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Of Shamans and Sufis An Account of a “Magico-Religious” Muslim Mysti c’ s Career Frank J. K Despite the fact that the noted anthropologist Michael T () claimed that shamanism is a contrived category created by Euro- American academics out of a pastiche of practices around the world, the study of the subject is still going quite strong, as indicated by the review article written by A () just about a deca de ago. However , less studied is the relationship between shamanism and Islam.  While not quite comparable in essence, the mystical branch of Islam known as Susm does * Research for this chapter was generously supported by a grant from the American Institu te for Sri Lankan Studies in and . Portions of it were publis hed earlier in K . Frank Korom is Professor of Religion and Anthropology in the Department of Religion at Boston University. His publications include Village of Painters: Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal (Museum of New Mexico Press, ) and Te Anthropology of Performance: A Reader  (Wiley-Blackwell, ). . Some exceptions do, of course, exist (C ; S ), especially studies of Central Asian religious phenomena associated with T urkic people, following the lead of K (), who rst argued that the similarities between Sus and shamans led to the mass conversion of the region s people. S ee also S and D ( ). How- ever , A-P () tempers the argument somewhat in suggesting that the Sus who inuenced the elite were, in fact, the opposite of their ecstatic counterparts. is not- withstanding, the author admits that both types of Susm (that is, sober and intoxicated) played a role in bringing about the successful conversion of a majority of the population.

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hc b b c c, cb wh ch

chc bc. S Von Gernet 2000.

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2012b).

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S h 1970. I cc c, h h

4. T Guru Bawa and the Making o a ransnational Su Family , -

 jc b w b h -h h h w. F -

h ch, Narayan Saney 1999.

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tud t d up ut hs dth. Idd, y hs ws dty sst

tht h ctus t ssst d gud th th (Korom 2012).

B ch c c cb h h-

c c, h bw hh h bc

b, c.5 Hw, I h h c

h “c” h b ccc,

, h ch c c wh cb c ch ch b wh c cc

w c wh h . Hh,

h c, h bc c

whch w ch h b c chc

wh c b h

( Lisitz 1994).6 

Wh h xc c (Mauroo 1976)

bch’ h h (Snyder 2003), h cc hb w b Bw, T h h b h

h (b We 1994; 1998; 2006; Korom 2011; 2012,

2012b). M , h, c h-

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c Ic hh, , x, Millie 2008.

6. M x h h Ch c-

, b wh Kugle 2007, Renard 2008,

Werner 2003.

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h Te ree Tat Fell to the West (Muaiyaddeen 2003)

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” (Cittik 1995). Wh h c b c

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7. I c h Bw w b S L, h cc h

h b c. S Korom 2011.

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h .

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1974 h Bw’ b S.

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(h L K), w h . Wh h w h

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c “” w h w wh h h , , h

h. Th w b h xc,

h h w. (Mauroo 1976, 42)13

11. h w c (hc, c h q) h 

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“.”

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15. h h h Bw’ Ac w wh

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ch c . I b h c h

sss h Bw b c wh h c Cb h

c h, whch Bw h c

cx h h .

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, h, Bw bc h J Cb K, h w c 1969 b h c

c w h U S.

he ree that Fell to the West 

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L M 1969. M w c c Phh h h . H h b b-

c wh h ch bc wh w h w

C. w h h b h ch’ ch-

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w xc.18 w h b x-

16. O h cc h h M, MGilvray 1998. Fh M b h M c S L, Eendi 1982.

17. W h S , whch c

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, ch h h h c , bc

h w .

18. I c, h h c, w c b h,

xc, , h -c h bh. I , h

c wh w wh h w h -

w q, whch w b hc

b h ( Mauroo 1976, 48). M, Bw’ bc h

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h c Nw O h h Nb h h c 

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b c b . bc , h w, wh

cc , . (Muaiyaddeen 1972, 249)

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A , h b w “” c x wh

w c. A h c , wh bc c. I 

h, h w wh x h . Nh w,xc h c h h x. I w qc,

h c [sic] b b.

(Muaiyaddeen 1972, 249)

Rc b b, c wh, h

h c h, , “ c. O…

‘THERE IS ONLY ONE’… x h ‘I’ w, I w w h

w w wh xc j” (Muai-

yaddeen 1972, 249).19

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w. “I b cb h O” (Muaiyaddeen 1972, 250).

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.

19. h h x. Nc h h c h -

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  .

