TABLE OF CONTENTS  
   
  I.   Introduction  
           a. The Emergence of a Baha'i Consciousness in World Literature      1   
           b. The Poem Not the Poet                                           14  
           c. Canada's Third Wave                                             35  
     
  II.  Biographical Account  
           a. The First Twenty-Five Years: 1929-1954                          43  
           b. The Second Twenty-Five Years: 1954-1979                         67  
     
  III. The Letters of Roger White                                             75  
    
  IV.  The Major Works of Roger White   
           a. Another Song Another Season: The Canadian Who Lives Here        98  
           b. The Witness of Pebbles                                         126  
           c. One Bird One Cage One Flight                                   150  
           d. A Novella: A Sudden Music and The Shell and the Pearl          184  
                'Martyrdom and Doing What is Under Your Nose'  
           e. A Poetry Reading: "Lipstick and Bruises"                       194  
           f. The Language of There                                          197  
                White: Meant for Beginners   
           g. Notes Postmarked: The Mountain of God                          216  
                White Exits: Smiling and Heading for 'There'   
           h. Occasions of Grace: An Introduction                            234  
     
  V.   Special Topics  
           a. White's History                                                239  
           b. A Galaxy of Characters                                         272  
           c. White's Future                                                 286   

Chapter 1