The International Journal of Islam

Muslim Cosmology: Mystic Participation and Spiritual-Psychic Energy

The International Journal of Islam March 15, 2024 El‐sayed El‐aswad

This is an anthropological study of the hierarchically ordered Muslim cosmology with its seen and unseen spheres. Cosmology and mystic participation in Islam are manifested, for instance, in Sufism (tṣawwuf). This paper proposes that the connection between the visible and invisible spheres of the Muslim cosmology is embodied in the Sufis’ bodily rituals, mystic participations and esoteric...