This paper seeks to explore the role of the body in the transmission and expression of spiritual power in the late medieval literary corpus of Old Anatolian Turkish. The paper will look at epic narratives such as the Battalname and the Book of Dede Korkut, hagiographies such as those of Hacı Bektaş and Abdal Musa, mesnevis such as Şeyyad Hamza’s Yusuf u Zeliha and Şadi Meddah’s Maktel, among others. It will explore representations of the body as the locus of spiritual power and wisdom, where access to the Prophet or saint’s body, as expressed in the transmission of saliva, ablution water and the like, denotes the attainment of one’s own spiritual perfection and leads to the performance of miracles. The senses play a special role in this material understanding of spiritual lineage, where the saint’s gaze, sound or smell define and create the unique spiritual experience of the devoted follower.