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Geography: A Mountain in Israel

Friday, January 5, 2018

The "Blogging Circle of Friends "  prompt for Day 1877
Write about geography. Pick a random place on a map and write about it. If you haven't been there, imagine what it would be like.

A Mountain in Israel

There is a mountain in Israel, in Hebrew it is Har HaKarmel or Har ha Karmell--God's vineyard--and in Arabic it it Al-Kurmul or Jabal Mar Elyas--Mount Saint Elias/Elijah.1 On its sacred ground is constructed the World Center of the Baha'i Faith. Terraces ascend to the, golden domed, Shrine of the Bab2, and then more terraces ascend to the Arc3.

There is a mountain in Israel,
it is the most beautiful mountain in the world,
and perhaps in the universe.

There is a mountain in Israel, adorned with the Baha'i Gardens4, and 19 terraces ascending its northern slop.5 The buildings and gardens were all constructed for the love of God's Glory, and contains the burial place of God's Gate.

Footnotes
1  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carmel
2  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_B%C3%A1b
3  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_(Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD)
4  http://www.ganbahai.org.il/en/
5  ibid.