Who is God's mother? Where did Adam, the first man, really come from? Did Eve have a belly button? Does anyone who refuses to accept Jesus as the "savior" automatically go to hell? And the ultimate question: what is life's purpose?

Such are just some of the many musings and conundrums taken up by author Paul R. Bland, researcher, historian, seer of visions. While a plethora of religious texts, from the well-known Book of Genesis to the lesser-known Jewish Midrash, have attempted to provide explanations for such questions, no combination of works quite adequately explains some of...