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J. Sh h x h xc h:

A w b, [h xc] bc c b h b

h w . B h , h

c, ‘P c! P c!’ A h h w w  

c. I h. I . A I w h I

wh h b xc, b I h I h

G. I c I c G.

(Muaiyaddeen 1972, 250)

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b Nw O.

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wh w S L W Phh wh, , w

S ch h . S h w h

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’ . ch w h h G Bw. Sh w h

c q h c 21 Ocb 1969.

H h q 11 Nb 1969. R h “-,” h h h w b h h. Sh h 24

M 1970 b w h Bw “w,” h

w h h b wh h. I h h

h h h w V c w

, whch w c h h x. Sh h h

h x h h w.

I h w, h b c wh Bw, wh cb -

w c b h ch’ c. A h  cc w bw 1969 1971. D h

, h c h w b c h b

h S L b wh h, c

  cc w c h . Sh h

c h - h h c-

Bw h Phh. Hc,

1971, h h w “wh” -

b h Phh. T c , h c  

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h h Bw Mh Fwh

h b h 11 Ocb 1971.

c h Fwh h

h ’ h , whch h w h W Phh. Bw c h , w b 

c h h’ ch b h h w.

B h 1972 h h w ch h -

, whch Bw h , h c, h

, wh h x b h xc

c h c h h h h

. Bw’ , cc h c , w b-

c w ch w h c c- h .20 

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chs, d us tscdt pws cudg th hg tuch

dw d pp ut th hus cud g cc-

dt th t gup. Fwshp gduy gw g d pspus

ugh t puchs Jwsh cuty ct th utsts  

th cty 1973 tht ws cvtd by th t cu hus wh

Bw’s “Ac y” cud sd ctby.21

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dscvg th g d hud’s pups th. s

vt s th thd phs th vt’s sttutzt, th st

bg th stbsht hs cu th S L d th sc-

d bg th udg th Sdb Su Study Cc Cb. Wht

ws st cg th scgc ss ws “chuch,” ct pc  

wshp, ctpt, d py t whch bs wud hv ccss.

A w , h c , Bw h “ch-

” b b q h Fwh h w c-

20. Hw, b h Fwh wh h c-

b b xc c- c b h cb

bc, whch Weer (1947, 324–91) b w

bh cc b. h h cc Mx-

, whch h, x c, b h h-

.

21. c c b w cq h Sh, h h

 j whch h w b b.

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c M 1984. I h

c Bw’ Ac c , w hc

c c M.22 F h

h Phh h h 8 Dcb 1986, G Bw xc, bc h bw h

h Sh A h w cc q Phh.

D h h U S, h S L

, w b h Ac “” b

wh h.23 D h c bc, h - h Ac

ch b wh h c G H Mb, h  

h c. c h h c c w

h h h h c c ch, h Bw’ c w, cc h h.24 

D h h , h c

h b w b wh, w , h  

w c h h h h c h w,

b h c h h. P 

b h , Bw Phh h

h h h .

D h c hh, cc b c h h b h, h b h b ch

h h Fwh h wh h h

22. Phh h q c M c -

M, b Ac-Ac wh c I h

Bc Pw . O w Bw’ h, hw, Ac-Ac,

whch h wh h h Fwh.

Fwh q w h h c, hh h x

h c . M wh F h c Bw h ch, b c ; h ,  

h, whch c . Oh b h ch h

S Abc h ch madrasa b Fwh b. O

Ac-Ac M Phh, MCloud 1996. O c b 

Ac-Ac M , Curtis 2007.

23. h M 1972–Fb 1973; Fb 1974–J 1975;

Nb 1976–A 1978; Dcb 1980–Nb 1982.

24. c xc , w h h h c. R

cc h w F, h b h

c’ wc Bw’ ch b.

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h S L.25 H b w b h

Fwh h, whch w b E Fw-

, Ch c c c x  

Phh.26 w ch b h Fwh 1973 Bw’ . H h c h ch

h 100-c c M c c

, h w hw c w c h

U S. A h b, h w b h h

h c wh h h w . O h c h

, h c h bc c  

c Nh Ac Sh A.27 I h

h Bw’ c , c h h

h c, whch h b

hh c , , c.28

25. H w wh c h b h h

w h bh. Bw w h h , hh h

, cc wh w h w. Hw, h -

b w c b c b b h b h w.Bw cw h h h h h Fwh

b h h U S. I 16 Nb 1970, h c, “h

w w h c. B wh h c h

h h b h w. I c. I h h-

h wh b. Y, h ch h c

h ch h . Wh w bc c, , h, h

c bc h c h w ch h . , bh, wh h-

h. Oh h h, h ch h , h, .”

