title: Luminaries
author:  Timothy M. Brenner 
description: My renewed passion for writing started back in 2009, when I started writing the screenplay 'N01R'. After finishing 'N01R', I felt the urge to write another screenplay called 'The Appearance of Evil'. It is a very dark tale, based on the idea that a famous actor hires a company to fake his death. My first novel, LUMINARIES, was well received. It currently sits at 4 stars on Amazon and Goodreads. I also wrote a screenplay based on LUMINARIES. My next two books I wrote under a pen name. My 4th and newest novel, SKY CHILD, is a YA Dystopian with a twist. The main character's gender is never revealed. I'm hoping this story resonates with readers from every walk of life, and maybe opens some eyes. When I'm not spending time writing, shooting pool, or enjoying the finer things in life, I'm spending time with my amazing wife, Nicole. Without her love, feedback and support, I wouldn't be able to write the stories I'm writing with such enjoyment.
zlib_text: Lumina and New Lumina
  
  
  ADRIENNE VON SPEYR
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Lumina  
  and  
  New Lumina
  
  
  Translated by Adrian Walker
  
  
  IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO
  
  
  Original German edition:  
  Lumina und Neue Lumina  
  © 1969 by Johannes Verlag, Einsiedeln  
  Second, enlarged edition
  
  
  Cover art:  
  Two doves drinking from a fountain.  
  Mosaic. Early Christian, ca. A.D. 425  
  Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy  
  © Cameraphoto Arte, Venice / Art Resource, New York
  
  
  Cover design by Roxanne Mei Lum
  
  
  © 2008 by Ignatius Press, San Francisco  
  All rights reserved  
  ISBN 978-1-58617-222-0  
  Library of Congress Control Number 2007928637  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  [Prefatory Note](index_split_003.html#filepos2212)
  
  
  [On the Second Edition](index_split_004.html#filepos7575)
  
  
  [Lumina](index_split_005.html#filepos8077)
  
  
  [New Lumina](index_split_014.html#filepos80933)
  
  
  [Notes](index_split_019.html#filepos120512)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Prefatory Note
  
  
  Christianity is either love of God