Theme · 166 papers

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Mysticism & the Heart

The mystical dimension — ‘irfán, the seven valleys, the heart, and the path of the seeker.

• Religious Clergy in the Baha’i Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #146 · 2017
• Exploration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Address to Stanford University Vafa Bayat · Session #137 · 2016
• Fabrics and Garments in the Bahá’í Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #138 · 2016
• Mindfulness Meditation on Metaphors of Leadership and Empowerment used by `Abdu’l-Bahá� and Shoghi Effendi in Relation to Realization of the Tablets of Divine Plan Keyvan Geula · Session #137 · 2016
• State of Meditation Mehrdad Ehsani · Session #137 · 2016
• The Hidden Words as andarz literature Sivan Lerer · Session #138 · 2016
• Theology of Tahirih as Revealed in Her Poems Anthony Lee · Session #137 · 2016
• A Look at the Imagery and Parables Used in the Persian Tablet of Ahmad Foad Seddigh · Session #135 · 2015
• Memorials of the Faithful: Hagiography and Models to Set Examples in a Religious Community Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #132 · 2015 · PDF
• Memorials of the Faithful: The Virtues of Inner and Outer Transformation Marlene Koswan · Session #135 · 2015 · PDF
• The Language of the Heart: From Dream Language towards Understanding the Language of the Heart Wolfgang Klebel · Session #130 · 2015 · PDF
• A Review of Abdu’l-Hamid Ishraq Khavari’s Moházirát (a three volume book) Muin Afnani · Session #123 · 2014
• Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self in One’s Spiritual Transformation, Powered by Love of God Bijan Ghafari · Session #128 · 2014
• Mastering Bahá’í Way of Life: Process or Event? Iraj Ayman · Session #128 · 2014
• Reflections on the Words of Wisdom and the Meaning of Faith Kamran Sedig · Session #128 · 2014
• Sáqí, bi-dih ábí — O Cup-Bearer, give me a drop: A hymn to love offered by the Blessed Beauty Julio Savi · Session #125 · 2014 · PDF
• The Ode of the Nightingale (Qáá��ídíy-i-Varqá’íyyih): Its Significance and Similarities with Tá’íyyih Ibn-i-Fárid Foad Seddigh · Session #128 · 2014
• The Tetrarchic Self: Correlating Freud’s Transference with the Four States of Bahá’u’lláh Wolfgang Klebel · Session #123 · 2014 · PDF
• “At Dawn the Friend Came to my bed”�: An early fruit of the Supreme Pen Julio Savi · Session #118 · 2013 · PDF
• Finding a Trace of the Traceless Friend: Reflection on Bahá’í Scholarship as a Journey in the Valley of Search Wolfgang Klebel · Session #116 · 2013 · PDF
• Man’s Station in the Universe: A Scientist’s Journey Mehrdad Ehsani · Session #116 · 2013
• Shoghi Effendi’s Diary Letters Mehrdad Bashiri · Session #116 · 2013
• “Vier Täler”: Eine Analyse im Rahmen der mystischen Werke Bahá’u’lláhs Armin Eschraghi · Session #114 · 2012
• `Abdu’l-Bahá in Chicago Arash Zare · Session #113 · 2012
• `Abdu’l-Bahá’ and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution Mina Yazdani · Session #109 · 2012
• A Review of the style, the content and the context of Bahá’u’lláh’s Súratu’n-Nush (Exhortation) Afaf A. Stevens · Session #113 · 2012
• Connection and Disconnection between Bahá’í Faith and Enlightenment Philosophy in Islam Vahid Rafati · Session #111 · 2012
• Shoghi Effendi’s “Diary Letters”: An introduction and overview Mehrdad Bashiri · Session #113 · 2012
• The Inebriation of His Enrapturing Call Julio Savi · Session #111 · 2012 · PDF
• The Synopsis of the Shared Concepts and Themes in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #109 · 2012
• Abdu’l-Baha’s Commentaries on the Qur’an Vahid Rafati · Session #104 · 2011
• Bahá’u’lláh’s Persian poems written before 1863 Julio Savi · Session #104 · 2011 · PDF
• Book of Proverbs meets the Hidden Words: Some preliminary notes Ami Schrager · Session #104 · 2011
