The Shakti of Sufism and Islam
The Shakti of Islam "The term shakti (or Sakti) means fundamentally the efficient energy of the Supreme Principle envisaged in itself or at a given ontological degree. For the Principle, the metacosmic Order, comprises degrees and modes in virtue of Universal Relativity, maya, in which it reverberates. In the domain of the spiritual life, the same term Shakti signifies the celestial energy that allows one to enter into contact with the Divinity, by means of the appropriate ri