Darrick
2009-08-22 20:11:58 UTC
This is NOT from me (Darrick) but from a Baha'i by the name of M.
Zagarov:
Greetings all.
About 20 years ago, I was introduced to Mildred Mottahedeh at a
conference in Arizona.Hand of the Cause Bill Sears introduced us,
because he knew I yearned to teach the faith in Eastern Europe, and he
knew that Mildred had a particular interest there too.
Later, in 1990, at her suggestion, I pioneered to Prague,
Czechoslovakia. I was there 18 months, and traveled from Prague to
Russia, and to Alma Ata, Kazakhstan.. .in order to visit with and help
teach among long-out-of- contact believers.
Still later, and various times, I was hosted for Dinner at Mildred's
sumptuous apartment overlooking the United Nations complex in NYC.
Once, in late 1992, I took Mildred to a concert of Beethoven's 9th
Synphony at Lincoln Center. On the way, we stopped at a drugstore.
When she came back to the car, Mildred showed me a gold locket which
held hair from Baha'u'llah. She told me that Shoghi had given it to
her when she WITNESSED his marriage to Ruhiyyih.
Mildred and her husband bought a Limousine for Shoghi to use, and
which he later loaned to Ben Gurion when "Israel" was established.
Mildred Mottahedeh had known May Maxwell since the 1920s. They were
close confidants and best friends. Before Violeta Nakhjavani took over
as "companion" to Ruhiyyih, Mildred held that honor.
Mildred and I were very close. She ASKED me if I "struggled with being
gay".
When I admitted that I did, she revealed to me that Ruhiyyih had
intimated to her that Shoghi was homosexual himself, and hated himself
because he "fell so short of what was expected of him" as a member of
Baha'u'llah' s family. Ruhiyyih told Mildred that their marriage had
been arranged to "help" Shoghi "straighten himself out". (It is purely
MY conjecture that Ruhiyyih was Lesbian. I just saw such a Bull-Dyke
everytime I saw her...and her relationship with Violeta seemed
obvious.)
Mildred told me that she had revealed that long-held secret because
she hoped it would one day help other gay baha'is to realize that they
were not struggling alone; indeed that the "Center of the faith" had
struggled against the same "affliction" . Mildred made me swear NEVER
to reveal what I knew until AFTER her death. I kept the promise.
Zagarov:
Greetings all.
About 20 years ago, I was introduced to Mildred Mottahedeh at a
conference in Arizona.Hand of the Cause Bill Sears introduced us,
because he knew I yearned to teach the faith in Eastern Europe, and he
knew that Mildred had a particular interest there too.
Later, in 1990, at her suggestion, I pioneered to Prague,
Czechoslovakia. I was there 18 months, and traveled from Prague to
Russia, and to Alma Ata, Kazakhstan.. .in order to visit with and help
teach among long-out-of- contact believers.
Still later, and various times, I was hosted for Dinner at Mildred's
sumptuous apartment overlooking the United Nations complex in NYC.
Once, in late 1992, I took Mildred to a concert of Beethoven's 9th
Synphony at Lincoln Center. On the way, we stopped at a drugstore.
When she came back to the car, Mildred showed me a gold locket which
held hair from Baha'u'llah. She told me that Shoghi had given it to
her when she WITNESSED his marriage to Ruhiyyih.
Mildred and her husband bought a Limousine for Shoghi to use, and
which he later loaned to Ben Gurion when "Israel" was established.
Mildred Mottahedeh had known May Maxwell since the 1920s. They were
close confidants and best friends. Before Violeta Nakhjavani took over
as "companion" to Ruhiyyih, Mildred held that honor.
Mildred and I were very close. She ASKED me if I "struggled with being
gay".
When I admitted that I did, she revealed to me that Ruhiyyih had
intimated to her that Shoghi was homosexual himself, and hated himself
because he "fell so short of what was expected of him" as a member of
Baha'u'llah' s family. Ruhiyyih told Mildred that their marriage had
been arranged to "help" Shoghi "straighten himself out". (It is purely
MY conjecture that Ruhiyyih was Lesbian. I just saw such a Bull-Dyke
everytime I saw her...and her relationship with Violeta seemed
obvious.)
Mildred told me that she had revealed that long-held secret because
she hoped it would one day help other gay baha'is to realize that they
were not struggling alone; indeed that the "Center of the faith" had
struggled against the same "affliction" . Mildred made me swear NEVER
to reveal what I knew until AFTER her death. I kept the promise.