Myths & mysteries
Rumi used drunkenness as a metaphor for the overwhelming experience of divine love
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Forget hitting the local bar to find meaning. In traditional Islamic mysticism, being entirely hammered is actually a high-brow metaphor for experiencing the absolute. Poets like Rumi used wine and intoxication to describe the overwhelming, logic-shattering state of divine love, proving that ancient scholars knew exactly how to party metaphysically.
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