Mysticism and the Margins

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Mysticism and the Margins

From the Hip-Hop Underground to the Psychedelic Reformation

Social groups: religious groups and communities Sociology Alternative belief systems

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Collection: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Mysticism

Language: English

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Published on: 29th October 2025

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9783031985966


Overview

Centering African Diasporic traditions, the margins of mainstream mystical traditions, and the intersection between mysticism and psychedelics, the essays in this volume offer several diverse and unique, contemporary approaches to the study of mysticism.

In a time when the word “mystic” or “mysticism” appears as often in popular and even scientific settings as it does in academic or religious discourse, a critical study of these terms and traditions becomes ever more relevant.

This volume challenges normative notions of who “counts” as a mystic, and questions the definitions and interpretive frames underlying the field of comparative mysticism itself.

This is an important text for students and scholars of comparative mysticism, and those interested in what traditions, texts, communities, rituals, persons, and practices have been marginalized in the development of what "counts” as “mysticism” today.

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