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The Baha'i Faith and the Perennial Mystical Quest: A Western Perspective
- Source: Baha'i Studies Review, Volume 14, Issue 1, Dec 2007, p. 5 - 22
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- 01 Dec 2007
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Abstract
The author analyses a definition of mysticism formulated by William Ralph Inge and western ideas on mystical experience. Then he proceeds to discuss mysticism as an intrinsic aspect of the Baha'i Faith and mystical experience as expounded in the Baha'i writings. The latter pay greater attention to the practical and logical aspects of mysticism than to the visionary and illogical ones. The author examines some of the reasons for Baha'i and non-Baha'i criticism of mysticism and suggests a Baha'i definition of mysticism. He then attempts to describe the Baha'i mystical path, as expounded by the Universal House of Justice.
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