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Tag "Mysticism"

tag name: Mysticism type: Religions, Middle Eastern; Religion, general
web link: Mysticism
references: bahai9.com/wiki/Mysticism; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysticism
referring tags: Sufism

"Mysticism" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (79 results; expand)

  1. Moojan Momen. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul (2001). — Commentary on the first few verses of the Quranic Sura of Rum; nine esoteric or mystical interpretat...
  2. Rodney H. Clarken. Absolute Poverty and Utter Nothingness (1997). — Baha’u’llah’s ideas of poverty as detachment, and nothingness as selflessness. Cites some comm...
  3. Lil Osborn. Alice Buckton: Baha'i Mystic (2014-07). — Buckton, a central figure in the re-establishment of Glastonbury as England's spiritual centre, visi...
  4. Lil Osborn. Alice Buckton's Glastonbury Pilgrimage (2020). — Buckton's spiritual awakening and pioneering activities in Glastonbury, including her setting up a w...
  5. Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh (2018). — On the importance of poetry in the history of the Faith and in its Writings, and absolute detachment...
  6. Vahid Brown. Andalusí Theosophy: A Recontextualization (2006). — The role of interconfessionalism in the emergence of Islamic and Jewish theosophical movements in ...
  7. Ross Woodman. Arc of Ascent: The Purpose of Physical Reality II, by John S. Hatcher: Review (1994).
  8. Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The (2015). — Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the ...
  9. John S. Hatcher. Ascent of Mount Carmel, The: Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb (2019). — "From the Editor's Desk": Symbolism of the terraces on the shrine of the Bab; St. John's poem "Ascen...
  10. Todd Lawson. Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God, The (2002). — A preliminary translation and discussion of the Bab's Risala fi's-Sulúk, one of his earliest extant...
  11. Julio Savi. Bahá'í Faith and the Perennial Mystical Quest, The: A Western Perspective (2007-12). — Mysticism is an intrinsic aspect of the Baha'i Faith and mystical experience as formulated by Willia...
  12. Lil Osborn. Baha'i Faith and the Western Esoteric Tradition, The (2015). — The importance of individuals seeped in the mystical, the occult, and esoteric to the early 20th-cen...
  13. Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
  14. Jack McLean. Baha'is as a Mystic Community, by Moojan Momen, The: Response (2006). — The meanings of mysticism in the writings of Baha'u'llah and Shoghi Effendi.
  15. Francis Henry Skrine. Bahá'ísm, the religion of brotherhood and its place in the evolution of creeds (1912). — An outsider's sympathetic portrayal of the Baha'i history and teachings, written with "express appro...
  16. Juan Cole. Bahá'u'lláh and the Naqshbandi Sufis in Iraq, 1854-1856 (1984). — The interplay of Babi themes of messianism and the Sufi mystical emphasis on internal spirituality; ...
  17. John S. Hatcher, Amrollah Hemmat, Ehsanollah Hemmat. Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove": A Provisional Translation (2019). — A lengthy dialogue between Baha'u'llah (as persona/narrator) and the Huriyyih — the Maid of Heaven...
  18. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove" (1997).
  19. Julio Savi. Bahá'u'lláh's Persian Poems Written before 1863 (2012). — Overview of the mystical early writings of Baha'u'llah, 1852-1863. Includes extensive bibliography, ...
  20. Bijan Ma'sumian. Baha'u'llah's Seclusion in Kurdistan (1993 Fall). — Reconstruction of parts of this mostly undocumented period in Baha'u'llah's life.
  21. John S. Hatcher, Amrollah Hemmat, Ehsanollah Hemmat. Bahá'u'lláh's Symbolic Use of the Veiled Ḥúríyyih (2019). — Analyzing some of the meanings behind the appearance of the Veiled Maiden, as alluded to by Baha'u'l...
  22. Moshe Sharon. Clouds and the Hiding God: Observations on some Terms in the Early Writing of Bahá'u'lláh (2012). — Metaphorical usage of clouds and rain in the mystical Tablets Rashh-i-Ama, Lawh Kullu't-Ta'am, and Q...
  23. Dianne Bradford. Comparison of Islamic Religious Modes with the Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh (1998-01). — Comparison of stages in The Four Valleys with three approaches from Islam: Theologians, Muslim Philo...
  24. Jack McLean. Confessions of a Child of the Half-Light (2022). — Philosophical essays; recollections of 'Abdu'l-Baha by Laura Dreyfus Barney, Curtis Kelsey, and othe...
  25. Jack McLean. Correlating Mystical Experience to the Knowledge of God (2000-10). — Mysticism, "the experience of God," and theology, "the knowledge of God," are both expressions of on...
  26. Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
  27. Justice Hagan. Desert Enlightenment: Prophets and Prophecy in American Science Fiction (2013). — On the pivotal role in the development of the central characters the narratives of the novel Dune, t...
  28. Stanwood Cobb. Essential Mysticism, The (1918). — Clarification of some of the spiritual problems of humanity; the real value of Oriental mysticism; t...
  29. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination (2000). — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
