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Australian Bahá'í Studies Volume 2, 2000 AUSTRALIAN Section One: The Creative Inspiration Creativity & Spirituality - Are They Related? – Negin Sanaei The Beautiful Flight Toward the Light: Reflections on an Artist’s Life – Robin M. Chandler The Creative Inspiration: Symbolism & Seeing Karel Fontaine Australian Bahá’í Studies promotes analysis Of Paramount Importance - Addressing the Paucity of of issues relevant to the Australian Bahá’í Music in Bahá’í Devotional Practice – Michael Knopf community. It encourages exploration of The Passionate Artist – Ron Price the history, teachings, and philosophy of the Bahá’í Faith in systematic, reflective, or Building Creative Communities – Robin M. Chandler artistic ways. It thus offers itself as a medium Arts Can Move the Youth – Mahyar Amjadi of communication for anyone who is interested in the development of the Letters Inscribed Upon His Sacred Scroll : An Anthology of BAHÁ’Í STUDIES Poetry by Australian Bahá'ís 1999 – Belinda Belton Australian Bahá’í community. In view of the Bahá’í vision of scholarship Remembrance of Clara & Hyde Dunn as an activity accessible to all, rather than Hooshang Eshraq-Khavari one limited to a small academic community, The Bot Series – Vahid Payman Australian Bahá’í Studies seeks input from people of diverse backgrounds and Section Two: On the Road to Reconciliation viewpoints, in a way that assists in AUSTRALIAN Something Regal: Uncle Fred Murray. A Compilation of redefining what is meant by scholarly Tributes, Photographs and Stories – June Perkins practice. The readers of the journal have an A Lonely Road to Native Title Determination – Walter Waia interest in teaching the Bahá’í Faith, serving its administrative organs, and participating BAHÁ’Í STUDIES Section Three: History in its community life. It is also of interest to Mr Faizi and Mr Furútan in Australia: The Yerrinbool Tapes those studying the model that the Bahá’í Hands of the Cause, Mr Abdul Qasim Faizi community offers for the resolution of and Mr ‘Ali-Akbar Furútan contemporary problems. Women and Religious Change: A Case Study in the Colonial Migrant Experience – Miriam Dixson The Practice of Taqiyyih (Dissimulation) in the Babí and Bahá'í Religions – Sepehr Manuchehri Section Four: Research and Literature A “Phoenix Schedule” for the Dewey “200s” – Suggested in Particular for Bahá'í Libraries – Paul Gerard Report on Scholarship ISSN 1442-2875 Volume 2, 2000 Editors: (continued from inside front cover) Graham Hassall, Natalie Mobini-Kesheh, Ladan Rahmani include analyses of specific teaching methods, projects, and outcomes; reports on issues of management, Association for Bahá’í Studies Australia - Board: leadership, and administration; application of the Bahá’í Ahmad Aniss, Colin Dibdin, Sima Hashemi, Sandra Langshaw, Teachings to issues of concern in Australian society; Vahid Payman, Ladan Rahmani, Felicity Rawlings, Shannon community histories; biographies; literary essays; and Woodcock essays on Bahá’í theology and religious studies. Contributions may be in the form of essays, review articles, Australian Bahá’í Studies is a publication of the Association case studies, and reports on research in progress. for Bahá’í Studies Australia. The views expressed in this Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily The editors are seeking papers that have the following qualities: reflect the opinions of the Editors or the Board of the Association. • The paper has clearly defined and properly focussed aims Editorial policy • The paper makes a contribution to thinking on the subject Australian Bahá’í Studies promotes analysis of issues relevant to the Australian Bahá’í community. It encourages exploration of • The paper is presented in a coherent manner the history, teachings, and philosophy of the Bahá’í Faith in systematic, reflective, or artistic ways. It thus offers itself as a • The paper provides an appropriate review of existing literature medium of communication for anyone who is interested in the on the subject development of the Australian Bahá’í community. In view of the Bahá’í vision of scholarship as an activity accessible to all, rather • The paper provides appropriate and accurate citations for all than one limited to a small academic community, Australian material referred to Bahá’í Studies seeks input from people of diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, in a way that assists in redefining what is meant All submissions are subject to editorial review and should by scholarly practice. The readers of the journal have an interest be submitted in IBM-compatible electronic form or on AUSTRALIAN in teaching the Bahá’í Faith, serving its administrative organs, and paper, in duplicate, to: participating in its community life. It is also of interest to those studying the model that the Bahá’í community offers for the The Editors resolution of contemporary problems. Australian Bahá’í Studies 173 Mona Vale Rd, BAHÁ’Í STUDIES Note to Contributors Ingleside NSW 2101 Australian Bahá’í Studies is open to submissions on all email: [email protected] subjects. But it particularly seeks articles of practical relevance to the Australian Bahá’í community, and which might not be readily published elsewhere. These may (continues on inside back cover) Layout & cover design: Stephen Beale ISSN 1442-2875 1 Contents Editorial ..................................................................................3 Section One: The Creative Inspiration Creativity and Spirituality - are they related? ......... 