• Exploring the Theme of Mystical Love Muin Afnani · Session #102 · 2011
• Fundamental Verities in the Writings of the Báb: 2. The Principle of Individual Investigation of Truth in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #102 · 2011
• I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise: Reflections on a Prayer of Bahá’u’lláh Wolfgang Klebel · Session #102 · 2011 · PDF
• Synopsis of the Shared Concepts and Themes in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #107 · 2011
• Unsealing the Sealed Wine: Slaying the dragon of dogmatism in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #104 · 2011
• Valleys: Their representation in Bahá’í and other religious writings Moshe Sharon · Session #104 · 2011
• Ethical Economics for Today and Tomorrow Bruce Koerber · Session #100 · 2010
• Gender Equality and its influence on the coming together of the world of humanity Gloria Yazdani · Session #100 · 2010
• Hidden Words and Bahá’í Political Philosophy Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #95 · 2010
• Ibn al-`Arabi in the Baha’i Writings Muin Afnani · Session #95 · 2010
• Laqá Alláh: From Meeting Alláh to Attainment unto the Presence of God Ami Shrager · Session #97 · 2010
• The Usage of Simile of Ocean and Sea by Bahá’u’lláh and Some Comparative Notes Moshe Sharon · Session #97 · 2010
• A Mathematical Model to Investigate Non-Material Realities Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #88 · 2009
• Celestial Fire: Bahá’u’lláh as the Messianic Theophany of the Divine Fire (átar) in Zoroastrianism Farshid Kazemi · Session #88 · 2009 · PDF
• Early Ishmaelite Philosophy and the Bábí—Bahá’í Religions Farshid Kazemi · Session #89 · 2009
• Early Writings of Bahá’u’lláh: Where was God before Creation? The Origins of Some Terms Moshe Sharon · Session #89 · 2009
• Hidden Words: Dawn of the Revelation of Laws and Ordinances Iraj Ayman · Session #89 · 2009
• Metaphysics Reconsidered: A Dialog between `Abdu’l-Bahá and August Forel Ramin Neshati · Session #88 · 2009
• Mysteries of Alast: The Realm of Subtle Entities (`Alam-i Amr) and the Primordial Covenant in the Bábí—Bahá’í Writings Farshid Kazemi · Session #88 · 2009
• Reality Concealed Behind the Veil Nadia Khazraee · Session #89 · 2009
• The Land of Za’farán (ard-i-za’farán) in the Bábí-Bahá’í Scriptures Farshid Kazemi · Session #89 · 2009
• The Unity of Man and God in Gems of Divine Mysteries, the Kitáb—i—Iqán and the Seven Valleys Iscander Tinto · Session #89 · 2009
• A Commentary on Fire Tablet Nadia Khazraee · Session #83 · 2008
• Another Modern-Day Messiah: Sulayman Al-Murshid and the political theology of ‘Alawi separatism in French Mandatory Syria Jason Pack · Session #83 · 2008
• Comprehension of Truth From the Perspective of Elucidations in “Some Answered Questions” Arman Fahandej · Session #83 · 2008
• Identifying Roots and Mechanisms of Religious Prejudice: Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings on the 12th Imám Armin Eschraghi · Session #83 · 2008
• In the Heart of All that is: Part 1 Wolfgang Klebel · Session #81 · 2008 · PDF
• In the Heart of All that is: Part 2 Wolfgang Klebel · Session #81 · 2008 · PDF
• Last Tablet of `Abdu’l-Bahá for the Bahá’ís in America: A Commentary Katayoun Khazraee · Session #83 · 2008
• Methods and Qualities of the Seekers of Reality in “Some Answered Questions” in the light of Bahá’í Scriptures Julio Savi · Session #83 · 2008 · PDF
• On Science and Religion: Technology — Ethical Issues and the Bahá’í Faith Ramin Neshati · Session #81 · 2008
• Some mystical themes in Some Answered Questions Mozhan Khadem · Session #86 · 2008
• The Concept of Holy and Sacred anonymous · Session #83 · 2008
• The Long Obligatory Prayer: The Mystical Dimension Todd Lawson · Session #83 · 2008
