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Avicenna and I: The Journey of Spirits : A Novel

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This book introduces the reader to the important and too little known philosophy of the Persian scientist and philosopher, Ibn Sina (Avicenna). It is thought-provoking and informative. Highly recommended to anyone who is interested in the vast, rich traditions of Persia.

... my copy of Avicenna glows with a glorious florescent yellow radiance. My beloved yellow highlighter lies next to it - utterly exhausted. My highlighter's sole mission is to catch ideas important enough to warrant its attention and robust enough to endure its caress - and it has given its life to "Avicenna and I". This is truly a novel `novel' to have warranted the touch of my highlighter - let alone demand its demise. Deeply human (intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually), it is a commanding work of a brilliant scholar and masterful story-teller that enriches, expands, and rewards the reader. Told in the context of the present, at the heart of the story is Avicenna, a Sufi and polymath (undoubtedly one of the greatest minds in history - the west calls him the prince of medicine; the east, its leading wise man) who died in 1037 AD. In this novel Avicenna wants to be reincarnated to sparkle love for Mother Nature and to heal the soul of man. Magnificent!

"Avicenna and I" is an evocative, spiritual masterpiece! I commend it to the attention of anyone who wants to be swept away in a mystical world of love and enchantment. I could not put this novel down until I had finished it. I eagerly await more of Manoucher Parvin's masterful prose.