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TAGS: – Interfaith dialogue; - Metaphors and allegories; - Poetry; Bábí history; Bahá'í history; Dawn-Breakers (book); Epics; Heroism; Joseph Campbell; Journey (spiritual); Mythology

Abstract:

The mythological universe created by Bahá’u’lláh employs three significant spiritual verities: the unknowable nature of the Ultimate Mystery, the relativity of religious/mythological truth, and the necessity of science and investigation of reality.

Notes:

This article is posted online at the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive. Outline of section Poetic Imagery in the Bahá'í Writings from this article (off-site PDF); Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith (ch. 8, Jack McLean, 1994). Voir aussi en français.

Sacred Mythology and the Bahá'í Faith

William P. Collins

published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies

2:4

Ottawa, ON: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 1990

Download: collins_sacred_mythology.pdf.

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