Performance, trance, possession and mysticism : an analysis of the Rātib al-Rifāīyah in South Africa
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1998
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University of Cape Town
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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
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Bibliography: pages 255-275.
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Karim, G. 1998. Performance, trance, possession and mysticism : an analysis of the Rātib al-Rifāīyah in South Africa. University of Cape Town.