Shamanism and Islam: Sufism, Healing Rituals and Spirits in the Muslim World

ISBN-13: 9781784537456 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 408 str.

Thierry Zarcone; Angela Hobart

Opis

The figure of the shaman has always been a prominent motif within the Islamic world, particularly in relation to the mystical domain of Sufism.

Spis treści

Contents List of Figures List of Colour Figures Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction Vladimir Nikolaevich Basilov (1937-1998) : A Pioneer of the Study of ‘Islamised Shamanism’ Part 1 : Islamised Shamanism in Central Asia Contextual Variations of Shamanic ‘Healing’ in South Siberia: From ‘Obtaining Luck’ to Relieving Misfortune Healing in Central Asia: Syncretism and Acculturation Religious Traditions among the Kazakhs and the Kirghizs Muslim Shamans in Kazakhstan Interrelation to the Invisible in Kirghizistan Two Indigenous Healing Methods among Iranian Turkmen Shamans in Afghanistan? Part 2: From Central Asia to the Rest of the Muslim World 8. The People of the Air: Healing and Spirit Possession in South Iran 9. Shamanism in Turkey: Bards, Masters of the Jinns and Healers 10. The Bektashi-Alevi ‘Dance of the Crane’ in Turkey: A Shamanic Heritage? 11. Dreaming in the practice of African Marabouts in Paris 12. Healing among Traditional Practitioners of the Algerian Sahara Part 3: Islamised Shamanism and Other Religions 13. Shamanism among the Gypsies of Southeastern Europe 14. Spirit Healing in a Hindu/Muslim Area: Shadow Theatre in Java and Bali Notes Index

O autorze

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.