Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Seven Valleys and Four Valleys
The mystical seeker passes through seven valleys to attain the presence of the Beloved
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Seven Valleys and Four Valleys (Early (composed before the 1863 proclamation)) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Space · Curvature | Undefined |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Non-local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Partial |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Singular |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Energy · Conservation | Variable |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Variable |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Non-conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Seven Valleys and Four Valleys
Temporal-developmental sequence of valleys; timeless final state of fana.
Space
Seven Valleys and Four Valleys
Non-spatial "valleys" as spiritual stages of ascent.
Matter
Seven Valleys and Four Valleys
Embodied wayfarer passing through valleys.
Observer
Seven Valleys and Four Valleys
Mystical wayfarer; in seventh valley distinction between observer and observed dissolves.
Energy
Seven Valleys and Four Valleys
Energies of love, longing, self-annihilation.
Information
Seven Valleys and Four Valleys
Discrete content of the seven and four valleys as developmental information.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Relation to Sufi tradition treated by Bahá'í scholars as both continuity and transformation; the work uses Sufi vocabulary while preparing the ground for the 1863 prophetic-revelatory claims.