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Tripping with Allah : Islam, drugs, and writing

Title
Tripping with Allah : Islam, drugs, and writing / by Michael Muhammad Knight.
Author
Knight, Michael Muhammad.
Publication
Berkeley, CA : Soft Skull Press, c2013.

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Description
262 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
"If Tripping with Allah is a road book, it's a road book in the tradition of 2001: A Space Odyssey, rather than On the Road. Amazonian shamanism meets Christianity meets West African religion meets Islam in this work of reflection and inward adventure. Knight, the "Hunter S. Thompson of Islamic literature" seeks reconciliation between his Muslim identity and his drinking of ayahuasca, a psychedelic tea that has been used in the Amazon for centuries. His experience becomes an opportunity to investigate complex issues of drugs, religion, and modernity. Though essential for readers interested in Islam or the growing popularity of ayahuasca, this book is truly about neither Islam nor ayahuasca. Tripping with Allah provides an accessible look into the construction of religion, the often artificial borders dividing these constructions, and the ways in which religion might change in an increasingly globalized world."--Publisher's website.
Subject
  • Knight, Michael Muhammad
  • Muslim men > United States
  • Ayahuasca
  • Self-actualization (Psychology)
Contents
Cybertron kids -- Civilization class -- Wisdom elevates exceptional devils -- Islam and equality -- Avicenna and the monolith -- vines and veils -- Coffee consciousness -- Bumblebee -- Church fathers and mothers -- Why did Moses have a hard time civilizing the devil? -- Jehangir Allah -- Scholars and martyrs -- Macho madness -- Initiation -- Between heads -- Snakes of the grafted type -- Al-Najm -- Knowledge build/destroy -- Knowledge born -- Chapel of the chimes.
Call Number
JFD 13-3068
ISBN
  • 159376443X
  • 9781593764432
OCLC
813541531
Author
Knight, Michael Muhammad.
Title
Tripping with Allah : Islam, drugs, and writing / by Michael Muhammad Knight.
Imprint
Berkeley, CA : Soft Skull Press, c2013.
Research Call Number
JFD 13-3068
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