Metamorphosis, Mediation, Mannat
Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture January 8, 2024 S. Kuehn
In the South Asian discourse of Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, ‘natural’ functions can be transcended and bodily boundaries are permeable. Defying species boundaries, this relational ontology entails a belief in the capacity for bodily transformation, or metamorphosis, from one category of being to another (as from human to nonhuman animal). In turn, both human and animal actors enter into...