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Ismael Velasco
- In Quest of the Ocean of True Understanding: The Mystical Paradigm of Bahá’u’llah’s Book of Certitude Session #12 · 1996 The importance of earlier tablets by Bahá'u'llah in understanding the Kitab-i-Iqan, that the Iqan's literary paradigm is that of a mystic journey of the seeker, and that the paradigm shaped Bahá'u'llah's replies to the q…
- Apophatic Scholarship: When the Pen Breaks and the Ink Leaves but a Blot Session #28 · 2000 · Lights Vol. 2 · PDF If God is beyond the description of aught except Himself; if the Word of God transcends words and letters; if true Understanding shatters discourse, what point is there to Scripture, let alone to scholarship. If knowledg…
- A Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Bahá’i Scriptures: The importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Bahá’i Studies Session #36 · 2001 During his lifetime Henry Corbin was the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia and ranks among the most influential Islamicists of the 20th century. His work has unique relevance in understanding…
- The Order of Bahá’u’lláh (nazm-i-Bahá’u’lláh) in the Báb’s Persian Bayan Session #42 · 2002
- Prophetic Law: Linking the Persian Bayán to Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Aqdas Session #42 · 2002
- The Long Obligatory Prayer: A linguistic and theological exploration Session #48 · 2003 This paper will look at the Baha'i concept of obligatory prayer, introduce the history and significance of the Long Obligatory Prayer, and carry out a detailed commentary on some of the allusions and implications of the …
- History, Mythos and Kerygma: Provisioning the Tale of the Promised Qa’im Session #54 · 2004
- Shoghi Effendi: An approach to his artistic contribution to style in English literature and to standards in translation Session #54 · 2004 As the 50th anniversary of Shoghi Effendi's passing approaches, it is timely to advance the assessment of his wide literary legacy, and particularly his contribution to the field of translation and to the development of …
- Millennial Expectation in Early Shaykhism: A review of the literature Session #69 · 2006
- Unity in Diversity: Toward a Correlation of the Bahá’í Perspective with current empirical findings in the social science literature Session #93 · 2009 As a global community uniquely and entirely centred on the achievement of unity (while emphatically rejecting uniformity), whose "watchword" is bindingly said in its authoritative writings to be "unity in diversity", the…