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Enchanted Landscapes: Sensuous Awareness as Mystical Practice among Sufis in North India
Author(s) -
Saniotis Arthur
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the australian journal of anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1757-6547
pISSN - 1035-8811
DOI - 10.1111/j.1835-9310.2008.tb00103.x
Subject(s) - sufism , mysticism , relation (database) , politics , history , aesthetics , sociology , anthropology , art , literature , islam , archaeology , political science , law , database , computer science
Sufi studies in India have become increasingly popular in the last fifteen years, which has provided insight into Sufi thought and practice. However, many of these studies tend to deal with political and social issues in relation to Sufi movements and shrine culture. My analysis presents an innovative way of understanding how Sufis experience sacred landscapes, and differs markedly from other studies on Indian Sufism. My aim is to analyse how Sufis at the Nizamuddin shrine sensuously engage with the sacred landscape.