  30. Theo A. Cope. Firm Cord of Servitude, The (2001). — A call for a revisioning of mysticism's claims of "union with God" in light of the Baha'i Teachings ...
  31. Bahá'u'lláh. Shoghi Effendi, trans, Juan Cole, trans. He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man ‘arafa nafsahú faqad ‘arafa Rabbahú): Commentary (1996). — Translation by Shoghi Effendi, completed by Cole. Themes include Islamic mysticism and the meaning o...
  32. Daryl Lowery. Hidden Words: Allusion to Progressive Revelation in Persian HW #77 (1999). — Student paper, exploring one of the longest and more mystical Hidden Words.
  33. Alison Marshall. How to get out of it: Faná' and baqá' in the Early Writings of Baha'u'llah (1999-01). — Annihilation and the self in the Hidden Words and the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys.
  34. Julio Savi. Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí), A (2015). — A ghazal, a mystical song of love about The Beloved, meaning God or a Manifestation. One of eight Pe...
  35. Betty Hoff Conow (published as B. Hoff Conow). "'In the Beginning Was the Word': Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul," by Ross Woodman: Commentary (1995).
  36. Juan Cole. Individualism and the Spiritual Path in Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i (1997-09). — On Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i's criticisms of aspects of Sufism, and whether he could be considered a "m...
  37. Julio Savi. Inebriation of His Enrapturing Call (mast-and bulbulán), The (2014). — Translation of the early mystical Tablet "Nightingales Are Inebriated" and an analysis of its themes...
  38. Ismael Velasco. Ineffability in Scripture: A Conversation with 6 Medieval Mystics (2006). — On how the experience of six 13th- and 14th-century Christian mystics was shaped by their language, ...
  39. Jianping Wang. Influence of Bábí Teachings on Ling Ming Tang and Nineteenth-century China, The (2002). — A possible historical linkage between the followers of Babi and Baha'i Movements in Iran and the bel...
  40. Susan Maneck. Islam, the Baha'i Faith and the Eternal Covenant of Alast (2009-02-09).
  41. Jack McLean. Knowledge of God, The: An Essay on Bahá'í Epistemology (1978 Spring). — Knowledge of the divine is the beginning of all things. This can come through the investigative facu...
  42. LeRoy Jones. Knowledge, Certitude and the Mystical Heart: The Hidden Essence of God's Word (2002). — Baha'u'llah equates Truth with divine knowledge and requires that we must first be cleansed of world...
  43. Bahá'u'lláh. Pierre Daoust, trans. Les Quatre Vallées, publié dans The Call of the Divine Beloved (Centre mondial bahá'í - 2018) (2022-08). — La traduction des Quatre Vallées de Marzieh Gail contient beaucoup de passages exquis et inspirés,...
  44. Christopher Buck. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2020). — List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
  45. Brian A. Miller. Lover's Way, The: A Critical Comparison of the Nazm al-Sulúk by Ibn al-Fárid with the Qasídih-yi Varqá'iyyih by Bahá'ulláh (2000). — Link to document offsite.
  46. Bahá'u'lláh. Frank Lewis, trans. Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak (1999). — Provisional translation
  47. LeRoy Jones. Mystic Cup, The: Essential Mystical Nature of the Bahá'í Faith (2001). — Although the Baha’i Faith is fundamentally mystic in character, American Baha’is often do not e...
  48. Gul Afroz Zaman. Mystic Journey of the Soul, The (1998). — On the journey a soul must make to attain union with the Eternal from the confines of material life ...
  49. Jack McLean. Mystic's Flight, The: The Parable of Majnún and Laylí (2001-07). — This classic love tale of the Middle East, quoted by Baha'u'llah in the Seven Valleys, is prized by ...
  50. LeRoy Jones. Mystical Aspects of the Baha'i Faith as presented in the Seven Valleys (1998-03). — Mystical aspects of the Baha'i Faith are of paramount importance and may sometimes get overlooked in...
  51. David Langness. Mystical content and symbology of Bahá'u'lláh's Four Valleys (1997). — Symbology of the Four Valleys, and a brief overview of a four-stage spiritual growth model.
  52. Annemarie Schimmel. Mystical Dimensions of Islam (1975). — Detailed history of Sufism and its thought, Islamic theosophy, and Persian and Turkish mystical poet...
  53. Kavian Sadeghzade Milani. Mystical Dimensions of the Bahá'í Administrative Order, The (2002). — The Baha'i Administrative Order can be seen as a mystical entity, and there are some parallels betwe...
  54. Moojan Momen. Mysticism and the Bahá'í Community (2002). — The five characteristic features common to mystical orders in Buddhism, Christianity or Islam. Baha'...
  55. Farnaz Ma'sumian. Mysticism and the Bahá'í Faith (1995 Spring). — An examination of the Baha'i Faith's relation to mysticism and mystic themes and ideas present in th...
  56. Fargang Jahanpour. Mysticism East and West (2007). — The meaning and nature of mysticism and some of the leading ideas in Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christ...
  57. Enoch Tanyi. Mysticism in African Traditional Religion and in the Bahá'í Faith: Classification of Concepts and Practices (2002). — Both African Traditional Religion and the Baha'i Faith originate from God, but at different times in...
