Apocalypse Unsealed: bibliography
                   ABBREVIATED TABLE OF CONTENTS

              Preface                                  VII
              Acknowledgements                          XV
              The Sources                                3
              The Allegorical Method                     6
              Gematria                                  11
              Number Symbolism                          13
              Astrological Symbolism                    20
              Geometric Symbolism                       28
              Further Literary Devices                  30
              The Time and Space of the Apocalypse      30
              Future Scholarship                        31
              The Notes                                 34

       Chapter One  The Greatest Name                   43
            Two  Letters to Ancient Faiths              65
          Three  Letters to Recent Faiths               79
           Four  The Invisible Zodiac                   87
           Five  The Book of Seven Seals                99
            Six  The Book is Opened                    107
          Seven  God's Servants are Sealed             115
          Eight  The Fate of the Early Church          129
           Nine  The Fall of Christendom               135
            Ten  Interlude                             143
         Eleven  The Course of Islam                   147
         Twelve  The Travail of the Word               157
       Thirteen  The Rise of the Caliphate             165
       Fourteen  The World-Stage is Set                177
        Fifteen  His Name Revealed                     187
        Sixteen  The End of the Age                    197
      Seventeen  Mysteries Revealed                    207
       Eighteen  Encomium of Victory                   213
       Nineteen  The Triumph of Baha'u'llah            219
         Twenty  Satan Bound                           225
     Twenty-one  The Holy City                         231
     Twenty-two  Epilogue

  Appendix A  The Number of Baha' in the Apocalypse    261
           B  Correlation of Some Dates in the
              Book of Daniel                           263
           C  Origins of Gematriot and
              Number Symbolism                         267
           D  The Hebrew and Arabic Gematriot          271
           E  Glossary of Symbols                      273
           F  Chronological Table                      289
           G  Some Baha'i Apocalyptic Writings         295
              References                               307
           H  Late Errata and Changes                  A-1
     Indexes
             Index of biblical verses cited
             Subject index

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                            References

_SACRED WRITINGS AND TEXTS_

KJV--the King James Version of the Holy Bible
RSV--the Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible
WAB--"Selections from the Writings of'Abdu'l-Baha," Baha'i
        World Center
QUR'AN--(Koran), the Holy Book of Islam
PT--'Abdu'l-Baha, "Paris Talks,"  Baha'i Publishing Trust,
        London
CB--[Adib Taherzadeh], "The Covenant of Baha'u'llah," Baha'i
        Publishing Trust, London
SWB--"Selections from the Writings of the Bab,", Baha'i World
        Center, Haifa

_THE FOLLOWING SACRED TEXTS ARE PUBLISHED BY THE BAHA'I
PUBLISHING TRUST, WILMETTE, ILLINOIS_

SDC--'Abdu'l-Baha, "The Secret of Divine Civilization"
THW--Baha'u'llah, "The Hidden Words"
BOC--Baha'u'llah, "The Book of Certitude" (Kitab-i-Iqan)
GPB--Shoghi Effendi, "God Passes By"
WOB--Shoghi Effenti, "The World Order of Baha'u'llah"
SAQ--'Abdu'l-Baha, "Some Answered Questions," translated
        by Laura Clifford Barney
TDB--Nabil's Narrative, "The Dawn-Breakers," translated and
        edited by Shoghi Effendi
BWF--Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha, "Baha'i World Faith"
ROM--Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha, "The Reality of Man"
ESW--Baha'u'llah, "Epistle to the Son of the Wolf"
PMB--Baha'u'llah, "Prayers and Meditations"

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GWB--Baha'u'llah, "Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah"
TCH--Lady Blomfield, "The Chosen Highway"
WAT--"The Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha"
ADJ--Shoghi EFfendi, "The Advent of Divine Justice"
TPDIC [possibly also PDC]--Shoghi EFfendi, "The Promised Day is
        Come"