• A Review of the Mystical themes in the Long Obligatory Prayer Ashkan Monfared · Session #74 · 2007
• Sacred Feminine at the Heart of the Bahá’í Faith: Multimedia presentation Nadema Agard · Session #76 · 2007
• Taking the Metaphors in the Bahá’í Writings to Heart Keyvan Geula · Session #67 · 2006
• A Comparative study of some of the Isma’íli and Bahá’í Theological concepts Mozhan Khadem · Session #60 · 2005
• Bahá’í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, Part I (1753-1863) Ramsey Zeine · Session #62 · 2005 · PDF
• Baha’u’llah’s teachings from the letter of negation (there is no God but God) to the letter of affirmation (He is God) John Wiegley · Session #62 · 2005
• Concept of Truth-Seeking in the Course of History Babak Rod Khadem · Session #60 · 2005
• New circusí as metaphorical embodiment of the mystical and the aesthetic with special reference to La Cirque du Soleil Roger Prentice · Session #62 · 2005
• Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond Between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh: An Exposition on Excerpts From The Persian Bayán James B. Thomas · Session #60 · 2005 · PDF
• Some Aspects of the Tafsir al-Bismillah from Abdu’l-Baha Sasha Dehghani · Session #62 · 2005
• The Newly-Born Babe of That Day: Mysticism in the age of the maturity of humankind Julio Savi · Session #62 · 2005 · PDF
• Bahá’í-Religion und die islamische Mystic (Sufitum) Dariush Ma'ani · Session #56 · 2004
• Ismailis, Yesterday and Today Mozhan Khadem · Session #58 · 2004
• Preliminary Account of Shi’i Esoteric Commentary on the ‘Hadith-e Haqiqat’ Bruce Wannell · Session #54 · 2004
• Spiritualizing Pedagogy: Mystical and Ontological Aspects of Bahá’í-inspired Education Roger Prentice · Session #58 · 2004 · PDF
• The Spirituality of Cinematic Experience Roger Prentice · Session #54 · 2004
• Translation of al-Kitab al-Aqdas into Hebrew: Some notes on contents and style Moshe Sharon · Session #54 · 2004
• True of Thyself: Firstness and Lastness, Outwardness and Inwardness (Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy seen in the light of Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical writings) Wolfgang Klebel · Session #53 · 2004 · PDF
• Báb’s Commentary on the Hadith al-Haqíqa (The Hadith about the Ultimate Reality): or the Tradition of Kumayl ibn Ziyad, al-Nakha’i Stephen Lambden · Session #46 · 2003
• Kaleidoscope: Angelology and Colour Mysticism in Babi-Baha’i Scripture Stephen Lambden · Session #48 · 2003 · PDF
• Logic Chopping or Mystical Union: In what direction might Bahá’í-inspired philosophy of education go? Roger Prentice · Session #48 · 2003
• On grading religions: A Baha’i perspective on developing interreligious dialogue S Fazel, Khazeh Fananapazir · Session #48 · 2003
• Panel Presentation on “Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’” Muin Afnani, Stephen Lambden, and Habib Raizati · Session #46 · 2003
• Pantheism: A Crossroads of Science and Religion Enoch N. Tanyi · Session #48 · 2003
• Tablet of the Seeker and Prerequisites of the Mi’ráj: The Kitáb-i-Iqán and the Irshád al-’Avám Sholeh A. Quinn · Session #46 · 2003
• The Bab’s Commentary on the Ultimate Reality Stephen Lambden · Session #48 · 2003
• The Báb’s Response to a Question about Lawh-i-Mahfúz (Preserved Tablet) Stephen Lambden · Session #46 · 2003
• Epistle to the Son of the Wolf Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
• Lawh-i-Ard-i-Bá and its relation to the Station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Sohi Rastegar · Session #40 · 2002
• Súrah al-Sultán, The King Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
• The Ocean of Acceptance LeRoy Jones · Session #40 · 2002
• “For The Love of My Beauty”: Love, Art and Attainment in the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Brian Miller · Session #34 · 2001
