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Secrets Veiled in Secrets: A Seminar on the Báb's Qayyúm al-Asmá'

Invitation to Join an Upcoming Seminar on the Báb's 'First, Greatest and Mightiest' Book.

Aug 12 • 

Aaron JR Ferguson

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July 2025

A Short Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Baha, on Becoming a True Educator

On Aristotle, al-Farabi, Ibn Sina and the station of the True Teacher in the Baha'i Faith

Jul 16 • 

Aaron JR Ferguson

On Reciprocal Justice and the Spiritual Anthropology of Man

The Reciprocal Relationship of Nobility, Human Perfection, and the 'Day of Reckoning'

Jul 13 • 

Aaron JR Ferguson

3

June 2025

Research Notes: On Carnelian ('aqíq) in the Writings of the Báb

The Symbolism of Precious Stones and Minerals | Provisional Translations from the Bayán and Qayyúm al-Asmá' | On the Mystical and the Magical

Jun 7 • 

Aaron JR Ferguson

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March 2025

Science, Evolution, and the Baha'i Faith in Bryan Donaldson's 'On the Originality of Species: The Convergence of Evolutionary Science and…

Book Review: Reflections on Scientific Advancements, Baha'i Belief & Intellectual Diversity

Mar 15 • 

Aaron JR Ferguson

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A Competent Physician: Medical Decision Making, A Baháʼí Consideration, Part 1

"Resort ye, in times of sickness, to competent physicians; We have not set aside the use of material means, rather have We confirmed it through this…

Mar 10 • 

Jim Ferguson

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January 2025

Manuscript to Masterpiece

Persian Bayán Vahid 2:3 on the Price (or Pricelessness) of the Word of God

Jan 30 • 

Aaron JR Ferguson

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September 2024

A Simple Intro to Baháʼí-inspired Sleep Meditation

Drawing on Baháʼí Prayer and the Writings for Restful and Enlightening sleep, part 1

Sep 10, 2024 • 

Aaron JR Ferguson

2

July 2024

The Highest Form of Prayer

Meditations on three types of prayer and moving beyond 'instrumental' approaches to prayer & meditation

Jul 18, 2024 • 

Aaron JR Ferguson

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The Word of God and the Original Languages of the Bábi and Bahá'í Writings, part 1

On Learning Persian and Arabic for Bahá'í Study

Jul 13, 2024 • 

Aaron JR Ferguson

June 2024

The First Intellect and the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings

A compilation on the mystical and metaphysical foundations of the 'First Intellect', across religions & philosophies

Jun 28, 2024 • 

Aaron JR Ferguson

April 2024

Towards Health and Wellness, Part 2

Exploring the Healing Power of Prayer and Meditation

Apr 30, 2024 • 

Jim Ferguson