The Elixir: A Posthumanist Approach to Alchemy in Akbarian Sufism and Islam
Author:   Dunja Rašić (Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society and Tampere University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009777018


Pages:   75
Publication Date:   08 January 2026
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The Elixir: A Posthumanist Approach to Alchemy in Akbarian Sufism and Islam


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Step outside laboratory, and into the world of nature. The books on cannon law can be left behind as well, for Ibn ʿArabī (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 ʿArabī'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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Author:   Dunja Rašić (Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society and Tampere University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009777018


ISBN 10:   1009777017
Pages:   75
Publication Date:   08 January 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Anything but magic!; 3. A posthumanistic approach; 4. Seek knowledge, even as far as China!; 5. The roots of corruption; 6. Mineral magic – an (extra)ordinary transmutations; 7. The alchemy of red sulphur; 8. In conclusion; Bibliography.

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