Can You Identify This?

Zhang · 08-30-2012, 06:17 AM

Can anyone tell me what the bird in this photo symbolizes? Found it on the BahaiBlog.net pinterest. After I saw it I realized that a local Baha'i around here has a drawing of it in his home.

Thanks for your help.

aji · 08-30-2012, 06:56 AM

At first glance, it looks like a Condor - the bird of the Amazon, which in Inka culture symbolizes the upper world. But in this case, I believe it may be the Eagle (the Harpy Eagle is also a bird of the Amazon) but is more symbolic to Baha'is given their statues in the Holy Land surrounding the Shrines.

Pollwr · 08-30-2012, 07:39 AM

If this is an eagle, it may be a reminder of quotations such as this:
"If in this day a soul shall act according to the precepts and the counsels of God, he will serve as a divine physician to mankind, and like the trump of Israfil,[1] he will call the dead of this contingent world to life; for the confirmations of the Abha Realm are never interrupted, and such a virtuous soul hath, to befriend him, the unfailing help of the Company on high. Thus shall a sorry gnat become an eagle in the fulness of his strength, and a feeble sparrow change to a royal falcon in the heights of ancient glory."

(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 23)

Essence of GOD · 08-30-2012, 08:05 AM

Faravahar
one of the best-known symbols of Zoroastrianism, the state religion of ancient Iran. This religious-cultural symbol was adapted by the Pahlavi dynasty to represent the Iranian nation.

Zhang · 08-30-2012, 10:52 AM

Nice! Thanks for your help.

08-30-2012, 06:17 AM	#1
Zhang Senior Member Joined: Aug 2012 From: USA Posts: 298	Can You Identify This? Can anyone tell me what the bird in this photo symbolizes? Found it on the BahaiBlog.net pinterest. After I saw it I realized that a local Baha'i around here has a drawing of it in his home. Thanks for your help.

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08-30-2012, 06:56 AM	#2
aji Junior Member Joined: Aug 2012 From: Toronto Posts: 22	At first glance, it looks like a Condor - the bird of the Amazon, which in Inka culture symbolizes the upper world. But in this case, I believe it may be the Eagle (the Harpy Eagle is also a bird of the Amazon) but is more symbolic to Baha'is given their statues in the Holy Land surrounding the Shrines.

08-30-2012, 07:39 AM	#3
Pollwr Senior Member Joined: Jun 2009 From: earth Posts: 382	If this is an eagle, it may be a reminder of quotations such as this: "If in this day a soul shall act according to the precepts and the counsels of God, he will serve as a divine physician to mankind, and like the trump of Israfil,[1] he will call the dead of this contingent world to life; for the confirmations of the Abha Realm are never interrupted, and such a virtuous soul hath, to befriend him, the unfailing help of the Company on high. Thus shall a sorry gnat become an eagle in the fulness of his strength, and a feeble sparrow change to a royal falcon in the heights of ancient glory." (Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 23)

08-30-2012, 10:52 AM	#5
Zhang Senior Member Joined: Aug 2012 From: USA Posts: 298	Nice! Thanks for your help.