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Mystical intoxication is getting drunk on pure divinity

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No liver damage, but plenty of social ostracization. Known as Sukr, this state occurs when a mystic is so overwhelmed by the revelation of the absolute that they lose all rational control. They might babble, cry, or scream out heretical-sounding truths, entirely blaming their reckless actions on top-shelf divine exposure.

Mystical intoxication is getting drunk on pure divinity
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