Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken ca. 1911

50 words

Notes:

First sentence is from Goodall notes 3/1899

Translation:

Provisional translation

You will retain your individuality and will not be swallowed up in one vast spirit. Concerning the condition of the human soul ...It is exclusively luminous; it has no body; it is a dazzling pencil of light; it is a celestial orb of brightness

Translations (4)

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v14#02 p.038

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_1911 p002

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1911.pdf#page=2

PN_1911 p007

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1911.pdf#page=7

BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection

BSTW#043a

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=56