The Manifestations of Myths in Asrar al-Tawhid

Myths are rooted in deeds and beliefs that once were sacred to man and had an indispensible relationship with his material and spiritual life. These deeds and beliefs can be found in various cultures in the passage of time; sometimes they were preserved their original form and sometimes later they have been transformed and reflected in literary books. We can find some of mythical beliefs and deeds in Asrar al-Tawhid (The Mysteries of Unification), a work of 12th century Persian literature about the Sufi mystic Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr. Indeed, it is a good source to follow them. By using descriptive and analytic method and regarding to the ideas entertained by myth scholars, like Carl Gustav Jung, James George Frazer and Mircea Eliade, the present article tries to study the subjects of number seven, old man, and incantation, symbol of circle, initiation and cleaning hair in Asrar al-Tawhid.