Put another way, the theistic mystics we consider ' great ' or ' important ' are that way in part because of their success in publicizing themselves.
Far from subsiding into mystic gleams, ghosts were often more prosaically present than the living.
Another group of works aspires to the sublime rather than the ridiculous, conflating the exposed teeth of the singer with those of the rapt mystic.
Obviously, there is a hierarchy, with prophetic discourse, although ambiguous, ranking as the most authoritative, and the poetic and mystic forms at the bottom.
When the mystic attains ma'rifa, he must never forsake this adherence.
This may be what pushes the mystic into the limelight, whether she seeks it or not.
Nevertheless, their stories do cast doubt on the putative connection between power needs and being an important theistic mystic.
This is what the mystics claim, though they usually describe such divine discourse as silence.