• A Short Review of the Mystical Meanings of Some of the Terms Used in Bahá’u’lláh’s and Rumi’s Mathnavis Moozhan Khadem · Session #38 · 2001
• An Introduction to Kabalistic Mysticism Moshe Sharon · Session #36 · 2001
• Cherubim, Seraphim and Demythologization: Some aspects of Babi-Bahá’i angelology and the mala’ al-a`la (Supreme Concourse) Stephen Lambden · Session #36 · 2001
• Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh (Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaráqa’l-Mukhlisun): An Exegesis James B. Thomas · Session #34 · 2001 · PDF
• Hallowing of the critical and the blessedness of creativity: via `spiritualization as dialectical process’ as the mystical heart of education Roger Prentice · Session #36 · 2001
• Kitáb-i-`Ahdí (Bahá’u’lláh’s Book of Testament) Ghasem Bayat · Session #38 · 2001
• Knowledge, Certitude, and the Mystical Heart: The Hidden Essence of God’s Word LeRoy Jones · Session #34 · 2001 · PDF
• Lawh-i- Karmil (Tablet of Carmel) Sateh Bayat · Session #38 · 2001
• Ling Ming Tang and the Influence of Babi and Bahá’i Teaching Jianping Wang · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
• Mystical Themes in Bahá’í Obligatory Prayer Ghasem Bayat · Session #34 · 2001
• Mysticism and the Bahá’i Community Moojan Momen · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
• Mysticism in the African Traditional Religion and the Bahá’i Faith: classification of Concepts and Practices Enoch N. Tanyi · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
• Seven Valleys and the Scientific Method Robert Sarracino · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
• Tablets Muin Afnani · Session #38 · 2001
• Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes: Hikmat (Wisdom), Ru’ya (Dream), and Burhan (Reason) Muin Afnani · Session #34 · 2001
• The Mystical Dimensions of the Bahá’i Administrative Order Kavian S. Milani · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
• The Mystical Heart of Knowing: Toward a worthy, Baha’i-inspired, epistemological model Roger Prentice · Session #38 · 2001
• The Parable of Majnun and Layli Jack McLean · Session #36 · 2001
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Commentary on the Qur’ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul Moojan Momen · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
• Apophatic Scholarship: When the Pen Breaks and the Ink Leaves but a Blot Ismael Velasco · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
• British Bahá’ís and the Western Mystical Tradition Lil Abdo · Session #28 · 2000
• Correlating Mystical Experience to the Knowledge of God Jack McLean · Session #30 · 2000
• Fundamentalism and the Bahá’í Faith: The Chapter Karen Armstrong Might Have Written in Her Book The Battle for God Roger Prentice · Session #28 · 2000
• Lawh-i-Ahmad in Persian: A Question of Faith and Volition Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #32 · 2000
• Mysticism East and West Farhang Jahanpour · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
• Perception Into Faith: A Radical Discontinuity Within Unity William Barnes · Session #32 · 2000 · PDF
• Point, Pillar and Manifestation: Parallels That Never Met? Kabbalah and the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths Moshe Sharon · Session #28 · 2000
• Religious Unity Towards the Challenge of Religious Diversity Anne-Sophie Lamine · Session #28 · 2000
• Some of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed in Akká Muin Afnani · Session #30 · 2000
• The Báb’s Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God Todd Lawson · Session #30 · 2000 · PDF
• The Background and Significance of Bábí-Bahá’í Interpretations of hurufat al-muqatta’at, the Mysterious Arabic Letters of the Qur’án Stephen Lambden · Session #28 · 2000
