"Verily, Almighty God has a wine for His friends, such that when they drink of it, they become intoxicated, and once they are intoxicated they become merry, and once they are merry, they become purged, and once they are purged they become melted down, and once they are melted down, they become purified, and once they become purified they arrive, and once they arrive they become united with the Divine, and once they are united with the Divine there is no distinction between them and their Beloved." - An Islamic Hadith as quoted by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee from Love Is a Fire and I Am Wood: The Sufi's Mystical Journey Home