Seeking a State of Heaven Jean Gould with Shoghi Effendi’s approval

with Shoghi Effendi’s approval

While the Bahá'í Faith places a great deal of importance on meditation and the cultivation of spirituality

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and engage in life with hope and joy

Seeking a State of Heaven Jean Gould with Shoghi Effendi’s approvalTwo pioneering families abandoned familiar comforts in Germany to forge a bold new community at the foot of Mount Carmel, believing themselves called to gather the Children of God in Jerusalem ahead of Christs promised return. Calling themselves the Temple Society, they drew on a rich heritage of 19th century Christian reformers, shaping a vision that combined spiritual yearning with practical endeavour in the Holy Land. Their state of heaven was