Tag: "Elixir"

tag name:	Elixir	type:	Miscellaneous; Metaphors and allegories; Words, phrases
web link:	bahai-library.com/tags/Elixir
related tags:	Alchemy; God, Word of; Transformation
referring tags:	Philosophers Stone
Inventory subject:	Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir
notes:	"... Likewise, these souls, through the potency of the Divine Elixir, traverse, in the twinkling of an eye, the world of dust and advance into the realm of holiness; and with one step cover the earth of limitations and reach the domain of the Placeless. It behooveth thee to exert thine utmost to attain unto this Elixir which, in one fleeting breath, causeth the west of ignorance to reach the east of knowledge, illuminateth the darkness of night with the resplendence of the morn, guideth the wanderer in the wilderness of doubt to the wellspring of the Divine Presence and Fount of certitude, and conferreth upon mortal souls the honor of acceptance into the Riḍván of immortality. Now, could this gold be thought to be copper, these people could likewise be thought to be the same as before they were endowed with faith..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude "The vitality of men’s belief in God is dying out in every land; nothing short of His wholesome medicine can ever restore it. The corrosion of ungodliness is eating into the vitals of human society; what else but the Elixir of His potent Revelation can cleanse and revive it? Is it within human power... to effect in the constituent elements of any of the minute and indivisible particles of matter so complete a transformation as to transmute it into purest gold? ... The Force capable of such a transformation transcendeth the potency of the Elixir itself. The Word of God, alone, can claim the distinction of being endowed with the capacity required for so great and far-reaching a change." – Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, XCIX (BH01234) "... Sulphur is the fire of the love of God, and mercury is the quicksilver of the ocean of the knowledge of God. Combine then these twin noble elements, and harmonize and unite these twin soundest pillars, and so obtain the Noblest Stone—that is, the Jewel of Jewels, the Ruby of the Mine of the Kingdom—so that thou mayest discover the Most Great Elixir and find the Alchemy of Truth, and, casting it upon the copper and iron of men’s souls, transmute them into purest gold. Seekest thou the Mystery of Alchemy? It is this! Seekest thou the Inestimable Elixir? It is this! Seekest thou the Philosopher’s Stone? It is this! While all else besides this is devoid of fruit or consequence, of benefit or useful outcome. Heed thou my words: Seek thou this Most Great Elixir of the Kingdom! ..." – ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks, A Tablet of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
references:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elixir; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Elixir

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