i doubt that you're going to find much for authoritative materials that are not already on-line. i would like to see an effort to get 'older' scholarly materials and privately published memoirs. Neither of these categories are likely to be selling worth beans and there is some evidence that free ete...

Studies in Babi and Baha'I History: Music, Devotions, and Mashriq'L-Adkhar
R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram

Tnx Larry, that was what I was thinking about. But it is not universally accepted because there are other statements that appear to indicate that he did have a corporeal existance.

Don C

I think the "362" is a typo/misprint.

There are differences of opinion by scholars as to whether the 12 Imam had a physical existance according to the statements of Abdu'l-Baha.

Don C

Not sure what specifically you're looking for, but it may be here -

http://www.ahad-sed.org/sed-docs.html

Don C

He was speaking of the lands of the Vilayet of Adrianople. I don't know how vilayet should be translated, so I'll call it a state. It was what we would now call European Turkey plus parts of present day Greece and Bulgaria. It in turn was made up of what I'll call "counties". Gallipoli was...

This is interesting because in many cases, the Muslims simply used the Greek terms in translation. But in this instance, they quickly developed an alternative cosmology using different terms. What the Greeks called World of Being, the Muslims call Lahut, the world of ideas, a spiritual world. This i...

A version of Ocean is now available for Macs, tho' I think it leaves a lot to be desired. E.g., all texts are embeded and there's no way to add add'l material. It was simply converted using Pine and includes an embedded version of NotePad. Archive does run on OSX Lion. BTW, you can copy unlocked pdf...

You might also contact Steve Lambden. He is in the process of putting all articles from BSB on-line at http://www.hurqalya.pwp.blueyonder.co.u ... 20PAGE.htm
He is up to that volume of BSB.

Don C

: When I am teaching my Muslim friends about the Bahai faith, and im talking about the Imam Mahdi, they say "who?" and dont know who im even talking about! This shows that their praying has just become culture to them. It's more likely that you're just talking to Sunni Muslims. They have ...

For the time being, I'm working on biographies and auto-biographies. The current one being "The Great Adventure" by Florence Mayberry.

Don C

I would but they don't make Ocean Library for macs yet :) I'll try digging them up in the meantime though. A good selection of the primary texts are available on Archive for OSX. Additionally, those texts in Ocean that are in its proprietary format (w/ suffix ocn1 on Macs), the works of Taherzadeh ...

Does anyone know if `Abdu'l-Baha ever engaged in a public debate with anyone during his trips to Europe and the United States? I've never heard of any such event taking place but it would be really interesting to follow a sort of "real-time" debate between him and anyone else. :D I think ...

1503. dh note : ... it would appear that one explanation of why congregational prayer was abolished is that "formal prayer usually led by an individual using a prescribed ritual" has in the past , and perhaps if allowed to continue into the future , veiled the creations from the Creator H...

I heard a rumor that Gibson actually dissociated himself from the Mona's Dream project when he learned that Mona's religious beliefs were at the core of her courage. Can anyone confirm this? We don't really know. There is circumstantial evidence that supports such an idea. Gibson was part of a conf...

The footnote refers to the original George Ronald Press edition of "August Forel and the Baha'i Faith". Dr. Forel's letter appears in translation on pages 1 -> 5 and was translated by Helene Neri. A commentary by Peter Muhlschlagel appears on pages 29 -> 60, also translated by Helene Neri....

Thanks, That prayer was not translated into English until 1980, so that makes me think that it might be another prayer, because why wouldn't Shoghi Effendi translate that one for the English speaking friends? Yes but it was readily available in typescript. I had both it and the Fire Tablet that way...

MontanaDon wrote: Don, I would love to see a source for the thought that the Dispensation was accepted by the Israeli Courts as his will and testament. There is no mention of this in The Ministry of the Custodians - the book that documents the actions of the Hands of the Cause immediately following...

Curious about your thoughts on this topic. I personally still don't believe he ever left a Will and that this was probably just a slip-up, but it's always good to have discussions and deepend our understanding of the Faith. :) The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah was a letter addressed to the Western Ba...

I wrote a little something today that took about 20 minutes, basically just stating which institutions these covenant-breakers have discrepancies with. Not sure if it will prove useful to this discussion at all, but at least you'll all know who has a problem with who. Please correct me anywhere if ...

I've been told that the video of Abdu'l-Baha has just been placed on the internet. I have sent the person who posted it this citation - "...the friends to exercise restraint and caution in the use and distribution of the record of the Master's voice. In my view, it should be used only on specia...

If I remember correctly, my dad actually got it 25 years ago from a man who has now unfortunately been declared a Covenant-breaker. We're not sure exactly where it is but it's somewhere in the house. :lol: I'd really like to get the sound onto a computer from the cassette and then put it up on the ...

NewDayCalendar apparently is kaput.

Don C

Remey, being in his late eighties after Shoghi Effendi died, was probably senile and interpreted that title given to him by `Abdu'l-Baha to mean that he really was of `Abdu'l-Baha's lineage now. There is no evidence I have heard of that Remey was senile, at least not in the late 50's/early 60's. By...

http://bahai-library.com/index.php5?file=abdulbaha_lawh_aflakiyyih.html I've been reading this tablet and was wondering what some of you thought about parts: For now, 1) what do you believe is meant by "universals" and "particulars"? I was waiting for someone else to jump in her...

Hi all, does anybody know if "Islam and the Bahai Faith" is available electronically anywhere? If not where the best place to purchase it is. thanks a bunch Which are you thinking of? The one by Scharbrodt? If so, Alibris has copies from one of their affiliates for $132 plus shipping, che...