- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Lil Osborn. Alice Buckton's Glastonbury Pilgrimage (2020). — Buckton's spiritual awakening and pioneering activities in Glastonbury, including her setting up a w...
- Julio Savi and 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...
- Vahid Brown. Andalusí Theosophy: A Recontextualization (2006). — The role of interconfessionalism in the emergence of Islamic and Jewish theosophical movements in ...
- Ross Woodman. Arc of Ascent: The Purpose of Physical Reality II, by John S. Hatcher: Review (1994).
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 20<su...
- Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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; ...
- John S. Hatcher and Amrollah Hemmat et al. 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...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove" (1997).
- 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, ...
- 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.
- John S. Hatcher and Amrollah Hemmat et al. 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Stanwood Cobb. Essential Mysticism, The (1918). — Clarification of some of the spiritual problems of humanity; the real value of Oriental mysticism; t...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- Bahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi, 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- Betty Hoff Conow. "'In the Beginning Was the Word': Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul," by Ross Woodman: Commentary (1995).
- 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...
- 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...
- 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, ...
- 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...
- Susan Maneck. Islam, the Baha'i Faith and the Eternal Covenant of Alast (2009-02-09).
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Christopher Buck. Bolhuis Arjen, comp. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2020). — List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
- 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.
- Bahá'u'lláh. Frank Lewis, trans. Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak (1999). — Provisional translation
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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.
- Annemarie Schimmel. Mystical Dimensions of Islam (1975). — Detailed history of Sufism and its thought, Islamic theosophy, and Persian and Turkish mystical poet...
- 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...
- Moojan Momen. Mysticism and the Bahá'í Community (2002). — The five characteristic features common to mystical orders in Buddhism, Christianity or Islam. Baha'...
- 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...
- Fargang Jahanpour. Mysticism East and West (2007). — The meaning and nature of mysticism and some of the leading ideas in Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Ode of the Dove (1997). — Translation of Qasidiy-i- Varqa'iyyih.
- Frank 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...
- Julio Savi and 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Asadu'llah 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...
- 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...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Adib Masumian, comp. Seven Valleys and Four Valleys: Interlinear Translation Comparison (2019). — New 2019 translation, side-by-side with the 1945 translation and the Persian original.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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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