_THE FOLLOWING SACRED WRITINGS ARE OUT OF PRINT:_

PUP--'Abdu'l-Baha Abbas, "The Promulgation of Universal Peace,"
        Executive Board of Baha'i Temple Unity, 1921-22
TAB--'Abdu'l-Baha, "Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha Abbas," Baha'i
        Publishing Committee, New York, 1940 (in three volumes)
M to A (1932-46)--Shoghi Effendi, "Messages to America,
        1932-1946," Baha'i Publishing Committee, Wilmette, Ill.,
        U.S.A., 1947
SM--Mirza Asadu'llah, "Sacred Mysteries," Baha'i Supply and
        Publishing Board, Chicago, 1902.
BS--Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha, "Baha'i Scriptures," edited by
        Horace Holley, Baha'i Publishing Committee, New York,
        (Brantanos, 1923)

                       _SECULAR REFERENCES_

1. Carl Jung, "Man and His Symbols," Doubleday and Company,
        Garden City, NY.
2. Carl Jung, "Psychology and Religion," Yale University Press,
        New Haven, Conn., 1971
3. Hans Jonas, "The Gnostic REligion," 2nd edition, revised,
        Beacon Press, Boston, 1963
4. Ernst Muller, "History of Jewish Mysticism," Oxford, 1946

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5. Alan Oken, "As Above, So Below," Bantam Books, New York, 1973
6. Peter Tompkins, "Secrets of the Great Pyramid," Harper and
Row, N.Y., 1971
7. Otto Rank, "Beyong Psychology," Dover Publications, N.Y., 1958
8. Carlo Suares, "The Cipher of Genesis," Shambhala Publications,
        Berkeley, Calif., 1970
9. John Michell, "City of Revelation," Garnstone Press, London,
        1972; republished by Ballantine Books, N.Y., 1973
10. E. T. Bell, "Men of Mathematics," Dover Publications, N. Y.,
        1977
11. Christopher Butler, "Number symbolism," Barnes and Noble,
        N.Y., 1970
12. Elena Maria Marsella, "The Quest for Eden," Philosophical
        Library, N. Y., 1966
13. Jose A. Arguelles, "The Transformative Vision," Shambhala
        Publications, Berkeley, Calif., 1975
14. Roland H. Bainton, "Christendom," vol 1, Harper and Row,
        N.Y., 1966
15. Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, "Explanation of the Emblem of the Greatest
        Name," Baha'i News, Wilmette, Ill., October 1968
16. Aristotle, "De Caelo"
17. Adelaide S. Hall, "A Glossary of Important Symbols," Bates
        and Guild, boston, 1912
18. Dhikru'llah Kadem, "Baha'u'llah and His Most Holy Shrine,"
        Baha'i News, Wilmette, Ill., March 1976, No. 540
19. James D. Watson, "The Double Helix," Atheneum, N.Y., 1968
20. Rudolf Bultmann, "Primitive Christianity In Its Contemporary
        Setting," tr. Reverend R. H. Fuller, Meridian Books,
        world Publishing Co., Cleveland and New York, 1956.
21. Adab Taherzadeh, "The Revelation of Baha'u'llah," Vol. 1,
        George Ronald, Oxford, 1974
22. Not used.
23. Huston Smith, "The Religions of Man," Harper and Brothers,
        N.Y., 1958

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24. Jamshed K. Fozdar, "The God of Buddha," Asia Publishing
        House, N.Y., 1973
25. Edward Conze, "Buddhism:  Its Essence and Development,"
        Philosophical Library, N.Y., 1951
26. Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin, "Symbols and Values in
        Zoroastrianism," Harper and Row, N.Y., 1966
27. Trevor Ravenscroft, "The Spear of Destiny," Neville Spearman
        Publishers, U.K.; G.P. Putnam's Sons, N.Y., 1973
28. William Sears, "Thief in the Night," George Ronald, Oxford,
        1974
29. Plato, "Timaeus," in "The Dialogues of Plato," Liveright
        Publishing Corp., N.Y., 1927
30. Simeon L. Guterman, "Religious Toleration and Persecution in
        Ancient Rome," London, 1961
31. Syed Aeer Ali, "The Spirit of Islam," W.H. Allen Co., London,
        1891; New Ed., Christophers, 1935
32. T.W. Arnold, "The Preaching of Islam," Scribners, N.Y., 1913
33. S. Runciman, "The Fall of Constantinople 1453," Cambridge
        University Press, 1965
34. Alexis Perrey, "Note sur les tremblements de terre," Academie
        Royale des Sciences des lettres et des Beaux Artes de
        Belgique, Bulletin, Vol. 18, Number 4, pp. 291-308 of the
        First Series, 1855
35. G.R. Driver, "Canaanite Myths and Legends," Clark, Edinburgh,
        1956
36. E.J. Brill, "The Encyclopedia of Islam," Vols. I-IV, 1st ed.
        Leiden, 1913-1942; vols. I, II, New ed., Leiden,
        1960-1966
37. H.M. Balyuzi, "Muhammad and the Course of Islam," George
        ronald, Publisher, Oxford, 1976
38. V. V. Barthold,l "TUrkestan down to the Mongol INvasion," 2nd
        ed. 1958
39. Hal Lindsey, "The Late Great Planet Earth," Zondervan
        Publishing House, 1970.
40. Not used.

