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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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