# The Baha'i Cause

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> Source: Bahá'í Library Online (bahai-library.com), curated by Jonah Winters. Used by permission of the curator. Original citation: Horace Holley, The Baha'i Cause, Jamaica, NY: The Occult Press, 1925, bahai-library.com.
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> HARTMANN'S
> WHO'S WHO
> IN
> 
> Occult, Psychic and Spiritual Realms
> EMBRACING
> Alchemy, Anthropology, Anthroposophy, Applied Psychology, Archaeology,
> Astrology, Baha'i Movement, Bio-Chemistry, Bi'O-Psychology, Buddhism,
> Christian Mysticism, Chromatics, Divine Science, New Thought,
> Numerology, Occultism, Phrenology, Psychiatry, Psycho-analysis,
> Psychical Research, Ros.i crucianism, Sacred Science, Spiritualism,
> Sufi Movement, Theosophy, Transcendental Science, Vedanta
> Philosophy, Vegetarianism, Vocational Guidance, and
> Cognate Subjects.
> 
> IN THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES
> 
> Compiled and Edited
> by
> WILLIAM C. HARTMAN, Ph.D., O.Sc.D.
> 
> "Seek and Ye Shall Find"
> To be issued Annually, about October first
> Under the Auspices of The Occult Brotherhood
> 
> PRICE, $3.00
> 
> THE OCCULT PRESS
> Jamaica, N. Y.
> U.S. A.
> Copyright 1925
> by
> William C. Hartmann
> Published, November, 1925
> All Rights Reserved
> 
> CONTENTS
> PAGE
> "If," a Poem, by B. F. Austin.... ... .. . .. ... ..... . ..... . .... .. ...... ........... ....                                                               5
> Introduction, by Dr. Guy Bogart.. . ..................... . ................ . .........                                                                       7
> Foreword, by Wm. C. Hartmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            9
> Notice, to the Public........... . ............. ..... ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
> Prominent Officials of Societies, Editors of Periodicals, Leaders of Different Move-
> ments, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • • 11
> Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Commends T he Occult Brotherhood . ..... . .... ......... .. ... 24
> Book List-Authors and Their Works. .. . ......... ... .. ....... ........ .. ...... ...... 25
> Periodicals . . .................... , ............................... ........ .. ... .... , 45
> Applied Psychologists, Astrologers, Character Analysts, Graphologists, Numerologists,
> Palmists, Phrenologists, and Vocational Counsellors.. .. .. .. .. . . ............. ... .. 55
> Jesus and Siddartha, A Poem, by Dr. Guy Bogart. .. ....... .. .................... . .. 60
> New Thought, Divine Science and Magnetic Healers, Metaphysical Practitioners and
> Psychologists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
> Spiritualist Associates, Mediums, Healers and Ministers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
> Psychics and Occultists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
> Light, A Poem, by William Hardy .. . ......... .. .. ...... . ... ... ............. . ... .. . . 76
> Prominent Mediums, Past and Present ... .......... .. .. ... .. . . ... ...... ...... ... .... 77
> The Ahmadiyya Movement, A lchemy, Anthropology, and Anthroposophy . .. . ......... 81
> Applied Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
> .Archaeology, and Astrology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
> Baha'i Movement............... . ...... . ............... . ......... . .. .. ......... . .... 85
> Bio-Chemistry, Bio-Psychology, and Buddhism. . .. .. . .. .. ... ... . ................ ... . 87
> Christian Mysticism, and Chromatics. ........... .. ..... ... .. ........ .. .. ..... . . .... 88
> Emanul! l Movement, The Essenes, and Human, Humane and Humanitarian Movements 89
> The Liberal Catholic Church......... .. . ... ........... ...... . ........ . ....... .. . . .. 91
> New Thought, Divine Science, Metaphysics, and Unity Movements .. .. . . . . . ......... . 94
> New Thought, Divine Science, Metaphysical and Unity Societies............... . . ... . 98
> Numerology, and Occultism . ... .... ..... .. . ..... ..................................• 107
> The Order of the Star in the East ........................... .' . ................. .... 110
> Phrenology, Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis ...... ......... . .... . ........... . ......... 112
> Psychic Phenomena, Scientific Research of, by Charles L. Hyde, Sr ................... 113
> Psychical Research Societies .... . ...... . ................................ .... . .. ..... 117
> Rosicrucianism, Societies of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
> Sacred Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
> Science . ...... .. .. . . ......................................... . . .. ..... ............ . 128
> Spiritualism, Movements, and Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . 129
> State Auxiliaries of the National Spiritualist Associatio·n, U. S. A .. ............. .. ... 132
