36 episodes
The Flower of the Cedar Kay Ben-Avraham
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5.0 • 29 Ratings
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The Flower of the Cedar is a tale of dryads, from a time long before human history began. Lara, a young dryad, once had three hearts (as with all her kind). To recover them and bring them to life, she must set out on an unknown journey. Fearing the god of the land, who reportedly devours hearts, and inexplicably drawn to the lamia (who, tales say, revive hearts by an ominous method called guttings), she leaves her home, embarking on the heart-finding quest.
For lovers of fantasy, mythology, and fairy tales—for those whose bookshelves may harbor the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle, and others of their glad company—or for dabblers in mysticism and the sacred feminine—this story will doubtless have deep resonance.
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The Flower of the Cedar: Introduction
Introducing The Flower of the Cedar, a fantasy novel in podcast form.
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Chapter One: The Hearts
We meet a young dryad girl, whose loss of her hearts, and whose isolation, haunt and pain her.
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Chapter Two: To Seek and Find a Heart
The girl’s longing and questions cannot be satisfied by the peddler woman’s talk. At last, chance words set in a book stir her to strike out in search of answers.
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Chapter Three: The Leaving
Lara leaves home. Her journey takes her to one of the Lifted Cities, where lives another dryad girl named Jann, the daughter of a trading family.
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Chapter Four: The Summer Mountain
Lara learns of the Summer Mountain, and her journey takes new form.
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Chapter Five: The Food of the Gods
Lara and Jann leave the Lifted City and strike out on the heart-finding quest, together.
Customer Reviews
Incredible story, incredibly told
I cannot get enough of this novel. I’m at the delightful stage of listening where I’ve only just discovered it, and so have plenty of episodes to listen to, one after the other, soaking up the gorgeous phrases, exciting characters, and the wonderfully complex and engaging story underneath it all.
I heard about this podcast/novel from Corey Olsen, the Tolkien Professor, and as I want to delve more into this kind of fantasy realm, I thought I’d check it out. I am so glad I did. I almost don’t want to catch up, so I don’t have to wait weeks between chapters. A superb job well done to the author, who makes stories go straight to your heart.
Beautiful
Ms. Ben-Avraham’s beautiful story becomes more enjoyable with each installment. Her gorgeous prose and high quality narration alone are worth the price of admission.
Beautiful story
I'm only a few chapters in at this point (but will be up to date very soon) and it is a beautiful story so far and Kay does a perfect narration for the style of her story. I'm looking forward to finishing the story!