Paschal Beverly Randolph 3 hr 37 min read

Tom Clark and his wife share strange double dreams, and the mysterious figure of Ravalette moves through a Rosicrucian tale of reincarnation, occult mystery, and the secrets of the soul.

Paschal Beverly Randolph's 1863 novel is a strange, ambitious work of occult fantasy. Mystical, florid, historically fascinating. Read it for a landmark of early American esoteric fiction by a pioneering Rosicrucian and spiritualist, a dreamlike romance of past lives and hidden powers, dressed as a novel but freighted with genuine occult doctrine.

In its time

Published in 1863, during the 1860s, verne launches the voyages extraordinaires.

Reading it

3 hr 37 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).