The Elixir: A Posthumanist Approach to Alchemy in Akbarian Sufism and Islam

Ibn ?Arabi (d. 1240) believed there is one Sharia for humans and another for minerals. This Element rethinks what it means to be an alchemist and Muslim, by shifting its focus to the religious practices of sentient minerals.

• | Author: Dunja Rasic
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 08, 2026
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781009777018
• | ISBN-10: 1009777017