Seven Valleys
From Bahai9
Read online at http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/sv/700.html
Leiden no. 16
Contents |
Reviews/Discussion
- http://www.newartisans.com/johnw/rhapsody.on.seven.valleys.html
- http://www.newartisans.com/johnw/questions.on.seven.valleys.html
- http://bahai-library.com/?file=townshend_seven_valleys_meditation.html
Cross-reference (to "Seven Cities") with Gems of Divine Mysteries
Seven Valley Notes
- http://bahai-library.com/resources/tablets-notes/haft-vadi/notes.html
- http://bahai-library.com/resources/tablets-notes/haft-vadi/outline.html (includes a brief outline)
- http://wilmetteinstitute.org/projects/sevenvalleys.html (Knowledge map)
- http://wilmetteinstitute.org/projects/sufis.html (message to the Súfís)
Terminology
Pre-existence
"Regarding your question concerning the passage in 'Seven Valleys' referring to pre-existence. This in no way presupposes the existence of the individual soul before conception. The term has not been absolutely accurately translated, and what is meant is that man's soul is the repository of the ancient, Divine mysteries of God."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, January 5, 1948, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1699)
By section (in scholarship)
Valley of Unity
- See notes on at http://wilmetteinstitute.org/projects/distinction.html
