InseventeenthcenturyEnglandLordWhitmanwagesunendingwaronwhatheseesastheever-presentscourgeofwitchcraft,andmanylocalvillagershavesufferedathishands.Butonevictimusesheroccultpowerstocursehisfamily,enlistingunknowinghelpfromoneofthehousehold.

　　Afterthesuddenandmysteriousdeathofhersister,a17-year-oldnovitiateexploresherGod-givenrighttoexperiencelifetothefullest,duringthesummerof1900inSwitzerland.