Shamanism and Islam: Sufism, Healing Rituals and Spirits in the Muslim World Reverend Valerie Love both biblical and secular

both biblical and secular

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Shamanism and Islam: Sufism, Healing Rituals and Spirits in the Muslim World Reverend Valerie Love both biblical and secularHere, Thierry Zarcone and Angela Hobart offer a vigorous and authoritative exploration of the link between Islam and shamanism in contemporary Muslim culture, examining how the old practice of shamanism was combined with elements of Sufism in order to adapt to wider Islamic society. Shamanism and Islam thus surveys shamanic practices in Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans, to show how the Muslim shaman, like his Siberian