It is always a wonderful and unparalleled thrill to write and publish essays, especially in this age of human vilification, where universal laws are turned upside down through personal ignorance and greed.

What society lacks is the recognition that we live in a magical world because it is mysterious. In virtue of this, I have tried to make some of the mysteries that have come to us from the past and have never been deciphered until now accessible to everyone. Acknowledging that we ourselves are a real enigma within a Universe that never, I say never, will be understood in essence, means taking a first step towards the Truth.

The Seed of Joy is part of the Librosaggio 'saga' and, as the title states, it wants to be a wish for a better future, under the banner of brotherhood and communion with Nature. I hope that Gaia, our Earth, will welcome this seed and help it to become a Tree of Joy, a Tree of Life. Happiness to all those who will water this seed.We would like to thank the authors who, with their stories, have contributed to making this book sensational:Flaviana Pier Elena FusiPiergiorgio BaroneRoberto RussoDomenico PalmieroMassimo BiecherLine DanielsenFabio SalviatoRocco Antonio FlaccomioLorenzo La RosaDominique Blumenstihl RothAnna BorelliniI would like to thank the poet Innocente Foglio for his personal presentation of the text at the beginning of the stories.