Kahlil Gibran, (1883-1931) best selling author and spiritual guide, was a man in search of himself and his place in the world; he wrote from longing and created beauty. Writer and painter, based in the USA, his life was his material. An immigrant from Lebanon, he wrote with one eye on his homeland; and with a restless questioning spirit. As one of his teachers records, 'he had an impetuous soul, a rebellious mind and an eye mocking everything it sees.'Kahlil was born into a Christian Maronite fa