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In Tools of Spiritual Oppression, I briefly describe how the Baha'i system organizes the submission of its members.

The document is a very concise overview of mechanisms of control in the Baha'i Faith. I argue that the Baha'i lifestyle is centered on the programming of believers and the preservation of the Faith's public image.

This free pamphlet, released under a Creative Commons license, is the very first chapter of a wider, 120 pages long document, entitled Spiritual Abuse in the Baha'i Faith. It contains 5 more chapters that are being translated by myself.

It has been written in French and first published between December of 2025 and January of 2026. As a non native English speaker I tried my best to translate it.

Some mechanisms of control described in the pamphlet are only mentioned. For instance, how Baha'i scriptures are mistranslated, how humanitarian work is discouraged and how Ruhi classes act as a soft brainwashing are not discussed in details. This will be explained either in the remaining chapters or in a further book that I am working on.

A few people will notice that the subject of physical or sexual abuses in the Faith is not covered. This is due to the fact that this grave subject lies outside the scope of my works.

The 12 tools of spiritual oppression in the Baha'i Faith that I have listed are as follow:

1. Restriction of activities.

2. Promotion of mind-numbing activities

3. Promotion of martyrdom and self-sacrifice

4. Prohibition of criticism

5. Compulsory happiness

6. Cosmic guilt

7. Promotion of performance

8. Information control

9. Semantic gaslighting

10. Redefinition of social rights and religious obligations as administrative privileges.

11. Demonization of dissent.

12. Gatekeeping and trademarking of Bahá’í identity

I apologize for any typo that you may find in the file.

They will be removed in a further edition.