The Secret Glory

<p><strong><em>The Secret Glory</em></strong> is a unique semi-autobiographical novel by <strong>Arthur Machen</strong> that explores his lifelong themes of hidden knowledge spiritual ecstasy and the persistence of ancient Celtic and Christian mysticism in the modern world.</p><p>The novel follows the life of <strong>Ambrose Meyrick</strong> a sensitive and solitary boy who is forced to attend a bleak repressive <strong>English boarding school</strong>. While the school attempts to crush his spirit with dull routine and shallow religiosity Ambrose discovers an inner world of profound spiritual truth.</p><p><strong><em>The Secret Glory</em></strong> is Machen's most personal work a meditative novel that serves as a powerful testament to the necessity of a hidden individual connection to the sublime in a world increasingly dominated by the mundane and the material.</p>