Mysticism and magic in Turkey: An account of the religious doctrines, monastic organisation, and ecstatic powers of the dervish orders
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garnett, Lucy M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. AMS Press 1979
Edition:1st AMS edition, Reprint of the 1912 edition, London
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Item Description:Reprint of the 1912 edition. published by I. Pitman, London
Includes bibliographical references (page 197) and index
Foreword / by Omar Burke -- The dervish orders and their tenets -- The spiritual hierarchy -- The metaphors of the poets -- Monasteries and shrines -- Monastic rule and discipline -- The stages of initiation -- The costumes, musical instruments, and symbolic objects of the dervishes -- The various religious exercises -- Survivals of paganism -- The acts of the adepts -- Women mystics -- Status and influence of the orders.
Physical Description:ix, 202 pages, [11] leaves of plates illustrations 18 cm
ISBN:0404164536

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