CHAPTER V

“ARDATH”

Its Theme--Congratulations from Lord Tennyson--A suggested Corelli City in Colorado--An Example of the Novelist’s Descriptive Powers--Theos Alwyn, Agnostic--His Interview with Heliobas--The Dream and the Poem--The Field of Ardath--The City of Al-Kyris--Sah-Lûma, the Poet Laureate--The Religion of Al-Kyris--Lysia, High Priestess of the God-Serpent--The Prophet Khosrûl and his Predictions--The Fall of Al-Kyris--The Awakening of Alwyn and his Return to London--The Converted Poet--“Ardath” a Book for all who Doubt--Six Tests for Spiritualists 79