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Author	Farshid 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
Language	English
Permission	editor and publisher
Posted	2015-03-18 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-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, Baha'u'llah 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 Baha'i School (May, 2009). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/88/kazemi_fire.
Tags	Angels; Holy Spirit; Interfaith dialogue; Maid of Heaven; Symbolism; Zoroastrianism
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Edit quality	high: carefully proofread and edited
Format quality	high: well formatted
Last edited	2015-10-30 23:49 EDT. See previous versions [archive.org].

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