"In the beginning was the Word... and the Word was God." In all religious traditions and scriptures, the concept of the Word plays a central part, but very few understand what the Word really is. The author, Sant Kirpal Singh, who was both a distinguished scholar of comparative religions and a practicing mystic of the highest order, makes clear the full esoteric significance of the Word or Name (Naam). Quotations from Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and Christian sacred writings illustrate the universality of the Word (the spiritual manifestation of God) in religious tradition and mystical practices.