spiritual cartographer
Alison Elizabeth Marshall is a spiritual cartographer who maps the inner terrain of devotion, imagination, and the life of the heart. Born in the South Island of New Zealand in 1959, she has spent more than four decades engaging deeply with the writings of Baha’u’llah — not as a scholar or advocate, but as a companion of the spirit.
Her path has never been linear. It has moved through academic study, business ownership, contemplative retreat, and the long work of inner reconstruction. She holds degrees in Arts and Law, but her most formative education has come from mystical texts, lived experience, and the quiet discipline of reflection.
Alison’s writing is shaped by dyslexia, which gives her a panoramic, intuitive way of seeing. She understands ideas as landscapes rather than arguments, and her work reflects that: spacious, resonant, and arranged for insight rather than instruction.
Her book Paradise of Presence distills years of study and contemplation into a guide for readers who wish to explore the symbolic and interior dimensions of Baha’u’llah’s writings. It is not a doctrinal work but an invitation into a deeper way of seeing.
Now retired from business writing, Alison lives in the New Zealand countryside, tending her garden, studying classical Arabic, and continuing her work presenting the mystical writings of Baha’u’llah for contemporary readers.
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