Araştırma Makalesi
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Yıl 2025, Cilt: 12 Sayı: Özel Sayı, 305 - 324, 30.11.2025
https://doi.org/10.33718/tid.1756789

Öz

Kaynakça

  • Ahmed, Shahab. What Is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
  • Boersma, Paul – Weenink, David. Praat: Doing Phonetics by Computer. Version 6.4. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 2025.
  • Chatterjee, Anjan, and Oshin Vartanian. “Neuroaesthetics.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 18/7 (July 2016), 370–375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.03.003
  • Chatterjee, Anjan. The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
  • Chittick, William C. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rūmī. New York: State University of New York Press, 1983.
  • Ernst, Carl W. Sufism: An Introduction to the Mystical Tradition of Islam. Boston: Shambhala, 2011.
  • Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Truth and Method. London: Continuum, 2004.
  • Geertz, Clifford. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
  • Goodfellow, Ian et al. Deep Learning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016.
  • Jablonka, Eva – Lamb, Marion J. Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005.
  • İnançer, Ömer Tuğrul. Mevlevî Âdâb ve Erkânı. Istanbul: Kubbealtı, 2008.
  • Levitin, Daniel J. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. New York: Dutton, 2006.
  • McFee, Brian, et al. “Librosa: Audio and Music Signal Analysis in Python.” Proceedings of the 14th Python in Science Conference (2015), 18-24. https://doi.org/10.25080/majora.7b98e3ed.003
  • Nancy, Jean-Luc. Listening. New York: Fordham University Press, 2007.
  • Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Islamic Life and Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1981.
  • Qureshi, Regula. Sufi Music of India and Pakistan: Sound, Context, and Meaning in Qawwalī. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
  • Patel, Aniruddh D. Music, Language, and the Brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Ricoeur, Paul. Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1976.
  • Schimmel, Annemarie. Mystical Dimensions of Islam. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1975.
  • Schimmel, Annemarie. The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. Albany: SUNY Press, 1993.
  • Schofield, Katherine Butler. “Reviving the Golden Age Again: ‘Islamic Music’ in Contemporary India.” Ethnomusicology 54/3 (2010), 489-490. https://doi.org/10.5406/ethnomusicology.54.3.0484
  • van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. New York: Viking, 2014.
  • Yehuda, Rachel – Lehrner Amy. “Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Effects: Putative Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms.” World Psychiatry 17/3 (September 2018), 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20568
  • Zatorre, Robert J. “Musical Pleasure and Reward: Mechanisms and Dissociations.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1423/1 (2018), 179-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.12677
  • Zeki, Semir. Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Sonic Genealogies and Mystical Memory: Tracing Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī’s Epigenetic Influence on Indo-Islamic Musical Consciousness

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 12 Sayı: Özel Sayı, 305 - 324, 30.11.2025
https://doi.org/10.33718/tid.1756789

Öz

This study examines the transmission of mystical memory in Islamic musical traditions by exploring how the intellectual and aesthetic legacy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 672/1273) resonated across the Indo-Islamic cultural sphere through epigenetic and neuroaesthetic mechanisms. While previous scholarship has primarily emphasized Rûmî’s written works and spiritual influence, this article foregrounds his auditory metaphysics, focusing particularly on samāʿ and qawwalī as ritual practices of divine remembrance (dhikr) and embodied knowledge production. By situating sound as the central epistemic axis, the research demonstrates that Rûmî’s philosophy should be understood not only as poetic symbolism but as a sonic epistemology grounded in ritual embodiment. Methodologically, the study employs an AI-assisted comparative framework integrating spectral sound analysis (using Librosa and Praat software) to compare rhythmic density, melodic intensity, and vocal texture between Mevlevī samāʿ and Chishtī qawwalī performances. This approach allows the research to visualize and quantify how repetition, rhythm, and bodily participation generate neuroplastic traces of mystical memory. The findings reveal that Mevlevī rotation and breath-centered chanting of “Hu” produce inner resonance, while Chishtī qawwalī’s intense vocal invocations such as “Maulā” and “ʿAlī” induce collective trance states. These shared patterns demonstrate that mystical sound functions as an intergenerational medium of cultural memory, sustaining epistemic continuity across centuries. Furthermore, the study highlights the resilience of sonic traditions during colonial ruptures, showing how music functioned as a form of mystical resistance when textual expression was silenced. Ultimately, Rûmî’s auditory philosophy is reinterpreted as a biocultural, embodied, and epigenetic phenomenon that bridges spirituality, cognition, and sensory experience. The research offers new insights for Islamic studies, music-based pedagogy, neuroaesthetic learning models, and postcolonial epistemology, demonstrating that sound remains a vital agent of knowledge, memory, and identity transmission in the Islamic world.

Etik Beyan

This study does not require ethics committee approval. The research was conducted in accordance with scientific and ethical principles.

