Art Aeon

Mystery of the Universe Art Aeon

Mystery of the Universe: Conversing with Dante in Dream {3} is the final part of a fictional narrative poem in tercet stanza. It unfolds an imaginary conversation between two characters: A sincere heathen dreamer and the spirit of his revered poet, Dante (1265- 1321), the author of the Divine Comedy, in a dream. The present work was inspired by the Divine Comedy of Dante to follow its form and spirit as much as it may be feasible by a novice. At the end of the preceding Journey of Life on Earth: Conversing with Dante in Dream {2}, the character-Dante asks the character-dreamer critical questions: If the deities have never existed in reality but they are merely inventions of the imaginative human brains as the heathen dreamer insisted on, then how the Universe and all things in it could have been governed in such an exquisite order. The dreamer replies that he will try to relate what the human brains have recently discovered by scientific researches on "the nature of the Universe" and its profound mystery. It is a provisional tale which will evolve as the sciences progress with time. Yet, he hopes that it is a meaningful and soul-searching story for them to converse on. "Mystery of the Universe" discusses the following topics in 15 "Songs" Song 1: Movements of the Earth in the Solar System. Song 2: Newton's Laws of Motion and Gravitation; Rules of Reasoning Song 3: On the Nature of Stars in the Sky. Song 4: On the Nature of Matter and Energy. Song 5: The Structure of the Observed Part of the Universe. Song 6: Current Theories on the Origin and Evolution of the Universe. Song 7: Questions on the Big Bang Hypothesis. Song 8: Ex Nihilo, Nihil Fit. Song 9: On the Nature of Time. Song 10: Measuring the Time Past. Song 11: Mother Earth: The Planet of Life. Song 12: What is Life? Song 13: Are other Intelligent Civilizations in the Universe? Song 14: Hymn to the Sacred Conscience of Human. Song 15: Dante's Advice to the Dreamer at Farewell.