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Jill G. Hall, the Author of “On a Sundown Sea; A Novel of Madame Tingley and the Origins of Lomaland” has written an inspirational, captivating and intriguing novel. The Genres for this book are : Biographical Historical Fiction,Metaphysical and Visionary Fiction, and Autobiographical and Autofiction. In this well written novel, the author has done a vast amount of research on the various topics. The timeline for this story is set at the turn of the century. From Goodreads, it states this is ” a mystical tantalizing novel about a visionary’s journey towards her journey.”
Jill G. Hall vividly describes the scenery, and complex and complicated characters. Katherine Kingley, is a medium and clairvoyant that has an image from childhood of “a vision of a white city on a Sundown Sea .” Katherine Kingley has a husband that likes to invent things, and a beloved dog. She wants to help people less fortunate and helps at a Do- Good Mission. There she meets, William Q. Judge, who is a leader of the American Theosophical Society. William senses something in Katherine Kingley, and takes her on as his student and spiritual path that could help make her dream a reality. He does not introduce her to the other leaders at this time. William is concerned of opposition to her, or betrayals.
When William Q. Judge passes away, Katherine takes over the leadership, and finds strong opposition and there are some betrayals. In 1900, she moves the Theosopical Society to San Diego. There are some splinters and legal battles that ensue. Katherine seeks her goals and wants to form a “Lomaland” where there is a sacred place for learning, solitude, arts, peace and harmony. This is an informative book, and I learned and discovered many things about subjects that I hadn’t known about before. I would recommend this thought-provoking book.
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