Lights of Irfan volume 16

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172 B.E. 2015 C.E.
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Table of Contents
Preface and title pages.................................................................... 3

The Ten Plagues of the Exodus in Light of the Bahá'í Writings
JoAnn M. Borovicka ................................................................... 9

Freud's Transference and the Four States of Bahá'u'lláh
Wolfgang A. Klebel .................................................................. 27

Procrustes' Bed: The Insufficiency of Secular Humanism
Ian Kluge ........................................................................... 49

Women and Wisdom in Scripture
Baharieh Rouhani Ma`ani.............................................................. 93

On Existence and Qualities of the Human Soul
Farjam Majd......................................................................... 123

Shoghi Effendi's Translation of Terms Related to Law in Bahá'í Scripture
Moojan Momen........................................................................ 175

Shared Prosperity: How Does That Work?
Wendi Momen......................................................................... 199

A Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí)
Julio Savi ......................................................................... 223

"At Dawn the Friend came to my bed": An early fruit of the Supreme Pen
Julio Savi ......................................................................... 273

Elucidation

Intellectual Life and the Future of Bahá'í Studies
Universal House of Justice ......................................................... 341

In Memoriam

Kamran Ekbal (1946-2014) ........................................................... 347

Appendices

Bibliography of Bahá'í Writings and Their Abbreviations ............................ 351

Contents of Lights of 'Irfán Books 1-15 ............................................ 352

Publications of the 'Irfán Colloquia ............................................... 364

Distributors of `Irfán Publications................................................. 365

Vision and Objectives............................................................... 366