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Excerpt from Bahais: The Religion of Brotherhood, and Its Place in the Evolution of Creeds
In Tee Near East. They attracted the notice of 'abdul Baha, who was good enough to ex press approval of my attempt to expound the gospel preached by his illustrious father, Baha 'ullah. I therefore yielded to a suggestion that I should give my sketch Of Bahaism a more permanent form. In doing so I have rehandled the entire subject, in order to assign Bahaism a place in the evolution of organised creeds. Their ultimate efflorescence is sometimes styled Mysticism; but this is surely a misnomer. The Mystic searches Nature for symbols of God, and cultivates his own soul that it may become worthy of union with Him. In the quest of personal holiness he utterly ignores the cravings Of his fellow-men, doomed, like himself, to grope in darkness. Mysticism is static as well as self-regarding. It injures the devotee, whose life is spent in sterile con. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
