RELEASED: September 5th 2021
TRACKS: 12
TOTAL LENGTH: 00:47:27
FORMAT: 320 kbps MP3
CATEGORIES: Devotional Music
GENRE: Devotional, Inspirational, World

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The Divine Mystery includes eleven songs in honor of the centenary of the Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. The lyrics to ten of the songs are from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and the eleventh is an arrangement of the well-known poem "Hold Thou my Hand" written in His honor. Two of the pieces on the album set to music are recently translated prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Baha.

For physical copies, there is a 20 page printed booklet which contains all the lyrics and features a beautiful photograph of the Master and includes a brief introduction to His life. Professional photographs of Holy Places in Haifa and Akka associated with the life of the Master are elegantly placed throughout the booklet. The product comes packaged in a gold chiffon bag so that it can be given as a special gift, and each booklet includes a unique download code to be used to download all the music. I hope that this booklet-album will be given as a gift to friends, family, colleagues and neighbors to celebrate the life of 'Abdu'l-Baha.

CREDITS:

Music composition: Elika Mahony
Piano and vocals: Elika Mahony
Editing, mixing & mastering: Jarome Matthew
Additional keyboard and instrumentation: Jarome Matthew
Mixing on ‘We Must Look Higher: John Thompson
Additional audio editing: Fei Hou
Booklet design: Elika Mahony & Oops BC
Melody for ‘Hold Thou My Hand’: Gloria Faizi
Guitar composition for ‘Fragrances of Holiness’: Taraz Mahony

ADDITIONAL VOCALS:

Home of Peace: Ali Youssefi
Waves of One Sea: Elika Mahony (English & French), Auntieclare Rezin (Swahili), Ali Youssefi (Spanish), Tracy Chen (Chinese), Naim Abid (Italian)
Choir: Elika Mahony, Tracy Chen, Ali Youssefi, Amelia Mahony, Ayana Douglas, Amelia Rae, Allison Grove Khoury, Milan Rosen, John Luckey
The Mystery of God - Titles of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Sonbol Taefi (Persian), Ayana Douglas, Eric Harper

INSTRUMENTS:

Piano: Elika Mahony
Cello: Brenda 小小 (2,5,7)
Flute: Jeff Waldo (2)
Guitar: Amine Naami (2,4)
Guitar: Larry Magee (2)
Guitar: Eric Harper (6)
Guitar: Taraz Mahony (10)
Guitar: Felipe Duhart (9)
Percussion: Gustave Wayenece (2)

PHOTOS:

Farzam Sabetian
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