Three Candles of Little Veronica - Manfred Kyber - Hardcover

Kyber's classic Three Candles of Little Veronica is again available in English. Generations of readers have loved this story and have found it a guide to the magic of nature, a deeper understanding of human relationships and karma, and a reminder to protect innocent creatures.The excellent translation with exquisite illustrations combine to produce a first-class edition that you will want to read and pass on to friends. More than any treatise on the environment today, this book can speak to the reader's heart and awaken a sense of caring and responsibility for the earth.In this remarkable and enduring story in the Grail tradition, Manfred Kyber begins with Veronica's early youth when she can see beyond the physical appearance of things, and can converse with the hedgehog, the blackbird, and other residents in The Garden of Spirits. Accompanied by her cat Mutzeputz and guided by her wise Uncle Johannes, Veronica grows beyond that innocence and into the life of the House of Shadows, the Baltic town of Halmar, the cursed Castle Irreloh, and the people whose destiny intersects her own.As the story unfolds, Veronica learns through a playful elemental and Uncle Johannes Wanderer that only a veil separates us from the spiritual world, "and it lifts more often than people today believe." The events of joy and terror in her life lead her to a beautiful reconciliation with this duality and a true grasp of the meaning and mystery of the three candles that mark the turning points in her life.Kyber, Manfred is the author of 'Three Candles of Little Veronica - Manfred Kyber - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780913098844 and ISBN 0913098841.