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.

Latest episodes of the podcast The Flower of the Cedar

• The Flower of the Cedar: Introduction
• Chapter One: The Hearts
• Chapter Two: To Seek and Find a Heart
• Chapter Three: The Leaving
• Chapter Four: The Summer Mountain
• Chapter Five: The Food of the Gods
• Chapter Six: Nena, the Birther
• Chapter Seven: Her Hearts Open
• Chapter Eight: The Geis
• Chapter Nine: The Marked One
• Chapter Ten: This One Is Precious
• Chapter Eleven: Living-Hearted Healer
• Chapter Twelve: The Driftwood Table
• Chapter Thirteen: The Sadness and the Hope
• Chapter Fourteen: Winter-Lions on the Tor
• Chapter Fifteen: The Second Heart-Seed
• Chapter Sixteen: Before the Ghan
• Chapter Seventeen: A Door in Him Opens
• Chapter Eighteen: The Springs
• Chapter Nineteen: The Answer that Is Not an Answer
• Chapter Twenty: The Mourning
• Chapter Twenty-One: The Parting
• Chapter Twenty-Two: Elves' Country
• Chapter Twenty-Three: The Lamia
• Chapter Twenty-Four: The Feast of Weeping
• Chapter Twenty-Five: The Wilder
• Chapter Twenty-Six: She Learns Wilder Ways
• Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Gutting
• Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Mind-Breaking
• Chapter Twenty-Nine: Her Courage
• An Announcement
• Chapter Thirty: The Summer Is Here
• Chapter Thirty-One: For All Joy
• The Flower of the Cedar Is Published!
• Announcing Kay's New Project
• New! Teaser Episode—Prologue