Prose poetry teachings of the prophet Almustafa who speaks to the listener about life, love, good and evil, religion, and death.

Studies similarities between the concept of a harmonious universe that emerges from the theories of modern physics and the vision of a continuously interactive world conceived by Eastern mystics.

This timeless allegorical tale tells of the visit of a mysterious stranger, Mirdad, to the remote mountain monastery, the Ark. The conclusion and indeed the message is that Mirdad's Ark is the Ark of Holy Understanding, which will carry humankind across another deluge, greater than Noah's when heaven will be revealed on Earth. Through dialogue of reflection and recollection in which he engages with his chief disciple, we are shown the perennial wisdom...