Human Nature and the Temple at the Dawn of Time: Gobekli Tepe
In the last twenty or so years archeologists have excavated a temple that was built so long ago that no human being had yet thought …
200th anniversary of birth of Baha’u’llah
Workers’ Rights
As we have seen in previous articles, Bahá’u’lláh was concerned with the extremes of wealth and poverty he saw in society. He was concerned when …
The Miracle of Baghdad
If we look in the Gospels or in the Quran we find ample evidence of the opposition of the religious hierarchies of the day to …
The Valley of Knowledge
The Seven Valleys is Bahá’u’lláh’s presentation of an ancient literary metaphor for the journey of the soul. He wrote the Seven Valleys around 1860 after …
Exile Over Snowbound Mountains
Bahá’u’lláh was the son of a wealthy noble family. His family had extensive estates in their ancestral province of Nur. The transformation that Bahá’u’lláh’s life …
A Stronger Thought of Peace
When a thought of war comes oppose it with a stronger thought of peace. It is such a striking statement that it often comes to …
Clara and Hyde Dunn – the Baha’i Faith Comes to Australia
On 10 April 1920, when Clara and Hyde Dunn arrived in Sydney, Australia was, to most of the world, a far-away place. To the bulk …
A Light in Dungeon Darkness: the Siyah-Chal and the beginning of Bahá’u’lláh’s mission
Chained, humiliated and conducted over fifteen miles in the heat of summer, Bahá’u’lláh had been cast into Tehran’s most notorious dungeon: Siyah-Chal – the Black …
When Religious People do Bad Things
In a world in which crimes are explicitly committed in the name of religion, a conversation about how best to respond to the problem is …