The Elixir : A Posthumanist Approach to Alchemy in Akbarian Sufism and Islam
by
Dunja Rasic
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Magic
ISBN-10
1009777017
ISBN-13
9781009777018
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 8th, 2026
Print length
80 Pages
Weight
134 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 15.10 x 0.70 cms
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Ibn ?Arabi (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.
Step outside laboratory, and into the world of nature. The books on cannon law can be left behind as well, for Ibn ?Arabi (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 ?Arabi'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.
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