The Inmost Light

<p><strong>A beautiful woman. A medical experiment. The horrifying truth of what lies hidden in the soul.</strong></p><p><strong><em>The Inmost Light</em></strong> is a deeply disturbing psychological horror story by <strong>Arthur Machen</strong> exploring the esoteric terror of identity and the transference of consciousness.</p><p>The tale is introduced through a group of friends discussing a baffling and tragic case: the mysterious deterioration and eventual death of Mrs. Lathom the beautiful and refined wife of a prominent London doctor. Dr. Lathom a respected scientist becomes obsessed with a secret revolutionary medical project that requires him to study <strong>human consciousness</strong>.</p><p><strong><em>The Inmost Light</em></strong> is a chilling masterpiece of body-horror and transcendental dread a precursor to many modern stories of mind-switching and the fundamental terror of losing one's identity.</p>