THE STORY OF LIGHT

Published April 2014
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A faint echo of the past, a memory crossing the mists of time, was Bridget's first clue of a life once lived. The first step of the journey of a lifetime, to understand the most pondered enigma of all time- life.

Bridget's life purpose is to find that spiritual talisman sought by all people of all ages, the Philosopher's Stone or Holy Grail. Dependent on her success is her own salvation and that of the world.

Using the accumulated wisdom of five millennia of human thought, together with 21st century science, Bridget must learn the true nature of herself, life, and that vast unified being known by scientists as the Cosmos and by the religious as God, and reconcile the fundamental paradoxes of life and death, good and evil, science and God.

Bridget learns that she was set this quest before, during her life as an Iron Age priestess. Then, the future of the realm depended on her success.
Now, history is repeating itself. The world again descends into chaos and Bridget must walk The Path again.

The Background to the Story

The Story of Light is a visionary/ metaphysical novel exploring the human quest for understanding and Truth, in a story which spans two thousand years from the hills of Iron Age Northumberland to present day sacred sites including Glastonbury and St Michael's Mount.

The underlying basis can be summed up by these two quotes:

       There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

       William Shakespeare,

        In reality, the truth will be vastly more surprising than anything we can imagine. My suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.

       J.B.S. Haldane

Since humans first began to think, we have asked questions about the world. Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? Does life have a purpose? Do we exist merely at the whim of unknowable higher powers? Is there such a thing as destiny or free will?

Over the last two hundred thousand years, have we made a single step of progress towards the truth? Or is our mission akin to chasing rainbows, so that no matter how far and how fast we run, we will never make an inch of progress?

All cultures of all ages have developed answers to these fundamental questions, and these answers went on to form the basis of religions, empires, moral and scientific revolutions, inquisitions and wars. In short they have formed the world we have today, for better or worse. These threads of human thought form the basis for the novel.

The varying interpretations of life created long ago a conflict of ideas, which even today shows little sign of resolution. We are no further forward in achieving the perfect explanation of existence, with the exponents of the major religions and scientific disciplines ever locked in a debate as fraught as ever.

But life is about the harmony of opposites – life and death, masculine and feminine, day and night, heaven and earth, positive and negative, humans and God, light and dark, yin and yang – to form a higher state of being. Without one, the other cannot exist. The esoteric concept that all things exist as an equal and integral part of a vast, immeasurably complex and intricate whole is known as Oneness.

And the polar opposites of science and religion can likewise be blended to give a new and harmonic interpretation of our existence. This is the major theme of the book, woven from the philosophy, science, literature, spirituality and mythology that forms the legacy of our ancient and ongoing cultural heritage.

Praise and Reviews
This is both an old tale and one of current importance. Hannah Spencer asks: How do we live our Soul's purpose, staying true to ourselves and live this life well? The author manages to incorporate all the important spiritual lessons in a story of a modern woman, a scientist, trying to reconcile her spiritual awakening and memory of a past life thwarted by fear, with her fast emerging new consciousness.
What  could be a familiar story becomes a page turner of spiritual adventure. The wisdom behind the writing is evident as you find yourself on a journey with the Heroine asking yourself what you would do under the same circumstances. I recommend this book not only because it is a good read but because it is a great reminder to us all to put our spiritual wisdom to action.
  Lynn Forrest, Parallel Community

I found this to be a well crafted, interesting, entertaining and informative work of fiction. The subject matter of this novel is not my normal fare, so I was a little out of my comfort zone reading this and was pleasantly surprised to find myself enjoying the book for the books sake. I look forward to reading Hannah's future works.  
     Amazon

The Story of Light is overall a delightful read which transfers the reader into the Iron Age. Back into the mists of time where questions were asked and answers were discovered concerning Magic and the mysteries of life and how such knowledge can become a powerful tool of understanding.
Indeed each generation of humanity rediscovers for themselves something similar as they themselves may choose to undertake such a journey.
Fictional or truth, the reader will need to decide the answers to this question.
   Aontacht Magazine

The Story of Light is a wonderfully intricate story of a reincarnated soul in the person of a scientist and the awakening of that scientific mind to explore the metaphysical truths of how the universe works. Hannah Spencer has read widely in order to put this trove of information together and used her skills as a story teller to present it in an exciting and gripping way. There are two stories, one ancient and one in modern times, each following the spiritual journey of a woman. The reader is drawn into the very real scientific mind of Brig as she confronts and combats her scientific knowledge with New Age teaching which is revealed to her step by step as she realizes she plays a significant role in the future of the Earth. Bit by bit she realizes she has been on this path before.
This book is full of ritual both ancient and modern, explanations of the planetary spheres and other intriguing ancient teachings. Read about the Green Man of Earth, the Holy Grail and the One purpose of all religions of the Earth.
A fascinating read and highly recommended to those interested in ancient rites, modern new age, science and religion and human spiritual experience on the quantum level. Hannah has proved herself as an able researcher and novelist and she should write more.
      Jim Murdoch, author of the Dreams and Visions series