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Performance, trance, possession and mysticism : an analysis of the Rātib al-Rifāīyah in South Africa

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

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/17489
Date January 1998
CreatorsKarim, Goolam Mohamed
ContributorsChidester, David
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Religious Studies
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Thesis, Doctoral, PhD
Formatapplication/pdf

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