Penumbra 1 traces the adventures of one soul as it inhabits the body of a priest in Atlantis, a temple prostitute in Syria, a nomad in the Middle East, and a well-known and respected contemporary therapist, Anne Katherine. Starting in pre-historic times and continuing to the current era, her story resumes in Penumbra 2 as she becomes a messenger for the disciples, a Dutch farmboy, a Scots woman, and a Native American shaman. Sammuel was but a boy on a mountain farm, not knowing that it was unusual that he could shift the position of a cloud or bring a bird to his finger. Then a group of priests recognized his gifts and took him to the Temple where his natural skills were cultivated and channeled. He found his beloved there and an adversary also. These relationships presented him with two different paths--one would take him to the mission he was born to, the other would detour him toward a lesser good. It was a time of great earth change and he was to be an important part of what unfolded. But the choices he was making as a student and a young priest were building the man he would become. Could concern about others' opinions be powerful enough to keep him from fulfilling his mission? Kalea lived in a small desert village until she was taken from her mother and sold to the temple. She was called a priestess, but her duties required her to serve the priests. She was surrounded with people who loved her and wanted to help. Could she find purpose in a life she hated? Habib wandered the desert with his nomadic tribe. After lusting after a protected female, he nearly lost his life near the oasis. A dream offered him a new idea about a more noble way of being a man. Would he choose it? Perhaps we live in another time of great earth change. Perhaps you have your own special calling. Are signs, dreams, or people nudging you? Do you get stopped by pride, fear, or not recognizing the help that is near you? Penumbra will open your mind to the possibilities that are hidden in the flow of your own life. Observe how the mistakes of a former life can be repaired in this life and that sickness and unhappiness can be healed by amending old errors. "I've fixed my former mistake. This is an incredibly blessed feeling and I invite you to discover it." "Penumbra is going to change the way we think about our personal histories. This is the cusp of a new way of understanding." The Rev. Sherry Buckner "A beautiful book, filled with psychological and spiritual insights." Dr. Glen Smead