A miscellaenie of content, mostly related to the Bahá’í Faith, but also some personal interest. A link to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas Project, a link to a Bahá’í Glossary, a couple of personal meditations and a list of a miniscule number of the Names of God. As well, a link to my photo album.

Mayhap over time, more effort will be put into the presentation of this page; for now, it will remain plain and simple (some may even say “unappealing”). <Romane shrugs> The priority is the development of the Kitab-i-Aqdas project, and everything that is not my family and not the Kitab-i-Aqdas Project must play second fiddle.

The Kitáb-i-Aqdas Project is a slowly developing presentation of the Most Holy Book of the Bahá’í Revelation. It includes audio files, a Study Guide, as well as various newly created indices, plus a (very slowly) expanding English dictionary linked from the individual Paragraphs. The full text of “Lights of Guidance” has been added, and additional reference texts are slowly being included.

A collection of Bahá’í documents in .pdf format. Starting with the various Compilations, later the Sacred Texts and other documents will be added and accessible, as the conversion process slowly progresses. (Note: the listing of Compilations is still incomplete, but it was felt that by placing online the "official" compilations to start, the documents compiled by private individuals could follow soon.)

A brief selection of images from my Pilgrimage in 2009, with quotes from the Baha'i Sacred Texts. This is not a travelogue, as will be seen by even a quick perusal of the content.

Over time it is hoped that a collection of useful tools will be collected/developed and be accessible from here. At this time, only one tool is available - printable invitation cards for Devotional Meetings, and a generic card to invite to any other activity.

Free to download, mp3 format audio files. Two albums are available.

Very much a work in progress. This information has been compiled from a variety of sources. Please bear in mind that am no historian; this compilation is simply the outcome of my own curiosity. Depending on sources, there may be some inaccuracies. So far as have been able to ascertain, this is the most complete listing to date in one place on the Internet.

There are two files. One is sorted in month order, the other in year order. It is planned at some point to put them into HTML format, link each entry to a very brief Glossary entry, and link that Glossary entry to Bahaikipedia. Till then they will remain available in .pdf format. Formatting in these versions is quite basic, but functional. As the files are updated with more dates and any corrections they will be uploaded for free access. The first online version was uploaded on 5 November 2008.
   This version: 3 January 2009.

An index to a selection of personal meditations, thoughts, concepts and ideas on subjects mostly (but not always) related to the Bahá’í Faith. As I only sometimes take the time to actually put these in writing, the collection is small (at this time, very very small). No claim is made, nor can it ever be made, that these are authoritive; in fact, being of human source, there is a strong likelihood that they are erroneous. They are offered in the hope that better minds, in their study of the Sacred Texts, may find in these something that will trigger a line of beneficial thought.

Photography is one of my hobbies. These images were taken over a period beginning early 2002, first with my trusty Fujifilm S3000, then later with the Canon EOS 30D. Hope you enjoy.

The Glossary refers in places to Message numbers - these are the numbers of the Message in the document titled “Messages 1963 to 1986”. This document has not been included at this time, as it can readily be sourced either via Ocean or by a search on the Internet. It is planned that the relevant Messages will be linked in at some future date when time allows; priority is the ongoing development of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas Project.

It could justifiably be said that this effort is a futile, even a wasted exercise, for it is stated in the Holy Texts that God is the Possessor of infinite names. It is thus that this is an exercise that can never be completed. No matter; as more names are found they will be added.

The source for each of these names is solely those found within the Texts of the Bahá’í Faith; i.e. in the Works of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh and of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Names that, in my subjective (and most possibly erroneous) judgement, are references solely to the Manifestations Themselves, have not been added — this despite that the Holy Texts say that They and God are, in specified ways, identical - read the Kitáb-i-Íqan to ascertain these specified ways.

The exercise has been undertaken to satisfy my own curiosity. This curiosity was enkindled some years ago when, in a study of one of the books of the Ruhi series, four, each with an identical list of the names of God, were assigned each to a corner of the room, while the remainder sat with eyes closed and in a meditative frame of mind in the centre of these four, facing the designated “front” of the room. Each of the four then, in turn (clockwise or anticlockwise does not matter), read aloud a name of God from the list in their possession. This list was short enough that the participants were not wearied by the recital, that at the end of the recital we felt that its length had been perfectly sufficient.

A link back to this page will be found at the bottom of the list of the Names of God. Either that, or you can use the browser’s “Back” button to return here.

Some interesting things that have been spotted while perusing the Internet