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Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java

Cilt: 4 Sayı: 1 10 Haziran 2025
  • Lee Shan Tse *
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Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java

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This article is about shadow play as a pedagogy in Indonesia and beyond, connecting it Ibn ‘Arabī’s teachings. Ibn ‘Arabī is known as one of the most important Islamic thinkers from the 13th century, and his teachings have expanded across the entire Islamic world. However, his two main works, al-Futūḥāt and al-Fuṣūṣ, have remained largely inaccessible over the last 800 years, transmitted not through translations or writings but through teachers to select students. A Mursyid from Bandung has been teaching ‘Ibn ‘Arabī since 2019 publically. I am interested in the teachings, elucidations and use of the pedagogy of the shadow play in communities which strive to make meaning and value in people’s lives. Theteacher of this community offers insights into the shadow play as a mystical tool for pedagogy. This article touches upon the often lost meaning of the shadow play central in Islamic teaching over the centuries. I will offer an ethnographic study of the role of shadow play in the seeker’s search for their self as it was told to me by the Mursyid. By doing so, we understand the interplay between the Divine and the Human within the shadow play, the search for the soul, and its metaphysical order of veil, light, and shadows.

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The Evans Fund

Teşekkür

This etnographic research was funded by an Evans Fellowship at the University of Cambridge between 2023-2025. I am grateful for the Fellowship for funding this independent research.

Kaynakça

  1. Keeler, Ward. Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987.
  2. Rassers, Willem Huibert. “On the Origin of the Javanese Theatre.” In Pañji, The Culture Hero: A Structural Study of Religion in Java. 93-215. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1931.
  3. Schechner, Richard. “Wayang Kulit in the Colonial Margin.” TDR 34, 2 (1990): 25-61.
  4. Winkel, Eric. An Illustrated Guide to Ibn Arabi. New York: Pir Press Inc. 2021.

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Lee Shan Tse * Bu kişi benim
0009-0007-6168-3086
United Kingdom

Yayımlanma Tarihi

10 Haziran 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Nisan 2025

Kabul Tarihi

20 Nisan 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Tse, L. S. (2025). Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi, 4(1), 143-154. https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2025.7.81
AMA
1.Tse LS. Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java. TAED. 2025;4(1):143-154. doi:10.32739/ustad.2025.7.81
Chicago
Tse, Lee Shan. 2025. “Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java”. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi 4 (1): 143-54. https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2025.7.81.
EndNote
Tse LS (01 Haziran 2025) Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi 4 1 143–154.
IEEE
[1]L. S. Tse, “Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java”, TAED, c. 4, sy 1, ss. 143–154, Haz. 2025, doi: 10.32739/ustad.2025.7.81.
ISNAD
Tse, Lee Shan. “Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java”. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi 4/1 (01 Haziran 2025): 143-154. https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2025.7.81.
JAMA
1.Tse LS. Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java. TAED. 2025;4:143–154.
MLA
Tse, Lee Shan. “Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java”. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi, c. 4, sy 1, Haziran 2025, ss. 143-54, doi:10.32739/ustad.2025.7.81.
Vancouver
1.Lee Shan Tse. Ibn ‘Arabī and the Metaphysical Meanings of the Shadow Play in Java. TAED. 01 Haziran 2025;4(1):143-54. doi:10.32739/ustad.2025.7.81