  58. Glenn A. Shook. Mysticism, Science and Revelation (1953/1976). — The essence of true religion is that feeling which unites man with God. Some mystics believes that m...
  59. Julio Savi. "Newly born babe of that Day", The: Mysticism in the Age of the Maturity of Humankind (2006). — The dynamic historical processes impacting mysticism. As the Baha'i Revelation is the revelation o...
  60. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Ode of the Dove (1997). — Translation of Qasidiy-i- Varqa'iyyih.
  61. Frank Lewis (published as Franklin Lewis). Poetry as Revelation: Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's 'Mathnavíy-i Mubárak' (1999). — On Baha'u'llah and the poetic tradition, Sufism, Sufi poetry, and Rumi; rhetorical orientation; date...
  62. Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. Prayers and rituals in the Bahá'í Faith: Introduction to A Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí Ardi'l-Álif (2008). — A tablet of Baha'u'llah to one of the Babis to renew his faith before He had revealed his mission; i...
  63. Moojan Momen. Psychology of Mysticism and its Relationship to the Bahá'í Faith (1984-03). — Contrast of theories of mysticism and its physiological components from the perspective of 20th-cent...
  64. Steven Scholl. Remembrance of God, The: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1983-12). — Dhikru'llah, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating pr...
  65. Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani (published as Jinab-i-Fadil Mazandarani). Seven Cities in the Spiritual Journey to God: Gems of Divine Mystersies (Javáhiru'l-Asrár) and Seven Valleys (1923-02). — Address given to an American audience in 1923, probably translated by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, who accomp...
  66. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Seven Cities of Bahá'u'lláh, The (2002). — This is a compilation of only those passages from Baha'u'llah’s Gems of Divine Mysteries that rela...
  67. Bahá'u'lláh. Adib Masumian, comp, Daniel Azim Pschaida, comp. Seven Valleys and Four Valleys: Interlinear Translation Comparison (2019). — New 2019 translation, side-by-side with the 1945 translation and the Persian original.
  68. Sheila Banani. Seven Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh and Farid ud-Din Attar (2000). — An overview of the similarities between the Seven Valleys by Baha'u'llah and the Conference of the B...
  69. Frank Lewis. Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár, A: An Introduction and Three Versions of Provisional English Translations (2001). — Three alternative renderings of a translation of one of Baha’u’llah’s early poems, writing dur...
  70. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Some Themes and Images in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1976-04-21). — Exploring the relationship between the Creative Word, particularly its expression in language, and t...
  71. Abdu'l-Bahá. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to Ismael on Annihilation in God (Lawh-i-Ismael) (2002). — Short mention of fana', the mystical annihilation of the self, "which is none other than being a tot...
  72. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism (1995). — Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
  73. Todd Lawson. Tafsir and the Meaning of the Qur'an: The Crucifixion in Muslim Thought (2010-10-23). — Using Qur'an 4:156-7 as an example, classical tafsīr, “scholastic" exegesis, has not always taken...
  74. Julio Savi. Towards the Summit of Reality: Table of Contents and Bibliography (2003). — Front- and back-matter only of Savi's book Towards the Summit of Reality: An Introduction to the Stu...
  75. Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009-2023). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
  76. Ismael Velasco. "What I Want to Say is Wordless": Mystical Language, Revelation and Scholarship (2001). — If the Word of God transcends words and letters, what point is there to Scripture, let alone to scho...
  77. Roberta Law. What is Baha'u'llah's Message to the Sufis? (1998-02). — Nature of Sufism and Baha'u'llah's teachings for the Sufi community, especially as contained in the ...
  78. Julio Savi. Will, Knowledge, and Love as Explained in Baha'u'llah's Four Valleys (1994). — Exploration of some of the "seemingly abstruse" concepts of the Four Valleys.
  79. Richard Hollinger. "Wonderful True Visions": Magic, Mysticism, and Millennialism in the Making of the American Bahá'í Community, 1892-1895 (2004). — The early growth of the American, and especially the Chicago, communities was more gradual and eclec...

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  1. 1853-00-00 — During this period Baha'u'llah revealed His mystical Writings....
  2. 1854-04-10 — Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih Baha'u'llah suddenly left Baghdad and went to the mountainous wilder...
  3. 1858-12-00 — It was in this period that Baha'u'llah revealed the Seven Valleys (Haft Vadi) in response to a reque...
  4. 2019-02-05 — The announcement of the publication of The Call of the Divine Beloved by the Baha'i W...
 
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