admin Cover: CASIMIR RAYMOND (French),
Le gobelet bleu, watercolor. Private collection.

Editorial:  To Dr. Dahesh, on his Birthday
The Editorial Board  Page # 1

Ethics:  Of Duty
Douglas S. Johnson  Page # 20

Literature:  William Blake and Kahlil Gibran...
George N. El-Hage, Ph.D.  Page # 20

Selections:  Adonis and Astarte
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 24

Civilization:  Adonis Has Risen
Sema’an Salem, Ph.D. and Lynda A. Salem  Page # 31

Ernest Karl Eugen Koerner The Temple of Karnak, The Great Hypostyle Hall, 1890 Oil on canvas, 31 ¼ x 18 ¼ inches © Copyright Dahesh Museum of Art

Editorial:  Western Rationality and Eastern Spirituality
The Editor  Page # 1

Civilization:  Beyond the Great Pyramid
Dr. Sameh M. Arab  Page # 4

Education:  Education as Real Life (2)
Douglas S. Johnson  Page # 13

Medicine:  How Modern Anesthesia Started in the Middle East
Dr. Mohamad Said Takrouri  Page # 21

Selections:  A Mystifying Riddle or The Sweetness of Death
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 32
 

Cover: Dr. Dahesh. Early portrait by Marie Hadad, (1890−1973). Oil on canvas.

Editorial:  The First of June
The Editorial Board  Page # 1

Daheshist Views:  Reincarnation, an Act of Mercy
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 4

Civilization:  Ancient Astronomy
Sema’an I. Salem, Ph.D. Lynda A. Salem  Page # 9

Medicine:  How do our Eyes Age? Can we Prevent or Postpone This?
David S. Karan M.D.  Page # 21

Selections:  An Imaginary Extraterrestrial Story
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 23

Cover: Bouquet de fleurs, by Mohammed Racim (1896-1975).
In MOHAMMED RACIM, MINIATURISTE ALGERIEN,
© Enterprise Nationale du Livre (ENAL), Algérie.

Editorial:  Man, A Meteorite And An Ape
The Editor  Page # 1

Literature:  William Blake and Kahlil Gibran...
George N. El-Hage, Ph.D.  Page # 4

Art:  Out of History
Edmund Rucinski  Page # 18

Ethics:  Heroism
Douglas S. Johnson  Page # 26

Selections:  The Caged Bird
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 30

Medicine:  Epidemiology of Breast, Colon and Prostate Cancer: Causes and Prevention
Dr. Parviz Ghadirian

Editorial:  The Importance of Developing Critical and Creative Intellect in Youth The Editor
The Editor  Page # 1

Exobiology:  Extraterrestrials! Where are They?
Sema‘an I. Salem, Ph.D.  Page # 4

Medicine:  Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension
Donald D. Smyth, Ph.D. and S. Brian Penner, MD, FRCP  Page # 15

Medicine:  Blood Pressure Measurement
S. Mukaddam, Ph.D.  Page # 19

Dahesh Heritage:  The Concept of Beauty in the Poetry of Dr. Dahesh
Mursi Saad el-Din, Ph.D.  Page # 23

Selections:  The City of Immortal People
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 26

Selections:  Shall Return
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 30
 

admin and Arabic Cover: Picturesque panoramic views on Lake Maggiore−Italy.

Editorial:  Where are we from Respecting all Religious Beliefs Without Exception?
The Editorial Board  Page # 1

Literature:  The Lewis Carroll Phenomenon
Dr. Najwa Nasr  Page # 4

Social Issues:  Women, Health, and Development...
Shree Mulay, Ph.D.  Page # 13

Medical/Medicine:  Tobacco Smoking and Cardiovascular Risk
Dr. Parviz Ghadirian  Page # 16

Literature:  On Translating Dr. Dahesh
Prof. Jeanette W. S. Atiya  Page # 18

Selections:  Tyranny of the Tribe of the Giants
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 24

Ethics:  Notes on Living for Good
Douglas S. Johnson  Page # 26

1994 Corel Corporation

Editorial:  Is Western Civilization in Crisis?
The Editor  Page # 1

Medical/Medicine:  The Biology of Behavior, A Focus on Panic Disorder
Salima Merani, Ph.D.  Page # 4

Science:  Lasers: Operation and Applications
Louay Eldada, Ph.D.  Page # 8

Reincarnation/ Philosophy:  Brief Description of Main Theories of Reincarnation
A. Watani  Page # 20

Selections:  Black Zola (A Trans. by A. Watani)
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 24
 

Laocoön Group, (a version by the Rhodian sculptors Hagesandros, Polydoros and Athenodoros) - Galleria delle Statue I, Musei Vaticani, Rome.

Editorial:  Art and Science
The Editor  Page # 1

Culture:  Medicine in the Ancient Near East
Sema’an I. Salem, Ph.D. and Lynda A. Salem M.S.L.S.  Page # 4

Medicine:  Lymphomas
Philip A. Salem, M.D.  Page # 19

Essay:  Criticism and Creation
Taysir Nashif, Ph.D.  Page # 22

Selections:  Venus Descends to Earth
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 24

Gateway to India, Bombay.
Courtesy of Government of India Tourist Office

Editorial:  The Road to Human Perfection
The Editor  Page # 1

Literature:  William Blake and Kahlil Gibran..
George N. El-Hage, Ph.D.  Page # 4

Ethics:  Of Justice and Illusion
Douglas S. Johnson  Page # 14

Medical/Medicine:  Effects of Active and Passive Smoking On Human Reproduction and Pregnancy
Dr. Parviz Ghadirian  Page # 17

Selections:  Memoirs of A Dinar
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 19