Lux Divina

Martina, 38-years-old and a writer, is shy and oversensitive. When offered the opportunity to escape from wintry Stockholm she goes off to finish a novel at a foundation for writers on a Spanish mediterranean island, where she encounters a mystical order, Lux Divina, said to have been founded in the third century AD. According to the legend, the Sisters and Brothers of the Divine Light will always, sooner or later, meet in one of their reincarnations. No sooner has Martina been admitted by her contemporary Sisters and Brothers than she ends up in a cruise liner heading for Alexandria, Egypt, where the passengers are going to attend an international Lux Divina conference. On board the cruiser, Lady M, she immediately feels attracted to Paul, a Canadian lawyer, and against her will she falls helplessly in love. During the cruise a number of discussions are held about important contemporary issues - at the outset Martina feels stupid and ignorant, but gradually she begins to find her own voice and inner strength, as well as a strong feeling of belonging. The end of the journey hits her hard, before she realises that it is far from finished...