In 2004, Professor Richard Foltz published Spirituality in the Land of the Noble: How Iran Shaped the World's Religions and, in so doing, attempted to educate a wider public about the pervasive significance of Iranian theosophy--for the development of the so-called "Abrahamic" religions as well as Buddhism and the Baha'i. The book was, and remains, a noble undertaking: for it opens up the possibility of a Transcendentalist revival among educated Americans. Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman all acknowledged their debts to Persian religiosity; what prevents the average citizen of these United States from achieving similar insights?
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