Dunja Ra¿i¿: The Elixir | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781009777018 | The Elixir | Dunja Ra¿i¿ | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025

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Beschreibung

Step outside laboratory, and into the world of nature. The books on cannon law can be left behind as well, for Ibn ¿Arab¿ (d. 1240) believed there is one Sharia for humans and another for minerals. This Element rethinks what it means to be an alchemist and Muslim, by shifting its focus to the religious practices of sentient minerals, as described in Ibn ¿Arab¿'s oeuvre and the Qur'an. Common stones and metals undergo their spiritual feats with the single goal in mind: to gain proximity to the Divine by turning themselves into gold. Alchemists sought to facilitate this process through elixirs and sorcery. Setting allegories and metaphors aside, this Element examines ontological principles governing the struggles of iron to become gold, and the human strivings to better the world of nature.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Anything but magic!; 3. A posthumanistic approach; 4. Seek knowledge, even as far as China!; 5. The roots of corruption; 6. Mineral magic - an (extra)ordinary transmutations; 7. The alchemy of red sulphur; 8. In conclusion; Bibliography.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781009777018
ISBN-10:	1009777017
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ra¿i¿, Dunja
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 5 mm
Von/Mit:	Dunja Ra¿i¿
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.12.2025
Gewicht:	0,131 kg