And the Scroll Opened Author:George M. Lamsa A large part of this book recreates the author's own experiences on pilgrimages during his youth to the almost legendary shrine of Kora-Jenney. There people flocked from far away to a rock believed to have magical powers and to listen to a famous sage read to them from scrolls of undetermined antiquity. — The scrolls deal with all basic aspects o... more »f being human: love, marriage, children, happpiness, and sorrow, faith, prayer, flowers, wealth, government, freedom, time, and the life in the hereafter.« less