> Spiritualist Camps in the United States . ......... . . . ... . . . ...... ... ................ . 134
> Spiritualist Societies, Churches, etc ......... . . ...... .. ..... . . ...... ......... ... ...... 135
> Spiritualist Societies and Movements in Other Countries ... . ............. ... .. .. . . .. . 148
> Sufi Movement .. . . ... . .... ..... ... ........................ ...... .. . . ......... ..... 153
> Theosophy, in the United States and Other Countries ... . ... .......... . .............. 155
> Transcendental Science, and Vedanta Philosophy ... ... .............................. 163
> Vegetarian Societies, and Vocational Guidance .... .......... ..... .. ................. 164
> Book Dealers . .. ..................................... . . .. ....... .... .............. 165
> Guest Houses .. . ............ . .... .. .... .. ......... ..... .. ... ... . . .. ... ... ......... 168
> Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
> Occult Products ................. .. . .. .. .......... .... ............... ... . .......... 170
> Publishers ..............•. . ... ..... .. .. ... . ·· ... .... .. · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
> Sanitariums .. . ... . ... . ................... · ....... · .. · .............. . . .......... . . 174
> Schools, Colleges and Individual Instructors .. . . ................................... .. 174
> Talismanic Jewelry .. ....... ..... . .. · · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .. · ....... .... ..... . ...... 176
> Advertising . . ..... ......... . ... · · · ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
> Index to Genera l Advertising . . . ... .. . . . ..... . ............. . ..... .. .. . ........ . .. . . 180
> Occult Bulletin and New Thought Guide Announcement ............. . .. .. . .......... 181
> HARTMANN'S                  WHO'S          WHO                          85
> 
> ENGLAND
> THE ASTROLOGICAL LODGE OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
> IN ENGLAND
> President, Charles E . 0. Car-ter, B.A., 10 Woodborough Rd., S.W. 15; Vice-President,
> L. Protheroe Smith, 76 Langridge Rd., S.W. 5; Secretary, Miss W. P. Rigg, 25
> Southwick St., W . 1; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Norman R,hodes, 25 Rodenhurst Rd.,
> S.W. 4; Librarian, D. Bartlett; Committee Members, Miss L . Marsh, J. H. Cox,
> R . H. T. Naylor. All meetings are held at the Hall of the Art-Workers' Guild,
> No. 6 Queen Square, London, W.C. 1. The Astrological Lodge exists in order to
> study Astrology in all its branches.
> 
> THE ASTROLOGICAL SOCIETY, Care "Modern Astrology," 40 Imperial Bldgs., Lud-
> gate Circus, London, E.C . 4.
> THE BRITISH ASTR:OLOGICAL SOCIETY.               Sec., Miss D. W. Ashdown, 112 Mill Lane,
> West Hempstead, N.W. 6, London.
> LONDON ASTROLOGICAL LODGE.                Mrs. Leo, DolUs Lodge, Church End, Finchley,
> N. 4, London.
> FRANCE
> FRANCO-BRITISH EXCHANGE.              G. Lajuzan-Gylden, 8 Rue de Richelieu, Paris, 2.
> GERMANY
> AKADEM ISCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUR ASTROLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG, Berlin.
> Founded, July 9th, 1924.      Dr. F. Quade, Berlin-Zehlendorf, Winfriedstrasse, 4a
> INSTITUT ALCYONE, Leipzig, 66784 P.O.
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> BAHA'I MOVEMENT
> THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS OF THE UNITED
> STATES AND CANADA. Offi:ce of the Secretary : Green Acre, South Eliot, Maine.
> 
> THE BAHA'I CAUSE
> (Contributed)
> "The sou1·oe of all learning i S' the lcnowleclge of Goa, exalted be His glory I and t1uis
> camnot be attainea save through the lcnowle,age of His divine Manifestation."
> -B.A.HA'U' LLAH.
> "The gift of Goa to tlvis enUghtenea age is t he lc?wwleclge of the oneness of mant-
> kind OAtcl tlU:J f111nclMnental oneness of religion. War shall ce.ase between nations, ana
> by the win of Goa the JJfost Great Peace shall come; the woTld will be see?t as a n ew
> wo1·la, ana all men wil~ live as bTotheTs."
> -   ABDU'L BAHA.
> Since May 23, 1844, the Baha'i Cause has been steadfastly presented to the world
> as the expression for .this age of the same universal Spirit that in other ages spoke
> thr·o ugh the Zoroaster, the Moses, the Jesus, and the Mohamet; one divine utterance
> giving forth one a nd the same message, albeit adapted to the conditions and human
> capacities of each time. In Baha'u'llah, according to the faith of the Baha'is, the
> Message has been given mankind in its fullness and universality, and the Baha'i Gause
> accordingly represents the fulfilment of that which was but partially revealed in previ-
> ous religions.
> A significant part of the teachings of Baha'u'llah consists of an interpretation of
> the Bibles of the past, proving that they are several expressions of one fundamental
> Truth and hence to be regarded with equal reverence by all races and peoples.
