Lilies, Butterflies and the Beekeeper

Imagin if 12 thinkers, let us metaphorically identify them as "the butterflies" of wisdom, had gathered together with two spiritual leaders, let us metaphorically identify them as "the lilies," in a café on the Sea of Galilee in the Roman Province of Judaea owned by an old beekeeper. Imagine these 12 butterflies of wisdom were thinkers such as al-Ghazali, Darwin, Descartes, Freud, Hobbes, Kant, Kierkegaard, Machiavelli, Marx, Maslow, Nietzsche, and Adam Smith. The two lilies were Gutama Siddartha (the Buddha) and Joshua (Jesus) Christ. And the café's caretaker was Saint Peter (who is also the reincarnation of the Patriarch Abbraham). Imagine the butterflies of wisdom were discussing various topics in philosophy among themselves, which included issues of morality, good and evil, free will, detachment, reincarnation, religion, faith, God, existentialism, idealism, materialism, logic, reason, lying, mythology, and justice. Imagine during these heated discussions a murder took place and one of the lilies (the Buddha) was killed. How would the gathered butterflies of wisdom resolve the murder and based on which morality, reason, and philosophy? What if the murdered lily was to be resurrected and reincarnated by another lily (Jesus Christ), how would the butterflies react? What if one of the butterflies betrayed Jesus Christ per his request?

All these scenarios are parts of a play that is structured as a mixture of drama and philosophy while presented in an easy to read dialogue laced with comedy, history, sociology, and culture. The play is a timeless exercise in creative reconstruction of historic literature, combining Buddhism, Zarathustrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to weave between various thoughts in order to bring humanity together. It is a blend of existentialism with Marxism, idealism, morality, materialism, religion, and sociology. In essence, it is a symbolic representation of humanity's eternal struggle for reconciliation of thoughts, duties, and responsibilities toward peace, happiness, and justice. The scenes deal with philosophical discussions while laced with humor, the concepts of god and religion, morality, reincarnation, metaphors, and dealing with a murder that takes place during one of the acts while contemplating how to proceed based on the notions of good and evil, accountability, and justice.