TY  - JOUR
ID  - 3169
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/woodman_beginning_word
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul
T2  - 
JF  - Journal of Bahá'í Studies
JA  - JBS
A1  - Woodman,Ross
A2  - 
A3  - 
Y1  - 1993
Y2  - 
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
SP  - 33
EP  - 57
M2  - 
PB  - Association for Bahá'í Studies North America
CY  - Ottawa
M1  - 
M3  - Articles
SN  - 
LA  - English
L3  - 
DO  - 
U1  - 
U2  - 
U3  - 
AB  - Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. The bridegroom, Bahá'ulláh, enters union as the marriage of the Manifestation with the Maid of Heaven, who releases the Logos and the newly created soul.
N1  - Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also review by B. H. Conow (1995).
C1  - 
KW  - Abuse
KW  - Adam and Eve
KW  - Apocalypse
KW  - Archetypes
KW  - Arts and crafts
KW  - Carl Gustav Jung
KW  - Children
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Creation
KW  - Education
KW  - Equality
KW  - Fate, destiny and predestination
KW  - Fathers
KW  - Fire
KW  - Free will
KW  - Freedom and liberty
KW  - Gender
KW  - God, Will of
KW  - God, Word of
KW  - Houris (huris)
KW  - Islam
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - John Milton
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)
KW  - Literature
KW  - Literature, English
KW  - Logos
KW  - Love
KW  - Maid of Heaven
KW  - Manifestations of God
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Maturity of humanity
KW  - Metaphors and allegories
KW  - Mother Book
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Mount Carmel
KW  - Obligatory prayer, Long
KW  - Parents
KW  - Power
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Progressive revelation
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Ross Woodman
KW  - Sexuality
KW  - Sigmund Freud
KW  - Sophia (wisdom)
KW  - Soul, Human
KW  - Unity
KW  - Women
ER  -