ly date;
otherwise he is fearful this most important project will not be
consummated within the Ten Year period.

The beloved Guardian was very sorry to learn of the illness of Dr.
Muehlschlegel. He wishes to assure you and likewise to assure Dr.
Muehlschlegel of his loving prayers for Dr. Muehlschlegel's complete
recovery. He values Dr. Muehlschlegel's services very highly, and he hopes
he will soon be able to again become most active in the Baha'i work....

The Guardian assures you of his prayers in your behalf. He sends each his
loving Greetings.

LETTER OF NOVEMBER 1955

November 1955(1)

Dear Baha'i Friends:

The beloved Guardian has instructed me to write you in connection with
your recent letter to him concerning the Temple to be built in Germany.

The beloved Master has not given very many details concerning the House of
Worship. He has written in tablets, however, that the building must be
round, and be 9-sided. The Guardian feels that at this time all Baha'i
temples should have a dome. In other words, the instructions of the Master
to have a round, 9-sided building must be very carefully carried out; but
in addition the Guardian feels the Temples built now should likewise have
a dome.

The Guardian sees no objections to asking other architects to collaborate
with the architect of the design "Azamat". However it should be understood
that the Guardian does not wish this collaboration or adaptation to result
in the ultra-modern type of building which is the motif of the submissions
which have been made, and which he has rejected.

The Guardian advises that the 2 designs which are favored by your Assembly
and the architects of Germany are not acceptable; and therefore
correspondence with regard to these designs is no longer necessary.

Time moves on, and the Guardian therefore hopes that the result of the
collaboration and adaptation of the Azamat design will be presented to him
in the near future.

The Guardian has no objections of course to new designs being presented;
but they must carry with them the dignified spirit of the Faith, and must
be in keeping with the distinction and honor which comes to the temples
now being built being the first in their respective continents.

My letter of November 10th outlines in a little more detail what the
Guardian has in mind for Baha'i temples; and he hopes that something
suitable may soon be found for a temple in Germany.

The Guardian assures yo