The Great Gaelic Cross
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The Great Gaelic Cross hung suspended in the mist over the village, caught somewhere between the tributaries of time and space, the con- trolling factor in the lives of the people below, totally unaware of its existance, lt alone the influnence it created in their daily comings and goings. Subliminally they sensed a pattern permeating everything they did; all that everyone accomplished during the course of events between each awakening and the final twilight rays taking them to their beds, where they dreamed of myriad things commonplace to a life of obvious peace, unaware of the reason for their supposed bliss..
ALL EXCEPT ONE.
He constantly dreamt of the Cross and wondered why the dream never changed. It occurred to him during these dreams that he must never reveal the secret of the Cross and the effect it had on his fellow villagers, lest the dream would slip away and the Cross would disappear, resulting in total chaos for them all. As he walked through the village during the day he often looke up in the faint hope of catching a glimpse of the Cross -; the only sight his eyes beheld were the normal changes in the sky, at times a deep azure blue, at others light wispy clouds painting mare's tails patterns. He began to feel the Cross existed only in his imagination during his dreams and disappeared with the first light of day..
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Set along a mythical seashore village in Scotland in the 1700's, the story deals with a young man who has continuing dreams of a Gaelic Cross that seems to portend doom for the villagers. He spends his time helping the people with their daily routines after maraunders have laid waste to their homes over an extended period of years and suddenly the town is restored to its original form after the death of his mother in the final debacle. The mystery of the dream permeates the entire story amid the re-appearance of his mother in a ghostly form with messages to the townspeople on the significance of the Cross in each of their lives
About the Author
Philip Christman (Scanlin) was born in Carthage, New York on August 29, 1930. Enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in June, 1949 - discharged as a weather observer in December, 1952, spent 17 years in El Paso, Texas, earning a B.A. Degree in History/Spanish from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1966 - taught Spanish for four years and worked for the New York State Department of Labor for 18 years, retiring in 1966.