The Centaur (Annotated)

Algernon Blackwood's The Centaur is a visionary novel of mystical awakening, in which the modern self confronts forces older, larger, and more numinous than civilization itself. Through the journey of Terence O'Malley, a sensitive traveler drawn toward the elemental life of the Caucasus, Blackwood fuses supernatural fiction with philosophical romance. Its prose is lush, meditative, and symbolist, ...