| In April 1993, just before the end of the Baha'i Holy Year commemorating the historic occasion of the centenary of the ascension of Baha'u'llah, Roger White passed away. By that historic juncture in the history of the Baha'i Faith, this emerging world religion was continuing its rise from an obscurity in which it had existed for nearly a century and a half. In addition, the literary work of several Baha'is during that century had signaled the emergence of a Baha'i consciousness in world literature. The poetry of Roger White was part of this emergence. His story and his poetry are briefly examined here.
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This tapestry of 42 links endows a host of themes, a wide range of social science and humanities subjects with many layers of meaning and evokes a complex range of responses. The author has evolved a style which is highly individual yet, by fusing together so much from the humanities and the social and physical sciences, from his own life and his religion, appeals to both the novitiate, the veteran, people on a multitude of spiritual and secular paths. There are some 1500-2000 pages of autobiographical narrative, poetry, essays and interviews which can be seen as one long diary, journal and commentary on life.
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