LOVER AND BELOVED: Mystical Love in Sufism (excerpt) by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Sufism is a mystical path of love. The Sufi is a traveler on the path of love, a wayfarer journeying back to God through the mysteries of the heart. For the Sufi the relationship to God is that of lover and Beloved, and Sufis are also known as lovers of God.
“Unwrathing God” with Brad Jersak — The Canadian Orthodox
It would have been so helpful to learn aspects of the Divine — minus any anthropomorphic trappings. Sadly, the consequence becomes a god made in our own image, reinforced through the lens of a literal reading of the Bible.