The Visions of the Shepherd: Exploring the visionary claims of a 13th century Christian saint: St. Diovis of Illyria
About this ebook
Reader, have you ever wondered if Christian visionaries down through the centuries really saw what they claimed to have seen? This is the very question the two researchers in this twenty-first century thought-provoking work of realistic fiction long mulled over before definitively answering it; at least for themselves. What if one of them could go back in time they thought; back as it were to say thirteenth century Europe and there to be privy to the visions of a visionary. That is precisely what one of them did while the other remained in the present coordinating the visitation. He went back to see; to perceive what it was a certain visionary in the hill country of Illyria was seeing throughout his life. What they discovered was nothing short of astounding. You are hereby invited to come see and ponder for yourself their amazing visual discoveries. What bearing you will let them have on your own personal faith or ideas will be very much up to you to satisfactorily determine. But assuredly, if you are a Christian you will be brought face to face with a quandary: do these visual discoveries orientate me all the more towards Christ or all the more away from Christ; do they nurture to a greater level my faith, my hope and my love or not for my fellow human beings and for every living thing, however near or far they be in space and time?
The fonts and page numbering in this ebook correspond to the 2020 hardback edition.
About the author
Richard Mc Sweeney: Risteárd Mac Suibhne; Richard of Éire/Ireland is a self-designated Planet Earth philosopher of the natural kind; a self-originator who enjoys expressing his ideas and insights: his philosophical fiction* in a charmingly personal prose-poetic style.
* “Philosophical fiction: fictional literature that enjoys carefree-ly philosophising on anything it so wishes; on anything it so wishes without letting itself be bound by any philosophical system, logic or method.” RMcS
Being made available here in the Google Play Store is an anthology of 16 such works.
Richard has a Masters in Chinese Taoist Philosophy (Lao-Tzu & Chuang-Tzu) from Seoul National University which he gained through the mediums of Korean and Classical Chinese. He was also enrolled in the PhD programme for two years in the same department at SNU. He has a BA in Korean Language & Literature from Kyunggi University in Seoul and a Diploma in Philosophy & Arts from Saint Patrick’s College in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. The latter he gained while being (for six years) a Catholic seminarian for the priesthood with the Missionary Society of St. Columban based in Dalgan Park, Navan, County Meath in Ireland.
He had been an expatriate in the Republic of Korea for thirteen years; in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for three years and a further three in the United Arab Emirates respectively.
He is happily married to Sung-ja Lee of Seoul, Republic of Korea. Since 2001 they have been living in Ireland. Their son and daughter are also happily married and have children of their own.
His website is - Rivers2c.com.