I have found the Guardian of the Baha'i Faith

Julia Margaret Grundy visited the Haifa-Akká-Mt Carmel-region in Syria (now northern Israel) 1874. Her diary resulted in the book Ten days in the light of Akká 1907.

The creator of the Baha'i Faith was Bahá'u'lláh (1863). His son 'Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Europe and the USA to teach about the new faith. 'Abdu'l-Bahás grandson Shoghi Effendi was appointed as the Guardian of the Baha'i Faith. The Guardian's commission was to establish and organize the Faith, and to protect the Faith and the believers. The Guardian was a protector.

According to 'Abdu'l-Bahá and his will, the appointed Guardian and an elected "House of Justice" should work together as parallel institutions – implicitly in the near future. But Shoghi Effendi died without descendants 1957. Moreover, Shoghi Effendi had not appointed a successor at all, and the House of Justice had not been established. This was a state of crisis for the Baha'i Faith. Some individuals soon claimed that they were the next Guardian, but were expelled from the Faith by "The Hands of God", an assembly of leading baha'is appointed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. The first election to the Universal House of Justice was implemented 1963 – 100 years after Bahá'u'lláhs proclamation in the Ridván garden outside Baghdad, beside the river Tigris.

The Baha'i Faith still has no Guardian for spiritual protection. Or does it? According to Julia Grundy Mount Carmel was and is the protector:

“The history of Mount Carmel is holy history. A spiritual atmosphere surrounds this 'Mountain of God.' Elijah and Jesus spent part of their precious lives upon it. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá loves Mount Carmel and has often visited it, sometimes staying overnight in caves which overlook the sea, in prayer and communion with God. Syria is the center of the world. The extent and variety of its resources, its wonderful fertility and natural advantages will make its future history extraordinary. Its possibilities of development are unlimited. It is the focus of interest in world history, the site of the Old and New Jerusalem. Mount Carmel will be a Mountain of Knowledge, Peace, and Protection in the future—the vineyard of God. We will not live to see this in the body but will view it spiritually. Mount Carmel will someday be covered with great universities and colleges of learning. Then the poor will enjoy the highest advantages from the establishment here of free institutions of education.”

“This is the Holy Land from whence all the Prophets and Holy Men came. No country in the world has such a bright light of Religion. The Light of God has always shone upon the world from this land, and the Religion of God has had its Source and Revelation here. It is wonderful even in its physical conformation. The Phoenicians came from here. Their great civilizations spread from Syria. Abraham came to this land. Here His Teaching became known. The King of Salem, Melchizedek, came from this land. All the Prophets had their missions here.”

Maybe Mount Carmel really is God's mountain? Anyway it has protected Abraham, Melchizedek, Elijah, Elisa, Jesus, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá. It protects the remains of the prophet and martyr Báb, who was executed by a firing squad in Tabriz, Persia, 1850.

Mi Randa, Mercy 15, 164 B.E.