Originating the Mental and Behavioral Changes in Radical Mysticism till 9th Century

Most of Iranian emotional movements and mental schools that have been established after the breakage of Sasanian have not been without social thoughts and backgrounds. We can name the collective tendencies of mystics as one of these samples that by inviting the people to piety and self-sufficiency they aimed to give them identity and awakening. Of course, these purposes have not been away from the eyes of governmental centers, and they have found out that the attentions of these mystical saints to piety and behavioral education of people lead to the stability of their human personality and finally independence. So, in spite of apparent respecting these mystics and their great sacred position, they have tried to attract their followers and distort their behavioral activities. This kind of paying attention has spread both their emotional and geographical scopes and, meanwhile, has caused their final breakage and decline.This article aims to originate the mental and behavioral changes in radical mysticism based on the remained documents and evidences, and also explain the relation between the quantitive spread of the dervish monasteries and public mystical centers on one hand and the causes of the decline of this thought on the other hand.