The process of attaining the trance-like state is ritualistic in the sense that it entails repetitive movements that transport the participants into an aestheticized state of mind or even altered state of consciousness.While Sufis most definitely identify with Islam, their practices have often been denigrated in orthodox Muslim society, because they purport to experience God directly within themselves.One of the main tenets of Islam is that there is no god other than God, and that God is not worshiped in images or living things. Therefore, finding God within oneself may be considered blasphemous.