Kaynakça

  • Ahmed, Shahab. What Is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
  • Boersma, Paul – Weenink, David. Praat: Doing Phonetics by Computer. Version 6.4. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 2025.
  • Chatterjee, Anjan, and Oshin Vartanian. “Neuroaesthetics.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 18/7 (July 2016), 370–375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.03.003
  • Chatterjee, Anjan. The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
  • Chittick, William C. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rūmī. New York: State University of New York Press, 1983.
  • Ernst, Carl W. Sufism: An Introduction to the Mystical Tradition of Islam. Boston: Shambhala, 2011.
  • Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Truth and Method. London: Continuum, 2004.
  • Geertz, Clifford. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
  • Goodfellow, Ian et al. Deep Learning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016.
  • Jablonka, Eva – Lamb, Marion J. Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005.
  • İnançer, Ömer Tuğrul. Mevlevî Âdâb ve Erkânı. Istanbul: Kubbealtı, 2008.
  • Levitin, Daniel J. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. New York: Dutton, 2006.
  • McFee, Brian, et al. “Librosa: Audio and Music Signal Analysis in Python.” Proceedings of the 14th Python in Science Conference (2015), 18-24. https://doi.org/10.25080/majora.7b98e3ed.003
  • Nancy, Jean-Luc. Listening. New York: Fordham University Press, 2007.
  • Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Islamic Life and Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1981.
  • Qureshi, Regula. Sufi Music of India and Pakistan: Sound, Context, and Meaning in Qawwalī. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
  • Patel, Aniruddh D. Music, Language, and the Brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Ricoeur, Paul. Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1976.
  • Schimmel, Annemarie. Mystical Dimensions of Islam. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1975.
  • Schimmel, Annemarie. The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. Albany: SUNY Press, 1993.
  • Schofield, Katherine Butler. “Reviving the Golden Age Again: ‘Islamic Music’ in Contemporary India.” Ethnomusicology 54/3 (2010), 489-490. https://doi.org/10.5406/ethnomusicology.54.3.0484
  • van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. New York: Viking, 2014.
  • Yehuda, Rachel – Lehrner Amy. “Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Effects: Putative Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms.” World Psychiatry 17/3 (September 2018), 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20568
  • Zatorre, Robert J. “Musical Pleasure and Reward: Mechanisms and Dissociations.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1423/1 (2018), 179-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.12677
  • Zeki, Semir. Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Ses Soybilimleri ve Mistik Hafıza: Celâleddîn Rûmî’nin Hint-İslam Müzikal Bilincine Epigenetik Etkisi

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 12 Sayı: Özel Sayı, 305 - 324, 30.11.2025
https://doi.org/10.33718/tid.1756789

Öz

Bu çalışma, İslâm müzik geleneğinde mistik hafızanın aktarım biçimlerini, Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî’nin (ö. 672/1273) düşünsel ve estetik mirası üzerinden ele almaktadır. Araştırma, Rûmî’nin yazılı eserleri ve metafizik etkilerinin ötesine geçerek sesin ontolojik bir bilgi alanı olarak nasıl bir işlev gördüğünü, özellikle semâ ve kavvâlî ritüelleri bağlamında zikir pratikleri aracılığıyla hakikatin işitsel ve bedensel tecrübeye dönüşümünü incelemektedir. Yöntemsel olarak, yapay zekâ destekli ses analizi (Librosa ve Praat yazılımlarıyla) kullanılarak Mevlevî semâ törenleri ile Çiştî kavvâlî icraları arasındaki ritmik yoğunluk, melodik yoğunlaşma ve ses dokusu benzerlikleri karşılaştırmalı biçimde analiz edilmiştir. Bu yaklaşım, ritüel tekrarın nöroplastik etkilerini ve sesin kuşaklar arası hafıza oluşumundaki rolünü görselleştirmeye olanak tanımaktadır. Bulgular, Mevlevî semâlarında “Hû” zikrinin nefes merkezli bir içsel yankı oluşturduğunu; Çiştî kavvâlîlerinde ise “Mevlâ” ve “Ali” gibi yoğun ses tekrarlarının toplu vecd hâlleri yarattığını ortaya koymaktadır. Bu ortak desenler, mistik sesin kültürel hafızanın kuşaklar ötesi bir taşıyıcısı olarak işlev gördüğünü göstermektedir. Ayrıca araştırma, sömürge dönemi boyunca ses temelli mistik pratiklerin susturulmasına rağmen müziğin bir direniş ve hafıza biçimi olarak varlığını sürdürdüğünü vurgulamaktadır. Sonuç olarak Rûmî’nin işitsel felsefesi, yalnızca bir estetik miras değil; ruhsal, bedensel ve kültürel boyutlarıyla biyokültürel bir fenomen olarak yeniden yorumlanmaktadır. Bu çalışma, İslâm araştırmaları, müzik temelli pedagojiler, nöroestetik öğrenme modelleri ve kültürel hafıza çalışmalarına yeni ufuklar açmakta; sesin bilgi, kimlik ve hafıza aktarımındaki asli rolünü öne çıkarmaktadır.

Etik Beyan

Bu çalışma için etik kurul izni gerekmemektedir. Araştırma bilimsel etik ilkelere uygun olarak gerçekleştirilmiştir.

Kaynakça

  • