What is time? Does it simply come to an end at some point? Can we travel through time - from point to point, just as we move through space? Living for a few decades - could that be all there is? Religion, with its belief in a soul, suggests the idea of immortality. But it's not just the faithful who dream of this. Why is there life at all, and who is the architect - a higher being? Or has life created itself? Life doesn't have to exist only on Earth. But could we even make contact with another civilization? And what would happen if that were to occur? In a few billion years, the blue planet will evaporate in the expanding sun. What escape routes are there for the future inhabitants of Earth? Is everything predetermined, or is pure chance or even the supernatural the driving force? These are questions that both religion and esotericism seek to answer.