Customer Reviews
Intoxicating... - By: Dr Burns, 08 Nov 2003 
This book is more then a book, it's a precious mine & the letters are priceless gems. The trancendent language of Baha'u'llahin conjuction with the sublime structure of these twin pieces leaves the reader disorientatedin a maze of breathtaking beauty & wonder.
I hope to memorize this book - By: , 07 Nov 2003 The Seven Valleys & The Four Valleys of Baha’u’llah is truly uniquein scope, depth, & style. In a book so smallin size...
Some quiet attentive time & you may never be the same again ;-)
Additional readings from time to time have never disappointed.
For those attracted by the spiritual & mystical - By: Andrew Gash, 15 May 2002 
This book is part of Bahá'í scripture - ie the original text was written by the religion's founder. The book actually contains two essays, the first, The Seven Valleys, is an answer to questions raised by a Sufi mystic, the second, shorter Four Valleys was sent to a learned Muslim divine. Both essays address the theme of the soul's quest for understanding & approach to its Creator, using the analogy of a traveller crossing a number of 'valleys'. In both style & content the writing naturally reflects the knowledge & understanding which the two recipients would have had.
While this means the book may not appeal to everyone, & may even appear rather esoteric & removed from the 'real world', it does not mean only scholars of oriental mysticism can understand it or only they should read it, & the ordinary reader can find threads of the practical wrapped within the poetic. To me, the language is strangely moving & should appeal especially to anyone who is attracted or touched by the spiritual or the mystical.
Perhaps the best summary of the book is contained within the text itself: 'ecstasy alone can encompass this theme, not utterance nor argument', I think that how readers react to that will be how they react to the book. Perhaps understanding is a state of mind or, better, a state of spirit?
