A Poet of The Invisible World is the story of Nouri, a boy born in thirteenth century Persia with four ears instead of two. Orphaned as an infant, he’s taken into a Sufi order, where he meets an assortment of dervishes and is placed upon a path towards spiritual awakening. He studies the Koran and the principles of Sufism. When marauders attack the lodge, however, he’s swept off to a series of grueling adventures and an assortment of shifting roles from tea boy to a Spanish sultan, shepherd on a barren mountain farm, and sybarite in a bustling city of Africa. As he stumbles from one painful experience to the next, he grows into manhood and when fate leads him to a Sufi order perched high in the mountains, he’s ready to begin the true work of spiritual development. Now the tests are more subtle with each trial shattering another obstacle within himself and leading him on toward transcendence.
Michael Golding is the author of Simple Prayers and Benjamin's Gift. He has also enjoyed success as an actor and screenwriter including his film adaptation of the international best-seller Silk starring Keira Knightly and Alfred Molina. He lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas in Northern California.