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Archival Collection of Talks on Various Bahá'í Subjects

Eye to Eye-Poetry of a Baha’i Life

1988

Dr. John Hatcher is Professor Emeritus of English literature and he teaches the study of religion at the University of South Florida. He is the author of several books. He Became a Baha'i in 1960. , He reads Peter S. Quinn's "Club A" poem in order to explain the poetry of Baha'i life and how the process works. He explained how spirit works through our feelings and thoughts and how it can create music. God's use of language translates spirit into poetic forms. God prefers to use poetical and metaphorical expressions. As God is unknowable we must recognize Him through His Manifestation and obedience to His chosen Mediator is the sole path for our spiritual progress. He explained how spiritual understanding is translated into physical forms.  We have the power to make our own life into a poem just as we learned we understand God through His Divine Poetry.