he decade-long exile of Bahá'u'lláh in 'Iraq began under the harshest of conditions and at the lowest ebb in the fortunes of the Bábí Faith. It witnessed, however, the gradual crystallization of those potent spiritual forces which were to culminate in the declaration of His world-embracing mission in 1863. “In the course of these years, there radiated”, Shoghi Effendi writes, "wave after wave, a power, a radiance and a glory which insensibly reanimated a languishing Faith, sorely-stricken, sinking into obscurity, threatened with oblivion. From it were diffused, day and night, and with ever-increasing energy, the first emanations of a Revelation which, in its scope, its copiousness, its driving force and the volume and variety of its literature, was destined to excel that of the Báb Himself."
Among these early Writings is a lengthy epistle known as the "Gems of Divine mysteries”.
The course will aim to investigate some of the central themes of the epistle in more detail and discover their deeper significance for the betterment of the world and its unification.
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28 May 2024