"The Sufi and the Scientist" is the collective story of Sufi Healer Sayyid Arif Hussain, whose salvation lies in healing people with the help and guidance of his spirit guide, the medieval Sufi Sheikh Haji Ali and Dr. Thornton Streeter, a scientist working in the realm of human consciousness and trying like many others to decipher the secrets of the consciousness so as to bridge the incompatibility of Einstein's theory of relativity with the theory of quantum mechanics. Set in the backdrop of mystical Sufi India, with unusual access to the world of shamans, sorcerers and exorcists within the folds of Islam, "The Sufi and the Scientist" explores what objects or mediums within the understanding of Islam, can serve as probes to the world beyond our familiar three dimensions. The film blends the spiritual mysticism of the orient with the scientific temperament of the Occident and unravels the role of the consciousness in explaining the mysteries of physics and spirituality.