Philodemus |
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| Author:
| Mason, Dave Searby |
| ISBN: | 979-8-5617-7728-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2020 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $9.32 |
Book Description:
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An injured man is floating on some wreckage. He is pulled from the sea onto a passing ship and as he lays dying he sees the crew pleading with a withered old lady to save his life. He grips her hand as his blood stains the deck. She places her thumb between his eyes and he passes out in a flash of light. This is Philodemus and he has just survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He recovers very slowly on that ship and becomes the old ladies servant, follows her through the Sahara and...
More DescriptionAn injured man is floating on some wreckage. He is pulled from the sea onto a passing ship and as he lays dying he sees the crew pleading with a withered old lady to save his life. He grips her hand as his blood stains the deck. She places her thumb between his eyes and he passes out in a flash of light. This is Philodemus and he has just survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He recovers very slowly on that ship and becomes the old ladies servant, follows her through the Sahara and on to India and then Ladakh. He learns that she is a shaman, a type of person he previously ridiculed for their rural ignorance and superstition but his brush with death and the loss of his rich patrician life-style has begun to open his eyes. As he follows the path a mystery is revealed, it seems he cannot die. Over the centuries, he endures slavery by the Rus, the fall of Jerusalem, travels to Egypt with St Francis and saves Machiavelli's life. Until at last, the Bridge of Light approaches and he devises a plan to protect his friend and pupil.This is the story of a meeting between an English diplomat and a remarkable stranger. The meeting took place in 1828' in sub-Saharan Africa but the events span the whole of Europe and the Near East, stretching back more than a thousand years. The diplomat, a sceptic, thinks the stranger to be a scholarly rogue but could his story be true? If the story told by Philodemus is true, it will have huge consequences, not only for the diplomat but for all who ask the big question - what happens after death?