“Metaphysical truth is scandalous; that is, it violates all the accepted modes of perception, all the ordinary, epistemologically neutral expectations of the sleeping soul. It tears open a curtain and reveals the occult; it unveils a beauty which is "forbidden" only because we ignore it in our stupor.” SufismIslamic QuotesSufi QuotesHakim BeyAnarchism QuotesIslamic MetaphysicsPhilsophical Sufism Book:Scandal: Essays in Islamic Heresy Source: Scandal: Essays in Islamic Heresy