- Michael W. Sours. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique (1995). Constituents of Bahá'í cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist arguments; eschatological character of Bahá'í cosmological symbolism; Bahá'í eschatology provides answers to many feminist and ecological objections.
- Andrew R. Hatala. Bahá'u'lláh's Seven Valleys and Developmental Psychology: Toward a Conception of Spiritual Development (2011). Through the lens of the Seven Valleys, this paper creates a dialogue between theories of developmental psychology and Bahá’í philosophical perspectives, explores the evolution of the "self," and examines spiritual striving in human phylogeny and ontogeny.
- Paul Lample, comp. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (1996). The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the soul and humanity’s spiritual education.
- Peter Hulme. Community in Diversity: The New Man (1991). The focus of this presentation is the community of selves within each of us. Where is the evidence that we are more than one self?
- Todd Lawson. Consciousness, Imagination and Gratitude: The Inexhaustible Sources of the Self (2011-05).
- Jack McLean. Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith (1994). The search for truth; models and profiles of spiritual transformation; the mystical sense — prayer and meditation; a paradigm of spirituality and life tests; spiritual anthropology — the self and the soul; imagination; faith, love, and knowledge.
- Julio Savi. Dimensions of Spirituality, by Jack McLean: Review (1995).
- Ismael Velasco. Entering into Obligatory Prayer: Introduction and Commentary (2006). Overview of Bahá'í prayer, its historical background, and a detailed commentary on the preamble to the Long Obligatory Prayer.
- Brian Kurzius. Hidden Gifts: Finding Blessings in the Struggles of Life (2007). Compilation of Bahá'í texts on the purpose of problems and tests in our lives.
- Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Hidden Words: References of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi (1998).
- 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.
- Lesley Shams. Insistent Self, The: How to Nurture Our Spirit (2015). The nature of our ego and the effort needed to prevent this lower nature taking over and hindering our spiritual destiny; compilation of guidance from the Writings and other sources on the spiritual path, prayer, fasting, sacrifice, tests, love, etc.
- Pierre Daoust. La Condition Humaine: âme, raison, conscience (2023-09). Cet article propose un tour d'horizon des Écrits sur les notions d'âme, de raison et de conscience et en tire des conclusions sur la condition et la noblesse de l'être humain.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). The classic Bahá'í reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Brent Poirier. Lists of Articles (2009-2019). Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites.
- John S. Hatcher. Mizán of Affect in Material v. Metaphysical Models of Human Consciousness, The (2023-07). Though Bahá'í teachings hold that the soul progresses after the body ceases to exist, the physical brain is essential to our development; emotional processing requires a healthy brain; the brain-as-transceiver model can help treat affective disorders.
- Duane L. Herrmann. Observing the Fast When You Are Not to Abstain from Food (1989). What meaning can the Fast have if one is not able to observe it? The spiritual and symbolic natures of the Fast remain.
- Dorothy Baker. Path to God, The: 1956 (1956). Some elements for spiritual success: power through prayer and nine benefits of prayer, victorious living, and immortality.
- William Barnes. Perception Into Faith: A Radical Discontinuity Within Unity (2001). Entering into eternal life is both a change of being and of perception; the two natures of man; faith versus good deeds as means for attaining eternal life; the Bahá’í 'spirit of faith'.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Psychology and Knowledge of Self (n.d.).
- Hossain Danesh. Psychology of Spirituality, The: From Divided Self to Integrated Self (2000). Explores what is the nature of human reality, the purpose of human life, transcendence, and whether we have free will, using case histories, in-depth analysis, and practical examples. First 3 chapters only.
- Amrollah Hemmat. Reflections on The Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh (2021). Studies of this book often focus on its Sufi and mystical aspects. But when it is seen within the larger context of the totality of the Bahá’í Writings, its purpose appears as a guide for spiritual wayfarers to the recognition of the Manifestation of God.
- Faizi Alves, comp. Resolve to Gain the Victory over Your Own Selves (2013). Passages from the writings of Bahá'u'lláh related to personal growth.
- Christopher White. Searching for God in time and memory: An examination of Bahá'í prayer as 'remembrance' (2002). Describes Bahá'í prayer practices as a way to understand the human self and the Divine and overcoming the gap between the two.
- Violetta Zein, comp. Self and Selflessness: A Personal Meditative Booklet (2023). A meditational compilation of writings on the mystical nature of the self and selflessness, self-effacement, and self-abnegation, designed as an aid for reflection and contemplation.
- Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. Seven Valleys, The: Notes from a Deepening Class (1966). Lengthy notes from a deepening led by Hand of the Cause Faizi in Haifa, Israel.
- Susan Gammage. Various Essays (2013-2018/2023). 47 short essays on following the teachings and living a Bahá'í life, life coaching and counselling, recovery from substances or abuse, family matters, dreams, elections, debt, abortion, and more. Includes bios of Bruce Matthews and Caroline Lehmann.
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