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Signs of the wali : narratives at the sacred sites in Pamijahan, West Java /

"This thesis is a study of traditional narratives which are recited and received both by villagers and pilgrims in regard to the local pilgrimage (ziarah) tradition in Pamijahan, particularly at Shaykh Abdul Muhyi's sacred site. The narratives will be examined as part of the popular belief...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christomy, Tommy, 1959-
Corporate Authors: JSTOR (Organization), ANU E Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU E Press, 2008.
Series:Islam in Southeast Asia series.
Subjects:
Islam and culture > Indonesia > Java.
Muslim saints > Indonesia > Java.
Islamic shrines > Indonesia > Jawa Barat.
Sundanese (Indonesian people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Sundanese literature > History and criticism.
Saints in literature.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Islam and culture.
Islamic shrines.
Muslim saints.
Sundanese literature.
Indonesia > Java.
Indonesia > Jawa Barat.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Custom: Tali Paranti
  • Going to Pamijahan
  • Signs
  • Narratives
  • Research Questions
  • Volume Structure
  • 2. Signs in the Valley
  • 3. Manuscripts in Pamijahan: Kakantun Karuhun
  • A Shattariyyah Manuscript (ms. A)
  • A Shattariyyah Manuscript (ms. B)
  • A Shattariyyah Manuscript (ms. C)
  • A Shattariyyah Manuscript (ms. D)
  • Kitab Istiqal Tarekat Qadiriyyah-Naqhsabandiyyah (ms. E)
  • A Shattariyyah Manuscript (ms. F)
  • Babad Pamijahan (Ms. G)
  • Babad Pamijahan (Ms. H)
  • 4. The Babad Pamijahan: Sunda, Java and the Identity of the Pamijahanese
  • The Babad in Sunda
  • The Babad Pamijahan (BP)
  • Translation of The Babad Pamijahan (Ms H)
  • The Structure of the Babad
  • The Narrative of East and West
  • The Horizontal Axis
  • The Vertical Axis
  • Saur Sepuh or 'What the Ancestors Say ... '
  • The References
  • Space and Place: Limestone (Karang)
  • The Interpretant: The East and The West
  • Sumedang and Mataram
  • 5. Karuhun, Space, Place and Narratives
  • Karuhun
  • The Sacred Landscape of Pamijahan and its Environs
  • Four Symbolic Spaces
  • Kokocoran and the Notion of Proximity
  • The Places
  • Mystical Paths
  • Conclusion: The Growing Signs
  • 6. Linking to the Wider Worlds of Sufism
  • The Roots of Shattariyyah
  • The Shattariyyah Order in the World of Islam
  • The Shattariyyah Silsilah in Indonesia
  • The Shattariyyah Silsilah in West Java
  • Shaykh Abdul Muhyi
  • The Successors
  • 7. Grasping the Wali's Teaching
  • Origins of Shattariyyah Teaching
  • Martabat Tujuh or The Seven Grades
  • 8. Tapping A Blessing in The House of A Young Sufi
  • Introduction
  • Holding the Line, Grasping the Blessing
  • The Zawiya
  • The Communal Congregation
  • The Baiah Session
  • The Shattariyyah Dikir
  • Conclusion: Telling Stories, Taking Precedence
  • Pilgrimage at Pamijahan: Practice and Narrative
  • Mediation or Approach
  • Custodianship
  • Pilgrims
  • The sequence of rituals
  • The Prescribed Sequences
  • Conclusion.