Five points

Month, Day: 169, Glory, Power (Glory)

Today, Ridvan. Looking at some related material, I came across the Symbols. And, then I saw the Tablet of the Bab written as a five-pointed star.

Well, have to admit, haven't seen that before.

And, the meanderings today looked at Names of God (Attributes).

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Earlier, there had been discussion about the Groups. Picking a partitioning by four was arbitrary, but that did allow a type of coherent view which had some operational appeal. Part of the discussion used 'chords' which seems to be implied in the 7V4V.

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Let's consider a five partition.

• Splendour, Glory, Beauty, Grandeur, Light (so far, it looks cohesive)
• Mercy, Words, Perfection, Names, Might (again)
• Will, Knowledge, Power, Speech, Questions (ah, operational efforts, and science)
• Honour, Dominion, Sovereignty, Intercalary, Loftiness (with the buffer period, there is an even split)

There is something to this. What concepts would apply to each of the groups so that we could identify a label?

I will have to use the current measure to consider the theme further. 

Remarks:

04/22/2012 --So, we have both a 4x5 and a 5x4. The former has been looked at for awhile. The latter will be the focus of attention for a few posts. Then, we'll relate the two viewpoints.

Modified: 04/22/2012

Thornton Chase

Month, Day: 169, Glory, Mercy (Glory)

It was this day, Apr 14, that the Titanic sank. Too, we're three days past the arrival of the Master to the American shores.

Since the next few months can be associated with the visit of 1912, there will be all sorts of possible topics to look at. One of these is Thornton Chase.

The Master changed his itinerary in order to visit Thornton's grave.

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Bahá’ís of the United States

It is interesting to note that both of Thornton's parents have deep American roots. His father descended from Aquila Chase who came over from Chesham in 1630, pursuing religious freedom. Some other families in the Chase tree are Dudley, Bradstreet, Tufts, Lunt, and Cotton. His mother's family included some of those plus Hutchinson and Bachiler.

Why of note? This is about 200 years prior to the Twin Days where we can apply reflection (see About the Middle, George's Lessons, Reckoner II). We'll get into this more through time.

Remarks:

06/08/2020 --For more on AE Lunt, see Hierarchy, bahaipedia, Green Acre, New Englanders, and more.

07/24/2019 -- Notes on Thornton Chase (cuz).

10/31/2012 -- On 11/04/1912, the Master remember Thornton.

10/11/2012 --A visit to the grave site on October 19, 1912.

09/02/2012 -- As the date for the western loop comes closer, we'll get more detailed. Here is the findagrave page for Thornton.

04/19/2012 --The 1912 Trip.

Modified: 06/08/2020