See heaven, nature and spiritual truth through new eyes
Foreword
Until I stumbled across Ecstasy I considered Christian fiction to be spiritual baby-food – all mushy! I saw myself as a mature Christian, dining on strong spiritual meat, quite above reading anything as trivial as “Christian Fiction.”
At the time, Ecstasy began with the words, “I’d love your feedback.” Well, to give feedback, I’d have to read it, wouldn’t I?
I did – and I haven’t been the same since.
As I read, my soul fed on rare, iridescent beauty. I have found nothing like it on the Internet. I am not an imaginative person, and yet my spirit soared as I read magnificent descriptions, and “listened in” on lofty and challenging dialog. My concepts of time, space, reality, and nature were stretched – especially nature!
I am left with a greatly increased love for, reverence for, and appreciation of, my awesome God.
Helen Hall
Introduction: Truth
I always considered life too short and spiritual reality too important to bother with fiction. To my astonishment, I have discovered that the shortness of life and the importance of spiritual reality are the very reasons why I must write fiction.
The parables of the greatest ever Spiritual Teacher are so powerful and so packed with eternal truth that we rarely stop to consider that many of Jesus’ parables are actually a type of fiction. For the Son of God, truth was too important not to craft stories. The Old Testament also unashamedly uses fiction to make truth more real and harder hitting. Consider the prophet Nathan’s fictitious story designed to highlight to King David the gravity of his sin with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12:1-14).
I want to teach deep truths so painlessly that it feels like mindless entertainment to the learner. I want to stretch minds beyond the realms of current human knowledge, so that when we leave speculation and return to hard reality, spiritual certainties will affect us more profoundly than ever before. It is in achieving these goals that fiction becomes the perfect medium.
For my writing to be gripping, it should seem convincing. My commitment to truth, however, makes me disturbed when readers keep wondering whether I have had some of the experiences described. I emphasize that, unlike many people, I have had no dream or vision or angelic encounter. My purpose is not to relay personal experiences but to deepen your own walk with God.
Although written in the first person, the views expressed do not always reflect my own attitudes.
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Chapter 1 The Endless Palace
Chapter 2 The Mystical Forest
Chapter 3 Eavesdropping
Chapter 4 The Dark Planet
Chapter 5 The Gloom
Chapter 6 Double Take
Chapter 7 The Sea of Glass
Chapter 8 The Sweetest, Weirdest Nursery
Chapter 9 The Place Where Good and Evil Cross
Chapter 10 The Medicinal Garden
Chapter 11 The Walking Handbag
Chapter 12 The Stuffy Room