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Martin Luther, in his theological writings, does transpire at various times what is considered the starting point and center of his theology - the justification of sinner by grace and faith. In some reports he describes as originating in an existential mystical experience, and other, more like an intellectual discovery. The article seeks to reflect aspects of the topic from repeated mythical stories in later Lutheranism and writings of the reformer seeking identify the presence of a numinous experience and a hierophany reading that Luther is the sacred text. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]