The Book of Mirdad: The Strange Story of a Monastery Which Was Once Called the Ark. This item is unavailable.The Book of Mirdad: The Strange Story of a Monastery Which Was Once Called the Ark

The Book of Mirdad, a much loved classic tale which has touched the hearts of so many readers, continues to show new generations how it is possible to expand one's consciousness, to uncover God in man by dissolving man's sense of duality. "Man is a god in swaddling-bands. Time is a waddling-band. Space is a swaddling-band. Flesh is a swaddling-band, and likewise all the senses and the things perceivable therewith." Mikhail Naimy, a contemporary and friend of Gibran, weaves legend, mysticism, philosophy and poetry in a powerful and spiritual allegory which tells of the visit of the mysterious stranger, Mirdad, to the remote mountain monastery, the Ark. The culmination and indeed the message is that Mirdad's own Ark, is the Ark of Holy Understanding, which will bring mankind through another deluge, greater than Noah's, when heaven will be revealed on earth.

Mikhail Naimy grew up in a small Orthodox Christian community in Lebanon. After studying in Russia, Naimy moved to New York where he was part of the Lebanese literary group with included Kahil Gibran. He wrote this book in English on his return to Lebanon after World War II, and is now acknowledged as one of Lebanon's leading poets. He died some years ago.