An inquiry into the nature of the female mystic and the divine feminine in sufi experience

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2021

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Milad, Milani
Taheri, Zahra

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M D P I AG

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This article is an inquiry into the nature of the female mystic and the divine feminine in Sufi experience. It considers this experience in the general sense with regard to the Sufi tradition, but in its analysis, the article primarily draws on examples from the classical period of Sufi history. Based on an analysis of the thought of key Sufi figures from that period, the assertion is made that the ground of the sacred is female and, as such, the basis of mystical experience is feminine.

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Sufism, female mystic, divine feminine, phenomenology, history, mysticism

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Religions

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Journal article

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