In Search of Immortality

by Geoffrey Gore

The journey and the goal: the soul in this world, and the evolution of spiritual man. A study of the Bahá’í Writings.

. . . as I am setting out on a journey to the other world, what could be more fitting for me than to talk about my journey, and to consider what we imagine to be its nature? How could we better employ the interval between this and sunset?
Socrates, Phaedo

The concept of spiritual man has faded from most human institutions in the West. Belief in God and in the concept of immortality are vanishing from the consciousness of people living in materialistic, so-called developed societies. Yet many are experiencing an emptiness and lack of meaning, and many consciously avoid thinking about their own death, a decision which fills the emptiness with fear. For how we view death is important, profoundly influencing how we live.