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Екстатичната практика Рабъта – религиозни и исторически проявления
The Ecstatic Practice of Rabata – Religious and Historical Manifestations

Author(s): Hristo Saldzhiev
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Education, History of Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, History of ideas, Theology and Religion, Islam studies, Comparative Studies of Religion, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Philosophy of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: collective (hatm-I hadzhegan) and individual rabata; Nakshibend; ecstatism; fana; baka; rabata

Summary/Abstract: The present article deals with the phenomenon of rabata – sufic and neosufic practice and ritual typical of the Nakshibend order and its branches. In the article, several aspects of rabata are discussed: the descriptions of rabata in the writings and works of Nakshibend authors, the different kinds of rabata and their places in the Nakshibend ritual complex and belief system, the theosophical and ecstatic aspects of rabata and its early history. Final conclusion is that the origin of rabata must be sought among the Persian speaking Muslim communities influenced by the Middle age batinism and Sufism.

  • Issue Year: 25/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 138-153
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bulgarian