Shoghi Effendi Through the Pilgrim's Eye, Vol. 1

Building the Administrative Order, 1922–1952

The life and work of the Guardian told through diary entries and letters of pilgrims and visitors to the Bahá’í Holy Places, as well as the accounts of those who worked to assist the Guardian. As in all such cases, these recollections must be taken in the spirit of pilgrim notes interesting and thought-provoking highlights that provide unique insights and inspiration, but not Bahá’í Sacred Text.

Volume I (1922−1952) covers the years when the Guardian was laying the foundations of the Bahá’í Administrative Order destined to culminate in the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, while at the same time planning and carrying out the extension and development of the Shrines of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh, translating the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh as well as The Dawn-Breakers and writing his own major works, as well as facing challenges to his authority and responding to the confiscation of the House of...Show More

The life and work of the Guardian told through diary entries and letters of pilgrims and visitors to the Bahá’í Holy Places, as well as the accounts of those who worked to assist the Guardian. As in all such cases, these recollections must be taken in the spirit of pilgrim notes interesting and thought-provoking highlights that provide unique insights and inspiration, but not Bahá’í Sacred Text.

Volume I (1922−1952) covers the years when the Guardian was laying the foundations of the Bahá’í Administrative Order destined to culminate in the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, while at the same time planning and carrying out the extension and development of the Shrines of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh, translating the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh as well as The Dawn-Breakers and writing his own major works, as well as facing challenges to his authority and responding to the confiscation of the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad and the persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran and Egypt.

Categories:: Biography, Holy Family
  • Contributors:: Earl Redman (Author)
  • Format: Softcover book | 480 pages
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 27 mm | 870 g
  • Publisher: George Ronald Publisher, 2015
  • ISBN: 9780853985884
  • SKU: REDMA_PILGR1@p
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Categories:: Biography, Holy Family
  • Contributors:: Earl Redman (Author)
  • Format: Softcover book | 480 pages
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 27 mm | 870 g
  • Publisher: George Ronald Publisher, 2015
  • ISBN: 9780853985884
  • SKU: REDMA_PILGR1@p

About Earl Redman

Earl Redman is a geologist who worked for two decades for the US Bureau of Mines studying mines and mineral deposits in more than 220 abandoned mine workings in the Juneau Gold Belt, Alaska. In 1999 he moved with his wife Sharon to Ireland, where although there are no mines in sight, his experience has been put to good use in another field, exploring the gold mines of the stories included in this book. He now travels widely and for long periods of the year and is much in demand as a speaker and storyteller.

Titles by Earl Redman

The Holy Family