6 Negin Sanaei The Beautiful Flight toward the Light: Reflections on an Artist’s Life .................................. 10 Robin M. Chandler The Creative Inspiration: Symbolism and Seeing ......19 Karel Fontaine Of Paramount Importance - Addressing the Paucity of Music in Bahá’í Devotional Practice ................... 42 Michael Knopf The Passionate Artist .............................................. 48 Ron Price Building Creative Communities: approaching the arts as social & economic development through professionalizing, training, and networking internationally ......................................................... 56 Robin M. Chandler Arts Can Move the Youth ........................................ 66 Mahyar Amjadi Letters inscribed upon His sacred scroll : An anthology of poetry by Australian Bahá’ís 1999 .... 71 Belinda Belton Remembrance of Clara & Hyde Dunn .................... 92 Hooshang Eshraq-Khavari 2 Australian Bahá’í Studies, Vol. 2, 2000 3 The Bot. Series ........................................................ 94 Vahid Payman Editorial Section Two: On the Road to Reconciliation Something Regal: Uncle Fred Murray. A compilation of tributes, photographs and stories ..................... 97 June Perkins A lonely road to native title determination ......... 109 Walter Waia This volume of Australian Bahá’í Studies focuses on three subjects of enduring significance to the Australian Bahá’í Community: the role of the Section Three: History arts, the response of indigenous Australians to the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, and glimpses at the historical context in ‘the present’ is experienced. It also Mr Faizi and Mr Furútan in Australia: includes a stimulating fourth section addressing issues of classification and the Yerrinbool tapes.............................................. 125 organization of Bahá’í literature. Hands of the Cause, Mr Abdul Qasim Faizi and Since its inception in Australia, the Association for Bahá’í Studies has Mr ‘Ali-Akbar Furútan striven to respond to Bahá’í Writings on the significance of the arts, particu- larly by including performance and presentation in as many of its activities as possible. From the earliest scholarship conferences at Yerrinbool, through the Women and Religious Change: a case study in the annual conferences held in cities and towns across Australia, the Association has colonial migrant experience ................................. 211 sought to provide performing artists with opportunities to share their artistry. Miriam Dixson The challenge of hosting a conference specifically on the role of the arts, however, was always a daunting prospect, and it was not until 1999 that ABS The Practice of Taqiyyih (Dissimulation) in the Bábí Australia felt it could provide artists with the venues that did justice to their and Bahá’í Religions .............................................. 219 craft. The 18th Annual ABS conference ‘The Creative Inspiration: Arts and Sepehr Manuchehri Culture in the Bahá’í Faith’, held in Melbourne in September 1999, allowed more than 50 presenters and performers to show their visual and performing Section Four: Research and Literature arts, in such appropriate venues as Melbourne University’s Gryphon Gallery and Melba Concert Hall, and RMIT’s Kaliede Theatre. A “Phoenix Schedule” for the Dewey “200s” – While the papers in the present volume cannot convey the full impact of Suggested in particular for Bahá’í Libraries ......... 253 the conference’s musical performances and visual displays, it nevertheless Paul Gerard provides one further opportunity for discussion of the role of the artist, whether visual, literary, or performing. Report on scholarship ........................................... 282 The present volume’s second section, ‘On the road to reconciliation’, fo- cuses on encounters between indigenous Australia and the Bahá’í Teachings. Walter Waia offers an autobiographical account of his quest for justice, and June Perkins pays tribute to the life of Fred Murray. A third section brings together some historical studies, and includes
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