Shamanism and Islam
Sufism, Healing Rituals and Spirits in the Muslim World
Here, Thierry Zarcone and Angela Hobart offer a vigorous and authoritative exploration of the link between Islam and shamanism in contemporary Muslim culture, examining how the old practice of shamanism was combined with elements of Sufism in order to adapt to wider Islamic society. Shamanism and Islam thus surveys shamanic practices in Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans, to show how the Muslim shaman, like his Siberian counterpart, cultivated personal relations with spirits to help individuals through healing and divination. It explores the complexities and variety of rituals, involving music, dance and, in some regi…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Hobart, Angela (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78673-128-9
- EAN: 9781786731289
- Produktnummer: 34596038
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 408 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 16'453 KB
- Abbildungen: 39 integrated bw, 4pp plates
Über den Autor
Thierry Zarcone is Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, based at the Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes, Paris. He has held visiting professorships at Kyoto and Fribourg, Switzerland, and is an expert on Islamic Studies and the history of systems of thought in the Turko-Iranian region.
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