A young improvising pianist, worn out by nervous illness, meets in Cannes a painter who has been cured by the enigmatic Heliobas, a Chaldean living in Paris who teaches that the soul is a form of electric force. Under his care she takes a strange potion, sees visions of other worlds and is introduced to a theory of religion meant to answer the sceptics of the age.
Corelli’s first novel, a sensational blend of spiritualism and romance that launched her phenomenal career. Download the free EPUB.