• The Concept of the “Perfect Man” (Pole) in Sufism and the Bahá’í Notion of the Manifestation of God Youli Ioannesyan · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
• The Firm Cord of Servitude Theo Cope · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
• The Firm Cord of Servitude Theo Cope · Session #30 · 2000
• The Mystic Cup: The Essential Mystical Nature of the Bahá’í Faith LeRoy Jones · Session #32 · 2000 · PDF
• The Three Stages of Divine Revelation Guy Sinclaire · Session #28 · 2000
• A Journey Through The Four Valleys Ghasem Bayat · Session #24 · 1999
• A Journey Through The Seven Valleys Ghasem Bayat · Session #24 · 1999 · PDF
• Developing Criteria for a Fair Comparison of Religions in Inter-religious Dialogues Christoph Wagner · Session #22 · 1999
• Mystical Themes in the Tablets Revealed During the Baghdad Period: Gems of Mysteries, Maid of Heaven, Ode of Varqá’íyyih, Tablet of All Food Muin Afnan · Session #26 · 1999
• Seven Valleys of Bahá’u’lláh and Farid ud-Din Attar Sheila Banani · Session #26 · 1999 · PDF
• Tablets Enunciating the Three Realms of God, Manifestations and Creation Habib Riazati · Session #26 · 1999
• Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes Muin Afnani · Session #24 · 1999
• The Ode of Varqá’íyyih Brian Miller · Session #26 · 1999
• Unsealing the Significance of Allegories in the Bible Using the Book of Certitude (Kitáb-i-Iqán) Brent Poirier · Session #26 · 1999
• Introducing Kitáb-i-Badí’ Nader Saiedi · Session #20 · 1998
• Principles of Bahá’í Theology in the Tablet of Salmán Iraj Ayman · Session #18 · 1998
• Principles of Bahá’í Theology in the Tablet of Salmán Iraj Ayman · Session #20 · 1998
• Tablet to the Kings: Human Rights and Collective Security Sohrab Kourosh · Session #20 · 1998
• The Best of Stories (Ahsan al-Qasas): Joseph Motifs and the Bábí-Bahá’í Interpretation of the Joseph Narrative Stephen Lambden · Session #18 · 1998
• The Tablet of the Fear of God [Righteousness, Piety...] Stephen Lambden · Session #18 · 1998
• The Third Copernican Revolution: “Transparent Dialogue and Relational Theology” — Unity and Diversity and The Development of a Global Vision of God’s Relationality Christopher Jones · Session #20 · 1998
• African Religion and the Bahá’i Faith Enoch Tanyi · Session #14 · 1997
• Ascertaining the Validity of Islamic Hadíth: A Personal Prospective Azadeh Mohandessi-Fares, Nabil Fares · Session #15 · 1997
• Buddy, Can You Spare a Paradigm?: The Bahá’í Faith and the New Age Movement Paul S. Dodenhoff · Session #15 · 1997
• Monotheistic Religion in Africa: The Example of the Swazi People Crispin Pemberton-Pigott, Margaret Pemberton-Pigott · Session #14 · 1997
• Religion and Science in Harmony: A New Reality Muin Afnani · Session #15 · 1997
• Sufi stages of the soul in The Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys of Bahá’u’llah Julio Savi · Session #14 · 1997
• The Hidden Treasure Mozhan Khadem · Session #15 · 1997
• In Quest of the Ocean of True Understanding: The Mystical Paradigm of Bahá’u’llah’s Book of Certitude Ismael Velasco · Session #12 · 1996
• Understanding the Bahá’í Faith through Study of the Christian Faith Benjamin H. La Framboise · Session #9 · 1996
• Obedience to Divine Law: Evolution of the Individual’s Perception Azadeh Fares, Nabil Fares · Session #5 · 1995
• Bahá’i Parables Craig Loehle · Session #2 · 1994
• Experience of Taking the Most Holy Book to the Masses Using Structured Educational Material, On The Vadim Nomokonov · Session #4 · 1994
• Reading With or Against the Book, or the Avoidance of Interpretive Chaos Susan Brill · Session #2 · 1994
• Scripture as Literature: The Writings of Bahá’u’llah in their Literary Context Frank Lewis · Session #2 · 1994
• The Love Relationship Between God and Humanity: A Commentary on Bahá’u’llah’s Hidden Words Julio Savi · Session #2 · 1994