The Cult of Writing and the Magic of Literacy in the North-West Caucasus (Forms, Origins, and the Sufi Factor)
Type of publication: Research Article
About author(s)
R.T. Khatuev | zuras66@yandex.ru
Keywords
sufi, tariqa, sheikh treatise, power, du’a, charm
Abstract
The article examines magic perceptions and occult practices related to the culture of literacy and writing and the spreading of Sufism among a number of peoples of the North-West Caucasus (Abaza, Adyghe, Balkar, Karachay, Nogai) in the contemporary epoch.
Citation
Khatuev, R.T. 2013. The Cult of Writing and the Magic of Literacy in the North-West Caucasus (Forms, Origins, and the Sufi Factor). Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 6: 139-149
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