Investigating the Motivations of Writing Mystical Prose TextsBased on the Opinions of Their Authors

The present study examines the motives and purpose of the authors of mystical texts in writing their works. In this regard, fifty mystical books from different types of mystical writings of Persian prose have been selected and the motives for their authorship have been analyzed. Some of the authors of these works have mentioned several purposes for writing their works. Thus, he motives for writing these texts were determined in order of frequency and were classified into eleven cases and the approximate percentage of each was determined as 1)Writing at the request of friends and disciples (19%), 2) Writing without mentioning a specific reason or motive (17%), 3) Writing with the motive of preserving the sayings of elders (11%), 4) Writing in reaction against claimants and corruption of the sect (9%), 5) Writing for the purpose of public education in the Persian language (8%), 6) Writing with the intention of presenting to the elders (8%), 7) Writing of the work with the intention of leaving a souvenir (7%), 8) Writing in order to answers to questions (5%), 9) Writing with the intention of expansion Previous Short Works (3%), 10) Writing by Occult Inspiration (3%), and 11), and Writing motivated to express grief (2%).