Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken at Persian embassy in New York, 1912-04-23

40 words

Question:

[A woman who had been a Christian scientist brought up the question of healing extreme physical cases, such as broken bones, through the power of mental suggestion.]

Translation:

Provisional translation

If all the spirits of the air were to congregate together they could not create a salad!

Translations (5)

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_v12#07 p.135+137-140

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_7

SW_v12#08 p.145-172

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_8

DJT. Thompson, Juliet. The Diary of Juliet Thompson. Kalimat, 1983. https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary

DJT.270

https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary

FDA. Thompson, Juliet. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's First Days in America. The Roycrofters, 192-. https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P- T/T/Thompson/FDA.htm

FDA.014

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BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PN#027

https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary