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Shadows of the Prophet - Martial Arts and Sufi Mysticism (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
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Shadows of the Prophet - Martial Arts and Sufi Mysticism (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series, 2
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Contemporary accounts of Malay culture that focus on shamanism,
dance, medicine and performance reveal only a partial view of Malay
mysticism. However, given knowledge of the Malay martial art
(silat) a more comprehensive understanding of Malay mysticism,
religion, sorcery and magic becomes possible. Recognizing the silat
master's (guru silat) role in Malay mysticism recon? gures the
social anth- pology of Malay religion, sorcery and magic. Hence
this account explores Malay mysticism, shamanism and sorcery from
the perspective of silat, which may be considered as a kind of
embodied war magic or warrior religion. Shadows of the Prophet:
Martial Arts and Su Mysticism is based upon my d- toral
dissertation (Farrer 2006b). Part I of the book, re ections,
outlines the meth- ological and theoretical base of the research.
Chapter 1 outlines the ? eldwork method of performance ethnography
used to investigate a transnational silat organization called Seni
Silat Haqq Melayu. This group are an offshoot of the Islamic
Haqqani- Naqshbandi Su? Order headed internationally by Shaykh
Nazim, and led in Sou- east Asia by a Malay Prince; H. R. H. Shaykh
Raja Ashman. Readers who prefer to delve directly into the
ethnographic materials may skip Chapter 2, which contains an
extensive academic literature review of anthropological theories of
art, embo- ment, magic, and performance read alongside Malay
animism, shamanism, ritual and theatre.
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