On December 4, 1968, world-famous theologian Father Louis Merton visited the ancient Dead City of Polonnaruwa, Ceylon, entered the Cave of the Spirits of Knowledge, and experienced a vision. It's claimed he found a backdoor to the Afterlife, that he looked into the Mind of God and escaped with a secret so powerful it could change all humanity -- bring wars to a standstill -- end forever the age-old hatreds between races, creeds and cultures. Six days later as Merton prepared to announce his discovery at a religious conference, he suffered a horrific death under mysterious circumstances.
But the secret did not die with him. Merton left behind a journal...
Finally finished the Stephen Jay Gould book today, Jonah and Stacy loaned me this book the other day, so I'm gonna give it a shot, even though I'm not much for fiction these days.