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Tag "Maid of Heaven"

tag name: Maid of Heaven type: General; Terminology
web link: Maid_of_Heaven
references: bahai9.com/wiki/Maid_of_Heaven;
related tags: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Most Great Spirit; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran)
referring tags: Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden); Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth); Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision); Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih ya Bisharat (Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings); Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing); Subḥána Rabbíya'l-A'lá (Praise to the Exalted Lord); Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance); Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)

"Maid of Heaven" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (47 results; expand)

  1. Michael W. Sours. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique (1995). — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
  2. John S. Hatcher, Amrollah Hemmat, Ehsanollah Hemmat. Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove": A Provisional Translation (2019). — A lengthy dialogue between Baha'u'llah (as persona/narrator) and the Huriyyih — the Maid of Heaven...
  3. John S. Hatcher, Amrollah Hemmat, Ehsanollah Hemmat. Bahá'u'lláh's Symbolic Use of the Veiled Ḥúríyyih (2019). — Analyzing some of the meanings behind the appearance of the Veiled Maiden, as alluded to by Baha'u'l...
  4. Farshid Kazemi. Celestial Fire: Bahá'u'lláh as the Messianic Theophany of the Divine Fire in Zoroastrianism (2013). — Heat is used as a symbol of the dynamic nature of motion and existence, and in a tablet to the Zoroa...
  5. Bahá'u'lláh. Days of Remembrance: Selections from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh for Bahá'í Holy Days (2017). — Forty-five selections revealed for, or relating to, nine Baha’i Holy Days.
  6. Hui Bau. Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Holy Mariner: History, Translations, Interpretations and Analysis (2016). — Lengthy compilation, with background information on the Tablet, and commentary from Bau, Adib Taherz...
  7. Hui Bau. Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal) (2018). — Background of the Suriy-i-Haykal: historical context and verses primarily from the first half of the...
  8. John Walbridge. Erotic Imagery in the Allegorical Writings of Baha'u'llah (1997). — Mystical symbolism in early Baha'i poetry.
  9. Mark A. Foster. Father and the Maiden, The: The Abrahamic Patriarchate and the Divine Feminine (1999). — While the outward structure of the Baha'i Faith may be patriarchal, the spirit of the age is express...
  10. Lil Osborn. Female Representations of the Holy Spirit in Bahá'í and Christian writings and their implications for gender roles (1994). — A response to feminist theologian Mary Daly's argument that a male representation of God reinforces ...
  11. Paula A. Drewek. Feminine Forms of the Divine in Bahá'í Scriptures (1992). — Examples of the interaction between male and female principles in the writings. Complementarity of m...
  12. Daryl Lowery. Hidden Words: Allusion to Progressive Revelation in Persian HW #77 (1999). — Student paper, exploring one of the longest and more mystical Hidden Words.
  13. Michael W. Sours. Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism (1992). — Baha'u'llah uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the real...
  14. Ross Woodman. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul (1993). — Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. T...
  15. Mohamad Ghasem Bayat. Introduction to the Súratu'l-Haykal (Discourse of The Temple), An (2001). — One of Baha’u’llah's major writings. It includes references to the manifold stations of the Mani...
  16. John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
  17. Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Anonymous, comp. Maid of Heaven, The: A Personal Compilation (2020). — Compilation of texts related to the Maid of Heaven, a personification of the “Most Great Spirit."
  18. Michael W. Sours. Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos, The: Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature (1991). — The Logos in Christianity and the Maiden for Baha'u'llah can be equated as one and the same eternal ...
  19. Ross Woodman. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation (1997). — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
  20. Sandra Lynn Hutchison. O Pen!: Reflections on Suriy al-Qalam (Surih of the Pen) (2017 Autumn). — On the background and themes of Baha'u'llah's tablet about the inception of his revelation and the a...
