Strangest feelings have I tasted...
inspired utterances spill forth...
these are my mermaid mutterings...
Shathiyat or ecstatic utterances are inspired mystical expressions of the Sufis. These expressions held important doctrinal and theological roles but also had legal implications in questions of heresy and infidelity.
That said, these ecstatic utterances were experienced during union with the Beloved, trance-like, literally beside themselves...and since, I am not in the same league with these spiritual beings, I call my inspired utterances, "mermaid mutterings."
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