> Another part of the Baha'i Message is devoted to an expositio·n of the fact that it is
> only through spiritual ignorance that mankind divides truth into separate, unrelated
> and frequently hostile sections: religion, science, ethics, politics, economics and art;
> and that in this new age these false and arbitrary divisions shall be destroyed, since
> from them derive the fatal divisions of society into nations, creeds, classes and the
> many diverse interests rending the modern world. Still another, most significant
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> WHO'S           WHO
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> portion of the teaching concerns itself with revealing the new, universal possibilities
> of the present age~an a ge wh ose essence is the fact that now all the ideals and
> visions of the past can be translated into realities for the expansion and enrichment
> of all lives according to the capacity of the individual soul.
> In the limited space of this brief outline, the Baha'i teachings can not be men-
> tioned in further detail. The inquirer wiil find thos e teachings fully expounded in the
> works of Baha'u'lla h, th e founder of the Baha'i Cause, and of Abdu'l Baha, whom
> Baha'u'llah appointed as the center of his covenant •and the interpreter of his books.
> Of importance second only to the teachings themselves, however, is the history of
> the manner in which the world r eceived the Message of Bah a'u'llah . His forerunner
> and h erald, now known as the "Bab," meaning Door or Gate of Truth, was executed
> by order of the Persian Government under the instigation of the clergy, in the public
> square of Tabri'Z, Qn July 9, 1850. Practically all who· accepted the new message
> suffered martyrdom during rthe next few years. Twenty thousand deaths have been
> r ecorded among the followers Qf the Bab and Baha'u'llah at the hands of the fanatic
> mob, isolated cases of religious murder occuring in Persia even up to the year 1924.
> But persecution has resulted in the more rapid and determined spread of the Cause.
> From. the first, therefore, the Baha'i teachings have been identified with an extremity
> of persecution proving beyond all doubt the essentially spiritual character of this
> movement and distinguishing it from other modern movements content with a mental
> acceptance involving no sacrifice or loss.
> Baha'u'llah himself, together with his ei"dest son Abdu'l Baha, then a child of
> eight, the other members of his family aud some three score followers, was exiled
> from Teheran to Bagdad, from Bagdad to Constantinople, from Constantinople to
> Adrianople, and from thence finally t o Acca, in Palestine, where they remained under
> the surveillance of the Turkish Government until freed by the victory of the Young
> Turks party in 1907. Those years were occupied with training his followers, directing
> the a ffairs of the movement, and the writing of his books, until his death in 1892.
> From 1892 to 1921, Abdu'l Baha guided the movement and caused its spread to
> Indi.a and -other part of the East, to Europe and to North America. The Baha'i Cause
> today, under the guardianship of Shoghi Effendi, the grandson of Abdu'l Baha, is a
> spiritual fellowship embracing men and women of all races and religions, organized
> in a true world-wide unity that might w ell be taken as a model, both .as to spirit and
> form, by other organizations in the inter-national field .
> HORACE HOLLEY, Secretary,
> National Baha'i Assembly of No1:1th America.
> 
> SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY
> Chairman, Mountford Mills                Secretary, Horace Holley
> Treasurer, Florence Morton               Asst. Treas., Alfred E. Lunt
> Elizabeth Greenleaf                 May Maxwell                   Agnes S. Parsons
> Siegfried Schopfiocher                  Roy C. Wilhelm
> Tlte Baltatf ~le s sage is a c a ll to r e li g ious    4. R elig ion must b e the cau s e of unity.
> unity a nd not an Invita tion to a n ew r e -              5. R eli g ion must be in a c cord with
> l igion, not a n ew path to immorta lity,                     sc ie n ce a nd reason.
> God forbid! It Is the a nci e nt path cl e a r e d         6. Equ a lity b e twee n m e n a nd women.
> of th e d ebri s of imagin a tion s a nd s up e r s ti-    7. Pre judice of all kinds mu s t be for g ot-
> tion s of m e n, of the d e bris of s trife and               t en.
> mi s under s t a nding and is aga in m a d e a             8. Unive rs a l p e a ce.
> clear p a th to th e since r e s eek e r, th a t h e       9. U ni ver sal Educa tion.
> m a y e nter th e rein in ass ura nc e, a nd find         10. Solution of th e e conomic problem.
> th at th e word of God is one word, though                11. A unive r sal l a nguage .
> th e s pea k e rs w ere many.                             12. An international trib unal.
> -Words of 'Abdu'l-B a hll.
> BASIC BAHA'I PRINCIPLES                             Compile d from the words of 'A bdO.'l Bahft.
> 1. The onen ess of mankind.                              Th ese principl e s w e re laid down by
> 2. Independe nt inv e sti ga tion of tru t h .           B a hll'u 'lla h in 1863 a nd a r e to b e found in
> 3. Th e foundation of a ll r e ligion s i s one.         hi s publish e d writings of that time .
> For information of Local Bahai's Assemblies, address, The National Spiritual Assem-
> bly, at Green Acre, South Eliot, Maine.
>
> — *The Baha'i Cause (Used by permission of the curator)*