When the goat is found, the goat-herd selects a kid, rears it and when it has become a buck, he presents it to the saint, or rather to her Wakil, the guardian of the shrine. If the owner of a herd of goats wishes to preserve them agaist the attacks of jackals, he presents a he-goat to the saint and for the next year his herd will be safe from marauders. There are shrines and tombs of modern saints to be found everywhere, not only in the great cities, but in every village, and all receive their tribute of respect and to all come petitioners, seeking the intercesion of the saint, man or woman as it may be. In conclusion, then, Mysticism, together with the honoring of the Saints, living and dead, is still a real part, indeed themost real part of religious life, to the men and women of present-day Islam and in so far as it leads the Muslim to seek for a direct experience of God, to shake off the formalism and traditionalism of orthodox Islam, and to strive instead after the deepening of the spiritual life, and to seek to do the Will of God in love to Him and service to His creatures, so far its influence must be an inspiring and uplifting force. The Path of the saint, whether Christian or Muslim, lies through renunciation of self and communion with the Unseen, and the saint is impelled along the Way by the consuming flame of his love to God.
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