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- Title
The Power of Musical Aesthetics: Ritual and Emotion in Contemporary Moroccan Sufism.
- Authors
Bartel, Bruno Ferraz
- Abstract
This article explores the role of music in eliciting emotional states among the Hamdouchiya Sufi order in Morocco. It highlights the aesthetic aspects of Sufi rituals as relational activities that impact sensory perceptions and mystical experiences. Music serves as a medium through which emotions are expressed, self-imagination takes form, and challenges to the study of rituals are presented. Aesthetics plays a pivotal role in Sufi practice and belief, involving the body as a vessel for spiritual transformation and interaction with music as reflections of the divine. The article also discusses the concept of aesthetics within a cultural context, emphasising its influence on socialisation and morality. Sufism provides an opportunity to contemplate the limits of the mind, self and emotions, thereby unveiling the ritualistic shaping of one's spiritual existence.
- Subjects
MOROCCO; MUSICAL aesthetics; AESTHETIC experience; SUFISM; IMAGINATION; EMOTIONAL state; EMOTIONS
- Publication
Anthropology of the Middle East, 2024, Vol 19, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
1746-0719
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3167/ame.2024.190102