Mysticism and magic in Turkey: an account of the religious doctrines, monastic organisation, and ecstatic powers of the dervish orders ; illustrated from photographs
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1. Verfasser: Garnett, Lucy Mary Jane 1849-1934 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Undetermined
Veröffentlicht: New York, N.Y. AMS Press 1979
Ausgabe:First AMS edition, reprinted from the edition of 1912 edition, London
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Beschreibung:Späterer Nachdruck auch unter dem Titel: The dervishes of Turkey / by Lucy M. J. Garnett (London, Octagon Press 1990). - Reprint of the 1912 edition (London, I. Pitman)
Includes bibliographical references ("Works referred to in the foregoing pages" page 197) and index
Preface. -- 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. --- List of illustrations: A Mevlevi tekkeh, Salonica (frontispiece). -- A Rūfai, or "howling" dervish (facing page 10). -- A wandering dervish (facing page 30). -- The Adrianople Gate, Stamboul (facing page 48). -- Begging dervish and night-watchman (facing page 68). -- An elder of the Mevlevi order (facing page 80). -- Mevlevi neophyte learning the devr (facing page 118). -- A Mevlevi player on the ney, or reed-flute (facing page 130). -- A wandering dervish (facing page 142). -- City gate called the Mevlevi-Hanē, Stamboul (facing page 152). -- Dervish with leaning crutch (facing page 176).
Beschreibung:ix, 202 pages, [11] leaves of plates frontispiece, illustrations 18 cm
ISBN:0404164536

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