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Celestial Fire

 
AuthorFarshid Kazemi
 
Title of item
Celestial Fire
 
Subtitle of item
Bahá'u'lláh as the Messianic Theophany of the Divine Fire in Zoroastrianism
 
Volume
14
 
Pages
45-124
Parent publication   Lights of Irfan
 
Publisher of this ed.
Wilmette, IL: Haj Mehdi Armand Colloquium
Date of this edition 2013
LanguageEnglish
Permission editor and publisher
Posted 2015-03-18 by Jonah Winters
Classified in Published Articles
URLbahai-library.com/kazemi_celestial_fire
Abstract Heat is used as a symbol of the dynamic nature of motion and existence, and in a tablet to the Zoroastrians, Bahá'u'lláh says that fire is a symbol of the Primal Will personified in the Manifestations. This paper explores such symbolism in the Gathas.
Notes Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #88, Bosch Bahá'í School (May, 2009). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/88/kazemi_fire.
Tags Allegories and metaphors; Angels; Holy Spirit; Interfaith dialogue; Maid of Heaven; Pearls (symbol); Symbolism; Zoroastrianism
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