Bloom

While delivering the eulogy for a longtime acquaintance, Catholic priest Josiah Guillaume is overtaken with an unsettling dilemma. The saga begins. Discontent with his role as priest, he leaves Midwest America to embark on a journey of faith, a revival of spirit. With his peacemaker, a six-string acoustic guitar, he leaves the comforts of home determined to solve the brewing mystery. His geographical goal? Mexico City, tranquility nexus for the priest. A beautifully clear landscape unfolds. His trust in others opens the door to William Franklin, a crooked accountant wrapped in an embezzlement scheme with the Catholic diocese. Franklin is able to convince the naive priest, protagonist Guillaume, that his services are of dire need in the thriving Missouri city. Priest Josiah Guillaume's journey is marked by the trappings of alcohol and lustful indulgence. In a haunted panic, he escapes to the Mexican border where he runs out of emotional and financial resources. Lost, he resigns himself to death in the desert of the Southwest. What follows is the rise of lucid awareness in a drug-induced dream state spearheaded by a mystical Native American medicine man. His initiation into the world of freedom is an ancient nightmarish alchemically ritualistic hallucinogenic dance. Instructed by nature, he exorcises intrusive energies from his fragmented psyche, systematically replacing fear and reason with the brilliance of a unified intent in the greatest test of time and space. This mesmerizing self-realization offers dazzling insights in radiantly crystalline philos, redefining the imagination of the truth seeker. Sure to be treasured by readers, this work is a mirror into our lives, unlocking age-old paradox with the impeccability of infinite light found inside the diamond of heart.