Shoghi Effendi (Giachery)

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Shoghi Effendi  (1973) by Ugo Giachery
Recollections by Ugo Giachery

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Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE


PART I - The Personality of Shoghi Effendi

I AN APPRECIATION
II PILGRIM IMPRESSIONS
III HIS SPIRITUAL VIRTUES
His great faith
The Guardian and the man
His humility and selflessness
His involuntary connection With the Divine Source
His eagerness
His perseverance
His generosity
IV HIS LITERARY GIFTS
Translations
Original literary work
As historian
Correspondence
His artistic ingenuity


PART II - The World Centre of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh

V BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD CENTRE
VI THE QUEEN OF CARMEL
VII THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE SHRINE OF THE BÁB
The Arcade
The Octagon
The Drum or Clerestory
The Crown and the Dome
VIII THE GARDENS SURROUNDING THE SHRINE OF THE BÁB
IX THE GARDEN NURSERIES
X PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
XI THE GARDENS AT BAHJÍ
XII EMBELLISHMENTS TO THE SHRINE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
XIII THE MANSION OF BAHJÍ
XIV THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES
The Nature of the Archives
The Project Begins
Plans Become a Reality
XV THE FIRST MASHRIQU’L-ADHKÁR OF THE HOLY LAND
The Obelisk


EPILOGUE

Events connected With the passing of Shoghi Effendi
The Sepulchre of Shoghi Effendi


APPENDICES

I Early Descriptions of Shoghi Effendi
II Letters to Angeline Giachery
III The Writings of Shoghi Effendi
IV Genealogy of Shoghi Effendi
The Family of the Báb
V The War in Africa
VI The Tablet of Carmel
VII Guido M. Fabbricotti, the Marble Firm
VIII Giacomo Barozzi, the Architect Vignola
IX Names of the Doors of the Shrine of the Báb
X Andrea Palladio, Founder of Neo-Classic Architecture
XI Plants Used by Shoghi Effendi


GLOSSARY OF ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING TERMS
REFERENCES
INDEX