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THE INFLUENCE OF

ANIMISM ON ISLAM

AN ACCOUNT OF POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS

190?

BY

SAMUEL M. ZWEMER, F.R.G.S.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER I
 

  ISLAM AND ANIMISM

CHAPTER II
 

  ANIMISM IN THE CREED AND THE USE OF THE ROSARY

CHAPTER III
 

  ANIMISTIC ELEMENTS IN MOSLEM PRAYER

CHAPTER IV
 

  HAIR, FINGER-NAILS AND THE HAND

CHAPTER V
 

  THE 'AQIQA SACRIFICE

CHAPTER VI
 

  THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT OR QARINA

CHAPTER VII
 

  JINN

CHAPTER VIII
 

  PAGAN PRACTICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PILGRIMAGE

CHAPTER IX
 

  MAGIC AND SORCERY

CHAPTER X
 

  AMULETS, CHARMS AND KNOTS

CHAPTER XI
 

  TREE, STONE AND SERPENT WORSHIP

CHAPTER XII
 

  THE ZAR: EXORCISM OF DEMONS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Center of the Moslem Faith

Large Incense Bowls in Mosque at Hankow, China

Interior Court of the Mosque of Al Azhar, Cairo

The Torba and Amulets

Hand-shaped Amulets

Amulets and "Lucky" Rings used in Lower Egypt

Egyptian Geomancer

The City of Mecca

Talismans and Magical Squares from Egypt

Magic Bowl and Amulets

Ancient Amulets from the Egyptian Tombs

Women and children visiting a newly-made grave in the Moslem Cemetery, Cairo

Restaurant Board, China

Talismanic Medicine Cup

Muslim Amulet, China


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