#mystic
3 stories
The Sufi Whirl | دوران الصوفي
Anastasia Chrome•4 min read
A musician joins a Sufi order in Konya. The sheikh's daughter shows him that ecstasy comes in many forms—not all of them spiritual.
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Assekrem Altar
Yasmina Khadra•2 min read
Tinhinan keeps Charles de Foucauld's hermitage at Assekrem. When spiritual seeker Brother Jacques arrives tracing the mystic's path, she shows him that some holiness lives in flesh, not stone. 'El quds f'el hayat' (القدس في الحياة) - Holiness is in life.
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Glastonbury Mystic
Anastasia Chrome•5 min read
In the shadow of the Tor, crystal shop owner Moon finds a skeptical journalist looking for a story—and gives him something to believe in.
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