stackyFACTS
Myths & mysteries

Mystics write complex poetry to express the inexpressible

HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART

When ordinary words fail utterly, you just have to get creative. Spiritual writers use deeply confusing paradoxes, wild metaphors, and startling imagery to somehow convey the completely overwhelming, mind-shattering experience of merging directly with the divine.

Mystics write complex poetry to express the inexpressible
STACKY / Myths & mysteries

This article describes beliefs and cultural traditions, which are not necessarily scientifically established facts.

One discovery leads to another.

Keep exploring facts in this topic.

Myths & mysteries →
STACKY FOR IPHONE

A bigger world.
One discovery
at a time.

Keep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.

Download on the App Store
ONE MORE DISCOVERY?

Keep exploring

All in this topic →
Rumi used drunkenness as a metaphor for the overwhelming experience of divine love
Myths & mysteries

Rumi used drunkenness as a metaphor for the overwhelming experience of divine love

Forget hitting the local bar to find meaning. In traditional Islamic mysticism, being entirely hammered is actually a high-brow metaphor for experiencing the…

Discover more
Kabir rejected major religions to weave garments for God
Myths & mysteries

Kabir rejected major religions to weave garments for God

Infuriating both orthodox priests and clerics simultaneously takes a very special kind of talent. This fifteenth-century poet fiercely mocked empty rituals…

Discover more
Shabistari wrote an entire poem to answer fifteen questions
Myths & mysteries

Shabistari wrote an entire poem to answer fifteen questions

Before online forums existed, you had to write a massive literary masterpiece to reply to someone. When a fellow seeker sent a letter containing fifteen…

Discover more
Margaret Mary drank from a mystical side wound
Myths & mysteries

Margaret Mary drank from a mystical side wound

Some visions are deeply pleasant; others involve drinking bodily fluids directly from a floating apparition's chest cavity. This immensely popular visionary…

Discover more
Mevlevi Sufi dervishes practice a physically demanding form of active meditation where they spin in continuous, perfect circles for hours while wearing tall felt hats and wide white skirts.
Myths & mysteries

Mevlevi Sufi dervishes practice a physically demanding form of active meditation where they spin in continuous, perfect circles for hours while wearing tall felt hats and wide white skirts.

Mevlevi Sufi dervishes practice a physically demanding form of active meditation where they spin in continuous, perfect circles for hours while wearing tall…

Discover more
Sufi masters physically transferred divine energy using a sweaty patched cloak called khirqa
Myths & mysteries

Sufi masters physically transferred divine energy using a sweaty patched cloak called khirqa

Spiritual succession in Sufism isn't about handing down a syllabus; it's a visceral, physical transfer of 'baraka' or divine grace. When a disciple reached…

Discover more
StackyMore discoveries in the app
Download on the App Store