Sorcery or science? contesting knowledge and practice in West African Sufi texts / Ariela Marcus-Sells.

Author/creator Marcus-Sells, Ariela, 1985-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Descriptionxiii, 214 pages : illustrations (black and white), map ; 24 cm.
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SeriesThe magic in history series
Magic in history. ^A710207
Contents The visible world -- The realms of the unseen -- The sciences of the unseen -- Bridging the worlds in prayer.
Abstract "Examines the works of two Sufi Muslim scholars, Sīdi al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī (d. 1811) and his son Sīdi Muḥammad (d. 1826), focusing on their cosmology and metaphysics of the realm of the unseen, in relation to the history of magical discourses within the Hellenistic and Arabo-Islamic worlds"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021054031
ISBN9780271092294 (cloth)