The life of the Lebanese poet, Halim Dammous (1888–1957), in this book, has been divided into two stages: the first stage, materialistic, prior to his belief in Daheshism and the second stage, spiritualistic, following his belief in Daheshism.
The author in this lecture introduces religious and historical examples in his attempt to prove that the crucial factor in the collapse of civilizations is a moral one. His final conclusion is that the world being dominated today by materialistic values is threatened with total annihilation unless it heeds spiritual and lofty values.
A lecture in English presented in the Faculty for Comparative Study of Religions in Antwerpen, Belgium. The author discusses some of the teachings and concepts of Daheshism like its views of God, cosmic order and man's place in the cosmic system, divine justice, reincarnation, just retribution, and freedom. He interprets in light of the Daheshist teachings some of the happenings of daily life and human affairs.
The author of this book is not a writer, not a poet; it is enough to say about him that he is a human being, that is, a man who tried to chant everlasting sweet sorrows, a man who loved life but only through his great love of Dahesh." This quotation cited from the author's Preface to his book draws for us a clear picture of the whole book. This volume is in the form of prose poems or cantos in which the author addresses his well-beloved Guide, Dr. Dahesh. These cantos are suffused with the fragrance of dreams and shades as well as marked with deep intensity of the feelings of love and longing. The reader would be captivated by the profusion of imagery and its hauntingly rhythmical beauty.
The book has been rendered from French into Arabic by the Poet. Mussa Al-Maalouf.
الدكتور داهش بأقلام نخبةٍ من معاصريه
هذا الكتاب إضمامةٌ من زهور الفِكر والاٰدب تضعها الدار الداهشية في نيويورك بكلِّ محبة واعتزاز على مائدة الادب العربي بمناسبة الذكرى المئوية الاولى لولادة الدكتور داهش. مصباحٌ يتوهّج بالمعرفة، ويلقي بنورِهِ على جوانب مهمّه من حياة رجل المعجزات وأسراره. ويرسم ملامحَ واضحة لشخصه وأدبه. كما يُظهر غير قليلٍ من معجزاته وخوارقهِ. بعضُها يكشفُ السِترُ عنه للمرّة الاولى إذْ كان مخبوءًا تحت ألسِنة الكُتّاب الذين اجتُرِحَتْ بحضورهم هذه المعجزات. في الكتاب تعريفٌ بشخص الدكتور داهش وبمؤلَّفاته على اختلاف انتماءاتها الفكريَّة والأدبيَّة والفلسفيَّة. وعَبَقٌ من سيرةِ حياته العَطِرة، وقبساتٌ من ورودِه وبرودِه وبروقهِ ورعودِه. داهش يتحدّث عن نفسه ويكشفُ بعض أسراره وكتّابٌ يتحدثون عنه ويُسهِمون في كشف هذه الأسرار. نُخبةٌ مِن كتَّاب لبنان والعالم العربي دخلوا محراب أدب الدكتور داهش وهيكله المقدس، وأدلَوا بدِلاء المحبة والوفاء للكلمة والتاريخ. منهم مَن عرفه ورافقه في رحلة النور والمعرفة والحقِّ واليقين. ومنهم مَن تعرّف إليه من خلال أدبه وروائعه وما ذكِرَ وأُثِر عنه. وقد تتشابك أفكار الكتَّاب حيناً او تفترق، ولكنَّها تلتقي جميعها على فرادةِ هذا الرجُل وفذوذيّتِه وإتيانه بالجديد والمفيد الذي لو أُحسِن الاستماعُ إليه لاوصل سفائن الناس وقلوبهم إلى شواطئ الأمان . كتابٌ ثرٌّ زاخر بالنور والمعرفة. بين دفّتيه كثير عن حياة الدكتور داهش وكنوزه ورموزه. وكثير إلى المتشوقين للتعرّف إلى رجل الروح والأسرار. والوقوف على آرائه ومعتقداته ومعجزاته.
The author narrates the story of his acquaintance with Dr. Dahesh as well as some of the miracles he had witnessed. He also relates what he was able to gather of Dr. Dahesh’s opinions and their impact on the general public.
This is the first volume in the series: The miracles of Dr. Dahesh and His Wondrous Prodigies. The author relates the story of his first acquaintance with Dr. Dahesh and his belief in his message as well as how this belief effected in him a spiritual regeneration and rebirth. Also he relates some of the miracles he witnessed performed by the founder of Daheshism over a period of eight months (from May untill December of the year 1942).
There are accounts of such miracles as instanteneous transportation of objects from far places and control over them, prophecies unveiling hidden objects and the miraculous healings. The most amazing of these miracles relate restoring life to the dead and the descent of a creature from another extraterrestial material world and his revelation of astounding spiritual truths.
The author does not only relate the miracle, but he also comments on them, adding his own interpretation or contemplation of the happenings.
The first Daheshist believer, Yussuf Al-Hajj, preceded Halim Dammous in recording the miracles he had witnessed from March 23, 1942 until May of the same year.
Tens of essays and comments give the reader an overview of Dr. Dahesh’s voluminous literary output, the rich and deep significance of his ideas, the sublimity of his purpose, the beauty of his style, and the diversity of his works.
This is the second volume in the Series, The miracles of Dr. Dahesh and His Wondrous Prodigies. The author continues his account of Dr. Dahesh's miracles which he started in the first volume. They include the instantaneous growth of a seed and the spiritual explanations for this miraculous act, the total integration of one material object with another material object with another material object, and the total change of a newspaper issue into another issue of a future date. What distinguishes this volume is its recording of spiritual messages.