  21. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Ode of the Dove (1997). — Translation of Qasidiy-i- Varqa'iyyih.
  22. Christopher Buck. Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith (1999). — Study of Baha'i and Christian symbology, the "first academic monograph comparing Christianity and th...
  23. Ismael Velasco. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies (2004). — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
  24. Peyman Sazedj. Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (2009-2011). — Twenty-four translations from 2009, 2010, and 2011 copied from the defunct website peyman.sazedj.org...
  25. Alison Marshall. Revelation in the Voices of Baha'u'llah (1999-06). — Paper examines how the process of revelation can be understood by examining how ordinary human being...
  26. Ross Woodman. Role of the Feminine in the Bahá'í Faith, The (1995). — On the terms 'Masculine' and 'Feminine' as referring to 2 interdependent energies at work within the...
  27. Marion Woodman. Role of the Feminine in the New Era, The (1989). — The  unveiled feminine, symbolized by the unveiling of the Persian poet Tahirih at the conference ...
  28. Todd Lawson. Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad (2005). — The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the w...
  29. Ismael Velasco, Julio Savi. Sprinkling from a Cloud (Rashh-i-Amá): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  30. Universal House of Justice. Station of Bahá'u'lláh and the Significance of His Revelation, The (1992-10-15). — As the soul is a mystery that the human mind cannot unravel, even more ineffable is the nature of th...
  31. Christopher Buck. Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith, A (1998). — A “symbolic profile” of Baha’i consciousness as shaped by the writings of Baha’u’llah and ...
  32. Universal House of Justice. Tablet of Ahmad and Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1996-12-02). — Date of publications of translations of the Tablet of Ahmad and the Tablet of the Holy Mariner.
  33. Bahá'u'lláh. John Walbridge, trans. Tablet of the Deathless Youth (Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld) (1996).
  34. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1999). — Provisional translations of both the Persian and Arabic sections of Baha'u'llah's Tablet of the Holy...
  35. Bahá'u'lláh. Shoghi Effendi, trans, Mehran Ghasempour, trans. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1924/2002). — Complete tablet, both the Arabic (official translation) and the Persian (provisional translation) se...
  36. Aziz Mboya. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Study Compilations (2000/2021). — Includes a provisional translation of the Persian part of this Tablet, and. two compilations on the ...
  37. Jonah Winters. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Tablet study outline (1999).
  38. Michael W. Sours, Jonah Winters. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  39. Universal House of Justice. Tablet of the Maiden: Commentary on its translation (1997/1998). — Two letters on the mystical/symbolic content of "Tablet of the Maiden," with comments on the transla...
  40. John Walbridge. Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal) (1996).
  41. John Walbridge. Tablet of the Temple (Suratu'l-Haykal) (1999).
  42. Jonah Winters. Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Tablet study outline (1999).
  43. Bahá'u'lláh. Stephen Lambden, trans. Tablet of the Vision (1999).
  44. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of Vision (1996). — Translation of Lawh-i-Ru'ya.
  45. Universal House of Justice. Tablet to Amir Khan and Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1996/2001/2007). — Three letters about Abdu'l-Baha'is Tablet to Amir Khan; one letter about the Tablet of the Holy Mari...
  46. Moojan Momen. Two Episodes from the Life of Bahá'u'lláh in Iran (2019). — Regarding the conference of Badasht and Baha'u'llah's arrival at the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi, and o...
  47. John S. Hatcher. Unveiling the Huri of Love (2005). — Three versions of this paper: Powerpoint presentation, audio file, and published article.

2.   from the Chronology (3 results; expand)

  1. 1852-10-00 — Baha'u'llah had a vision of the Maiden, who announced to Him that He was the Manifestation of God fo...
  2. 1860-00-00 — Of the Suratu'l-Bayan (The Epistle of Utterance) it is written: "This highly eloquent and challengin...
  3. 1873-03-01 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Tablet of the Vision, "Lawh-i-Rú'ya" in Arabic. See the Provisional Transl...
 
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