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41. J.E. Esslemont, "Baha'u'llah, and the New Era," Baha'i
        Publishing Trust, Wilmette, Ill., 1970
42. F.H. Colson, G.H. Whitaker, "Philo," Vol. I, London, 1929
43. P. Brown, "Augustine of Hippo," London, 1967
44. H.E. Huntley, "The Divine Proportion," Dover Publications,
        New York, 1970
45. Ruhiyyih Rabbani, "The Priceless Pearl," Baha'i Publishing
        Trust, 27 Rutland GAte, London SW7
46. John Michell, "The View Over Atlantis," Revised ed.,
        Garnstone Press, London, 1972
47. Anonymous (W. Stirline), "The Canon," Elkin Matthews, London,
        1897
48. F.B. Bone and Dr. T.S. Lea, "Gematria," Basil Blackwell,
        Oxford
49. F.B.Bond and Dr. T.S. Lea, "The Cabala," Basil Blackwell,
        Oxford, 1917
50. F.B. Bond, "The Gate of Remembrance," Basil Blackwell,
        Oxford, 1921
51. Christopher Dawson, et al, "St. Augustine, His Age, Life, and
        Thought," Meridian Books, The World Publishing Company,
        Cleveland, Ohio, 1969
52. Dr. Hugh J. Schonfield, "The Passover Plot," Bernard Geis
        Associates, New York, 1966; Bantam Books, New York, 1975
53. O. Neugebauer, "The Exact Sciences in Antiquity," second
        edition, Dover Publications, New York, 1969
54. Fritjob Capra, "The Tao of Physics," Shambhala Publications,
        Berkeley, 1975
55. Barry Fell, "America B.C.," Demeter Press, New York, 1977
56. Ernest G. McClain, "The Myth of Invariance," Shambhala,
        Boulder and London, 1978
57. "Star of the West," republished by George Ronald, Publisher,
        Oxford, 1978
58. Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend, "Hamlet's

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        Mill," Gambit, Boston, 1969; David R. Godine, Boston,
        1977
59. Arthur M. Harding, PhD., "Astronomy," Garden City Publishing
        Co., Inc., Garden City, N.Y., 1935
60. H. M. Balyuzi, "'Abdu'l-Baha," George Ronald, Publisher,
        Oxford, 1973
61. Matila Ghyka, "The Geometry of Art and Life," Dover
        Publications, New York, 1977
62. R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz, "The Temple in Man," The Autumn
        Press, Brookline, Mass., 1977
63. David Brady, "The Book of Revelation and the Qur'an:  Is
        There a Possible Literary Relationship?" Journal of
        Semitic Studies, Vol XXIII, #2, Autumn, 1978
64. Carl Jung, "Psychology and Alchemy," Collected Works,
        Bollingen Series XX, New York, 1953
65. Morton Edgar, "The Great Pyramid--Its Scientific Features,"
        MacLure and MacDonald, Glasgow, 1924
66. Morton Edgar, "The Great Pyramid:  Its Spiritual Symbolism,"
        Bone and Hulley, Glasgow, 1924
67. Morton Edgar, "The Great Pyramid and Its Time Features," Bone
        and Hulley, Glasgow, 1924


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