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You mean this lecture: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BwJAdMjYRm7IelJ4dHVhcDZkVDg
Indeed, the article raises a lot to think about. Even if there are dimensions of idolatry here, it does not lead to savagery and violence; quite the opposite. Still, the lack of intellectual control is troubling. In my book True and Unstable I argued that fundamentalism is problematic because of the lack of critical thinking, and its violent expressions are only an example of a problematic consequence, not the root of the problem.
Nevertheless, there are a few additional points to consider: First, there is no object here toward which these intense feelings are aroused, which is usually what characterizes idolatry. Second, intense feelings toward holiness as such are not necessarily idolatry, but only feelings of holiness that arise in a place where there is no holiness. But the Sufis experience these feelings toward God, and there truly is holiness there. I do not think that everyone who has intense religious feeling is thereby an idolater. Religiosity does not have to be cold (though preferably, of course 🙂 ).
As for the Sufis, I once saw two interesting articles in Akdamot by Dov Maimon on the influence of Sufism on Rabbi Abraham, son of Maimonides.
Part 1:
 http://www.bmj.org.il/userfiles/akdamot/7/01%20%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F.pdf
Part 2:
 http://www.bmj.org.il/userfiles/akdamot/8/03%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F.pdf