26. O wh bh Bw’ b b h c h h b 

hw c. I c, x h c fw. E , h c h w wh w b h c, c-

b h ch.

27. B 1976 h Fwh b c 7,000

b, h b Fwh c h Bw h

x 10,000 “ch” ww. ’ c, hw, c  

1,000 , whch h h b h b ch h  

hh.

28. 14 Mch 2011 h w-h h ,

c wh b , c b P-

cw bc h .

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Closing Remarks

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2006 h h , I wh h hhb b chc S ch S L h c-

c h c h c shaykh

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29. Ellood (1994) b c h c Ac h-. I bq cqc b Roo 1999. I w,

Bw’ shaykh wh h Winkelman

(1990; 1992) h h h c- c

ch c cc ccc.

30. c wh h c h . H A-

c ch, c h h Phh q, c w Bw

h, wh h S L w c h Ac h c h.

R bw h Ac S L c, c h w 

bc 1972 wh Bw w ch S L b h

c Phh. S Mauroo (1976, 29).

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Bw cstty djustd hs tchgs t sut th ssbts hs chgg

udcs. s ctxt sstvty y b td Bw’s tchgs,

whch cud vy w hv b fucd by th Buddhst t su

s usd t tch t v cphsb t th dvdu studt.32

31. S h c Nw A cc -

. Heelas 1996 Hanegraa 1996, w x h Nw A, x,

wh . I h b c h w h

h c. S Wilson 1997.

32. h cc h h b x b ch .

Wh h c H Bh h c I H h

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Bc h chc h , h

h jc h fw h -

h -

hw h wh ’ ch h cc S c h

’ , b h , c, cc

wh h S L. M, I h h -

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, whch wh Wb w c h

ch cc. I c Bw’ h h h ch  

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hh h c b c c b bh-

, h c, x bh

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ch bc h ch c

.33

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w c bc bb w c bh h b h-

h cc cc

( h Fwh’ c h h h b chc)? M,

wh Bw h “h” h

h S L h U S, w h

h ccc c

S shaykh wh h Ic hx

ch c--ch c h ? Iw ch q, w h chc

Bw’ c, whch wh w c wh h

b x, h x x h fc h Bh

h h I, c , b Elverskog 2010 Sott 1995. O upāya (-

), Pye 2003.

33. I h c bbh h h ch, -

b bh b h Bw Mh Fwh P ccb

h ’ wb. S h://www.b.c/Sc/..

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h u, s I dscussd t th utst. T bg wth, Bw spt y 

ys st, whch cspds t th sh’s “sty qust” ut-

d by Winkelman (1990). It ws dug ths sty qust tht Bw

bg t pctc th shc tchqus td bv, such s ud-ty dvg (chtg & sgg), stg (bstg d tgth),

d ustty (vg cvs d jugs wthut ps bggs).

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x w h wh h w w h cc c-

, h w c , b c, whch

fh w cc. A Bw cb , h w h

c “G’ w.” Bw’ hc

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w h w, b h h h h.

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ch c. H c h h w h wh w h -

c c h, whch h -

h w h. Oc h w c, h w b

cc x h w.Bawa, however, was a reluctant prophet, in the sense that he hesitated at

each major step in his career. It took him a ew years to make the commit-

ment to begin his ormal ministry in Jana, then it took him many more

to spread out to Colombo. It is said that when Bawa was invited to the

capital to ound the Serendib Su Study Circle, he balked, stating that he

eared he was a tree upon which too many people would perch. Interest-

ingly, his correspondence rom Colombo to Philadelphia indicates that he

was eager to leave the island or oreign terrain. It is not clear why, but

perhaps he was aware o the impending bloodshed that would occur once

ethnic confict and violence led to civil war.34 One thing is certain, though.

It took a certain amount o recruitment and cajoling by interested parties

to convince Bawa to make the moves that he did. Teir motivations, no

doubt, were based on sel-interest arising out o their observations o this

unique individual.

34. H w c h Bw c h w b b, h h

c h J w jw h c, c h h c.

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Wh h w T bh J w Bw w  

bjc cc c

whch h w jc. Th c h,

cc W h, c - wh hw , , , c. Ahh

ch c ch c w q -h

, c h , c , h

cc. S h h S, h

h bw h, ch h h cq

hh h h ch-

hc. A , c h

c hh h w, b h h h h b h cc Nw A ch.35

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h c c

w.

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