THE INFLUENCE OF

ANIMISM ON ISLAM

AN ACCOUNT OF POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS

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

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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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