Ever since his best-selling book The Prophet was first published in 1923, Kahlil Gibran has been enchanting spiritually inclined readers with his dogma-free writings so rich with insight, wisdom, beauty, and truth. In this companion collection of little-known writings taken from his published works in Arabic, Gibran encourages us to bravely face life's hardships, and to continuously cultivate a rich inner life to set our moral compasses by.
In Visions of the Prophet, Gibran's narrator wrestles with the hypocrisies of Christianity ("Mad John," "The Man on the Cross") and challenges hypocrisy ("Kahlil the Ungodly"). He questions how children born of corrupt marriages and living in poverty can ever become soulful creatures ("The Sister Soul," "The Woman of Tomorrow") and urges us to develop our souls ("Solitude and Isolation"). The one-act dramatic play "The Many-Columned City of Iram" shows a Sufi master, a female sage, and a seeker having a heartfelt discussion about the natures of faith and reality.
Containing some of his most intellectually challenging work, Visions of the Prophet reveals a Gibran more vehement and vulnerable than in previous publications.
Ever since his best-selling book The Prophet was first published in 1923, Kahlil Gibran has been enchanting spiritually inclined readers with his dogma-free writings so rich with insight, wisdom, beauty, and truth. In this companion collection of little-known writings taken from his published works in Arabic, Gibran encourages us to bravely face life's hardships, and to continuously cultivate a rich inner life to set our moral compasses by.
In Visions of the Prophet, Gibran's narrator wrestles with the hypocrisies of Christianity ("Mad John," "The Man on the Cross") and challenges hypocrisy ("Kahlil the Ungodly"). He questions how children born of corrupt marriages and living in poverty can ever become soulful creatures ("The Sister Soul," "The Woman of Tomorrow") and urges us to develop our souls ("Solitude and Isolation"). The one-act dramatic play "The Many-Columned City of Iram" shows a Sufi master, a female sage, and a seeker having a heartfelt discussion about the natures of faith and reality.
Containing some of his most intellectually challenging work, Visions of the Prophet reveals a Gibran more vehement and vulnerable than in previous publications.
KAHLIL GIBRAN (1883-1931) was born in a small village in Lebanon
and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1895. There
he was recognized as an exceptional young man, and his artwork and
writing were supported and promoted by moneyed mentors. By the
1930s, he had become a prominent figure within New York literary
circles and mixed with the likes of W. B. Yeats, Carl Jung, and
Rodin, all of whose portraits he painted. Chiefly known for his
1923 book The Prophet, which has been translated into more than 40
languages and has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide,
Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time after Shakespeare
and Lao-Tzu, and is widely considered to be one of the most popular
and inspirational writers of the last century.
Praise for The Prophet:
"Truth is here; truth expressed with all the music and beauty and
idealism of a Syrian untouched by the harshness of life. Cadenced
and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil Gibran bring to one's
ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes . . ."
--Chicago Post
Praise for The Eye of the Prophet:
"In these writings Kahlil Gibran takes us out of the wilderness
into the joys and sorrows of everyday urban life. More personal and
political than The Prophet, the book nonetheless sings with
Gibran's lyricism and abiding wisdom."
—Wes "Scoop" Nisker, author of Crazy Wisdom, co-editor of the
Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind
"This book shows once again why the writings of Kahlil Gibran have
been such a rich source of spiritual inspiration in our modern
world."
—Jacob Needleman, author of An Uknown World, The Wisdom of Love,
and The Heart of Philosophy
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