Walt Whitman – His Yearning and Ardent Poetry
The celebrated American poet, Walt Whitman, lived from 1819 until 1892. It was a tumultuous time of change in the United States; an epoch which …
Oneness of Humanity
John Donne’s For Whom the Bell Tolls: with translation
John Donne’s passage For Whom the Bell Tolls is most familiar to audiences of our time through Ernest Hemingway’s novel of the same name, set …
The Epistle to the Son of the Wolf – Oneness of Religion, Oneness of Humanity
The Epistle to the Son of the Wolf is Bahá’u’lláh’s last major work, written in the last year of his life. It is Bahá’u’lláh’s own …
If the Learned Illuminated the Path to Human Unity …
“The cult of [national sovereignty] has become mankind’s major religion. The intensity of worship of the idol of the national state, is of course, no …
Tablet of the Branch
In Adrianople, Bahá’u’lláh began the public announcement of his mission; writing to kings and rulers and to followers of the Bab. Also from this period, Bahá’u’lláh …
Origins of Racism: the Case of the Count de Gobineau
When we see racism still at work in our world it is important not only to know its current manifestations but also to understand something …
Achieving Unity
It was not obvious when Bahá’u’lláh stated it, but it is obvious today. The problems of the world cannot be solved and human welfare and …
The Interconnection of All Things
All things are interconnected. … every part of the universe is connected with every other part by ties that are very powerful and admit of …
Three Protagonists Generating the Future: Individual, Community and Institutions
The title to this article draws on a concept described in letters of the Universal House of Justice to the Baha’i community – that there …