Table of Contents 
     
 Preface...................................................................................i     
 
 Chronicles of a Birth: Early References to the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions in Spain (1873-1895)
     Amín E. Egea, translated by Francisco J. Díaz..........................................1

 Baron Rosen's Archive Collection of Bábí and Bahá'í Materials
     Youli Ioannesyan......................................................................11

 Mysticism East and West
     Farhang Jahanpour.....................................................................35

 The Word is the Master Key for the Whole World: The Bahá'í Revelation and the 
     "Teaching and Spirit of the Cause" in Dialogical and Personal Thinking
     Wolfgang A. Klebel....................................................................53

 Buddhism and the Bahá'í Writings: An Ontological Rapprochement
     Ian Kluge............................................................................125

 Why the Bahá'í Faith Is Not Pluralist
     Grant S. Martin......................................................................179

 The Art of Rhetoric in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi
     Jack McLean..........................................................................203
 
 `Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet on the Functioning of the Universal House of Justice:
     A Provisional Translation and Commentary
     Moojan Momen.........................................................................257

 The Bahá'í Covenant
     Ali Nakhjavani.......................................................................299

 Minimalism from a Bahá'í Perspective
     Mahyad Zaerpoor Rahnamaie............................................................309

 Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh: A Provisional
     Translation and Commentary
     Julio Savi and Faezeh Mardani Mazzoli................................................323
 
 The Emergence of World Civilization: An Exposition on Excerpts from the
     Writings of Shoghi Effendi
     James B. Thomas......................................................................363


 Elucidations

 Designation of Mírzá Yahyá Azal in the Writings of the Báb
       Part 1: Memorandum from the Research Department.....................................387
       Part 2: Will and Testament of the Báb...............................................392
       Part 3: Making the Crooked Straight.................................................393
	 
 Letters Written on Behalf of the Guardian...............................................395

 Daniel's Prophecies.....................................................................405


 Appendices

 Bibliography of Bahá'í Writings and abbreviations used in this book.....................413

 Contents of Lights of 'Irfán Books One-Seven............................................415

 Publications of the 'Irfán Colloquia....................................................422