Female Mystics and the Divine Feminine in the Global Sufi Experience

• Other Authors: Milani, Milad (Editor), Taheri, Zahra (Editor), Kars, Aydogan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; sacred feminine; divine feminine in Sufism; Sufi orders; female saints; female leadership in Sufism; Dewi Anjani; Nahdlatul Wathan; Lombok; Indonesia; indigenous feminine; Sufism; female mystic; divine feminine; phenomenology; history; mysticism; Aredvi Sura Anahita; Mount Qaf; Divine Feminine; Xvarnah; Khezr; mystical experience; Yunus Emre; the Feminine; hierophanic dialectics; deconstruction; literary analysis; phenomenology of Sufi; arfāq al-niswān (women's donations); sisters; mothers; ḥaqq al-wālida (mother's right); poverty; charity; khidma (service); Sufism in Latin America; Islam in Latin America; gender and Sufism; Naqshbandiyya Haqqaniyya
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This book offers a specialized study focusing on the phenomenon of the female mystic and the divine feminine in the global Sufi experience. Drawing on classical and modern periods, it presents a considered approach to the topic from the disciplines of literature, history, religion, philosophy, langu...