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דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
It's a sort of ... self-fulfilling prophecy. It's an affirmation. It's an old technique, an old religious practice. You'll still find it among some hindus where the aspirant is seeking a realization of their own god-hood. So they affirm ,out-loud, repeatedly to themselves that they are god, more or less. Then, the aspirant, once they have convinced themself, they try to become a guru, and take on other disciples, who will treat them, the previous aspirant, the guru as god.
So, when they gave Bahaullah his new name, and they referred to him by that name, and Bahaullah accepted that name, and referred to himself by that name, it was an affirmation. And those sort of affirmations can and do make real changes in the brain. A person can delude themself or worse if the affirmations are repeated consistently. It's like a ... self-induced brainwashing technique. Originally the practice of renaming and affirmations were included in the practices of shamanism, alchemy, and sorcery.
