But some have gone as far as to deem her as a sort of spiritual leader. And her "gospel" message all these years has been about "you", observed Kathryn Lofton, author of Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon.

On her network's YouTube page, she labelled a preview to the show as "Oprah's Interest in Sufism" and tweeted about her love for the spiritual belief. "Love Sufism …'the divinity of the human soul,'" ...