The dream of spiritual initiation and the organizaton of self representations among Pakistani sufis
In Pakistan, dreams of initiation into a sufi order are so powerful that upon awakening the dreamer may actually begin a new way of life, as represented by the dream. However, the significance of the dream is often based on subsequent events and may change over time as external situations change.
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| Veröffentlicht in: | American ethnologist 1990-02, Vol.17 (1), p.56 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In Pakistan, dreams of initiation into a sufi order are so powerful that upon awakening the dreamer may actually begin a new way of life, as represented by the dream. However, the significance of the dream is often based on subsequent events and may change over time as external situations change. |
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| ISSN: | 0094-0496 1548-1425 |