spiritually seeking so this hit her with revelations. I have been on my spiritual path for twice as long and I was not as impressed. I saw tones of Buddhist teaching, some Christian thinking, a smattering of new age/Wiccan beliefs and maybe a little Jainism tossed in.
If you are interested in exploring the self, opening your mind to diverse beliefs and experiencing inner peace then this just might be the book for you.

[Parker Goodreau]

In the interests of full disclosure, the author of this book is my aunt. So I may be just a pinch biased.

Red Fire is heavily alligorical with a lot of straight-up philosphical language and spirituality, but the presentation is generally simple and interesting, granted we're on an incomprehensible subject. More than this specific idea of God and the universe, it's about love and openness to questions and experiences and self-examination. It isn't a book you have to agree with entirely to get something out of. And a lot of it is frankly beautiful: beautiful ideas and beautiful language. Every few lines, I thought, "Oo I like that, I should write that down." But it would've taken much longer to read if I'd done that. I'll have to go back through it some time.

[Deanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

My husband John and I personally know this fabulous author!

[Stacie · Rating 4 out of 5]

G R E A T Study.