Sorcery or science?: Contesting knowledge and practice in West African Sufi texts

The visible world -- The realms of the unseen -- The sciences of the unseen -- Bridging the worlds in prayer.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marcus-Sells, Ariela 1985- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: University Park, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University Press [2022]
In:Year: 2022
Series/Journal:The magic in history series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Africa / Islam
Further subjects:B Sufism (Sahara) History
B Kuntī, Muḥammad bin al-Mukhtār (1765-1826)
B Islamic magic (Sahara) History
B Kuntī, al-Mukhtār ibn Aḥmad (1729 or 1730-1811)
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Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:The visible world -- The realms of the unseen -- The sciences of the unseen -- Bridging the worlds in prayer.
"Examines the works of two Sufi Muslim scholars, Sīdi al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī (d. 1811) and his son Sīdi Muḥammad (d. 1826), focusing on their cosmology and metaphysics of the realm of the unseen, in relation to the history of magical discourses within the Hellenistic and Arabo-Islamic worlds"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0271092300