The Sacred Time and Space in Islamic Mysticism: An Analysis Based on the Prose Texts

In the present article, after the expressing the differences and similarities of myth, rite and mysticism, it has been attempt to analyze the mythical sacred time and space and the related rites in the Persian prose texts till 7th A.H. century. The common foundations of mythology and mysticism and common human unconscious show that in the passage of time, the sacred time and space have developed similar functions. The mystical texts reveal these similarities. We can refer to these functions: world denying, the intuition of God, knowing polite etiquette, the return to eternal time and space, experience of relaxation, catharsis, understanding the presence of gods and quest for wants.