Produced by Delphine Lettau, Judith Wirawan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Notes: | | | | Words surrounded by _ are italicized. | | | | Due to the restriction of the latin-1 font, diacritical marking | | macron (straight horizonal line above a letter) in this text is | | represented with [=x]. | | | | A number of obvious errors have been corrected in this text. For | | a complete list, please see the bottom of this document. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ The Works of "FIONA MACLEOD" _UNIFORM EDITION_ ARRANGED BY MRS. WILLIAM SHARP VOLUME IV _The Gods approve the depth and not the tumult of the soul._ _It is loveliness I seek, not lovely things._ [Illustration: From the original by L. Y. Cameron Iona Cathedral] THE DIVINE ADVENTURE IONA STUDIES IN SPIRITUAL HISTORY BY "FIONA MACLEOD" (WILLIAM SHARP) LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1912 _UNIFORM EDITION_ _First published 1910. New Edition 1912_ _Copyright 1895, 1910._ THE WIND, SILENCE, AND LOVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE TAUGHT ME MOST: BUT SINCE, LONG AGO, TWO WHO ARE NOT FORGOTTEN WENT AWAY UPON THE ONE, AND DWELL, THEMSELVES REMEMBERING, IN THE OTHER, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO EALASAIDH WHOSE LOVE AND SPIRIT LIVE HERE ALSO CONTENTS PAGE THE DIVINE ADVENTURE 1 IONA 91 BY SUNDOWN SHORES: BY SUNDOWN SHORES 253 THE WIND, SILENCE, AND LOVE 263 BARABAL: A MEMORY 268 THE WHITE HERON 276 THE SMOOTHING OF THE HAND 292 THE WHITE FEVER 298 THE SEA-MADNESS 303 EARTH, FIRE, AND WATER 308 FROM "GREEN FIRE": THE HERDSMAN 319 FRAGMENTS 383 A DREAM 405