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Performance, trance, possession and mysticism : an analysis of the Rātib al-Rifāīyah in South Africa
Bibliography: pages 255-275.
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| author | Karim, Goolam Mohamed |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17489 Performance, trance, possession and mysticism : an analysis of the Rātib al-Rifāīyah in South Africa Karim, Goolam Mohamed Chidester, David Religious Studies Bibliography: pages 255-275. Our study is an advance as it elucidates the neurobiological aspects of Islamic ritual that is panspecific to all ritual. It reveals that Islamic ritual is remarkably 'structured'to enter what Felicitas Goodman termed 'alternate reality '. The recitals from the Qur'an provide 'sound art' through harmonic triggers for inducing trance 2016-03-04T16:48:23Z 2016-03-04T16:48:23Z 1998 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17489 eng application/pdf Department of Religious Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
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| title | Performance, trance, possession and mysticism : an analysis of the Rātib al-Rifāīyah in South Africa |
| title_full | Performance, trance, possession and mysticism : an analysis of the Rātib al-Rifāīyah in South Africa |
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| title_short | Performance, trance, possession and mysticism : an analysis of the Rātib al-Rifāīyah in South Africa |
| title_sort | performance trance possession and mysticism an analysis of the ratib al rifaiyah in south africa |
| topic | Religious Studies |
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