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Program Sessions

  1. You Are Your Own Forerunner
  2. Dreamer in the City of Misunderstood Wonders
  3. Love Hunger Thirst and the Dignity of Desire
  4. King Who Left His Throne for the Forest
  5. Slaves Fanning a Queen and the Cat's Bitter Truth
  6. She-Dragon Awaits Her Conquering Fate
  7. Saint Shares Guilt to Comfort a Brigand
  8. Fear of Scarcity Drives the Insatiable Plutocrat
  9. Nobility Power and Wisdom Beyond Kingship
  10. Eagles Fight Over Lamb and Sheep
  11. Critics Blame the Victim Not the Thief
  12. Four Poets and the Bowl of Punch
  13. Weathercock Resists the Laughing Wind
  14. Sober King Denies What a Drunk King Would Grant
  15. Bird of Faith Rising Beyond All Chains
  16. Enemy Soul Born to the Throne
  17. Frogs Argue Over What Is Truly Moving
  18. Snow-White Paper Pure Chaste and Empty
  19. Serpent and Lark Wisdom Versus Wonder
  20. Contrasting Views on Beauty and Worth
  21. Fish Doubting Life Beyond Their Sea
  22. Stolen Melon Awakens a Guilty Conscience
  23. Dying Man Welcomes the Vulture as Guest
  24. Solitude Beyond Solitude and the Freer Self
  25. Midnight Rooftop Confession of Overflowing Love

The Forerunner

by Kahlil Gibran

52m
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Kahlil Gibran's The Forerunner — the visionary predecessor to his beloved masterwork The Prophet. Published in 1920, this heartfelt and compassionate collection of 24 parables and poems draws from the deep well of Eastern wisdom to illuminate timeless human experiences: love, justice, freedom, and the quest for spiritual truth.

Written in the same spirit of profound humanity that defines all of Gibran's work, The Forerunner weaves morality tales rich with symbolic imagery — kings and hermits, saints and slaves, animals that speak and winds that laugh — into a meditation on what it truly means to live with wisdom and purpose.

  • 24 parables and poems on love, justice, spirituality, and the depths of human nature
  • A direct predecessor to The Prophet, sharing its lyrical depth and timeless spiritual power
  • Eastern symbolic storytelling at its most accessible, moving, and universally human
  • The second of Gibran's four celebrated English-language works

What You'll Learn

This is a literary and spiritual audio experience. Listeners encounter Gibran's meditations on courage, love, freedom, justice, and human nature through 24 beautifully crafted parables and poems — each a window into a deeper understanding of what it means to live fully and purposefully.

About the Author

Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-American poet, philosopher, and artist whose work The Prophet is one of the best-selling books in history. Gibran is recognized as one of the three best-selling poets of all time. Between 1918 and 1926 he produced four English-language works: The Madman, The Forerunner, Sand and Foam, and The Prophet.

Program Details

Digital audio download. Publisher: Nightingale-Conant. The second in Gibran's four celebrated English-language works.

How to Listen

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