The copyright laws are such that i don't have to transcribe anything (YAY!). The links are all that and google makes everything so very quick and concise. i'm going to go on the assumption that no one in this guild (including me) has looked over any of his writing recently. This format makes it easy for anyone to read a essay chapter and be wowed! Basically the one book this author is most known for is kind of a field manual for existence. It's direct approach to understanding is fascinating and so straight to the point. Breaking down every fragment of what can or will happen to us in this mortal coil.


This book became very popular in 1960s counter culture. Your parents or grandparents may very likely have this book of prose in their personal library. The fans of this book seem to think so highly of it's writing that many of them will hand out copies to their friends in a fashion that would seem comparable to religious/philosophic texts. It's seen as a source of clarity and beauty. It's one of the best selling books of the twentieth century behind Lao-Tzu and Shakespeare.

To be involved with this thread you need source materials. The wikipedia page on Kahlil Gibran:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlil_Gibran

and the book "The Prophet":

http://www.katsandogz.com/gibran.html



"His power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life else it could not have been so universal and so potent, but the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were all his own." -- Claude Bragdon


Now to see if anything becomes of this post. i welcome each and every one of you to a life changing book. One that demands reading on a historic scale. Let the words fill you up.