There is a surprising synergy between a fairytale about Eros & Fable by Novalis (1772-1801) and the paintings and etchings of Odilon Redon (1840-1916), and the combination of these works of art has given me the subtle means to portray soulfulness from before birth until after death.
Starting out as a creation myth, this book progresses through a summary of evolution and embryology that counters all scientific consensus, describes human development as a journey through the moonsphere and mindsphere, and concludes as a fairytale about the soul. Alternatively stated, one must first remove oneself from the ambitious mind preoccupied with earthly power to experience soulfulness as its opposite: the diverse and transformative interplay of time and space. Freeing itself from the tendency to project the past into the present and the confines of a physical self, the "I" finds a world of male and female souls who succeed in manifesting themselves into the future and establish an everlasting spring.