Letter to NZ NSA about my disenrolment – this is the letter I wrote to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of New Zealand about my disenrolment. It was written in 2004. At this time, the court cases were over, and I was ready to put the whole business behind me and move on….
Category: Personal Archives
Personal Archives gathers Alison’s historical and personal materials. This section includes records of her expulsion from the Baha’i community and related legal documents, alongside other personal writings, reflections, and archival resources. It offers readers a comprehensive view of Alison’s lived experience and documentary record.
Letter to House of Justice 2020
Letter to House of Justice 2020 – this is the final letter I wrote to the Universal House of Justice about my disenrolment. By this time – twenty years after the disenrolment decision – I had recovered from the traumatic state I had been in and accepted the fact that the House of Justice did…
Letter to House of Justice 2004
Letter to House of Justice 2004 – this is the first letter I wrote to the Universal House of Justice about my disenrolment. At this time – four years after the disenrolment decision – I was still traumatised by what had happened. I could not understand how the members of the House of Justice could…
About Alison Elizabeth Marshall
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…
Welcome to Alison’s World
Alison Elizabeth Marshall is a spiritual cartographer and philosopher. Her work is the result of a long companionship with the mystical writings of Baha’u’llah, the visionary founder of the Baha’i Faith. Years of reading his words morning and evening have shaped her inner life and the way she understands reality. Alison’s writing emerges from a…