id
	5422
Url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/5422
Modèle de ressource
	Journal article
Classe de ressource
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Titre
	When silence is “yeelen” (light): Exploring the corporeality of the mind in a nocturnal solo zikr practice (Odienné, Ivory Coast)
Editeur
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/25051
Date
	2021
Type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8475
Identifiant
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111489419 Q111489419
	iwac-reference-0000188
Résumé
	In the town of Odienné (Ivory Coast), Madou forges his faith in God by performing long sessions of solo zikr (recollection of God) after midnight. This article ethnographically explores the theme of light in this Sufi practice of concentration as an experiential form of being. It first describes how the light and darkness of the penumbra of the night co-initiate what I call “the devotional place” of zikr. Following a phenomenological writing, it then describes how, as hours go by, Madou’s concentration navigates towards “yeelen” (spiritual light) through the silence of the deep night. In doing so, this article elaborates the “corporeal mind” as synesthetic instants in this journey when the body becomes the mind and the mind faith, as the penumbra becomes silence and silence light. In other words, it explores the sensuous unboundedness of the self that happens in regular and long practice of nocturnal solo zikr. This article therefore offers a corporeal understanding of the light of God among practitioners of prolonged nocturnal solo zikr in West Africa.
Couverture spatiale
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/298
Liste des auteurs
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/1468
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1177/2050303220986982 10.1177/2050303220986982
Numéro
	2
Dernière page
	190
Première page
	175
Volume
	9

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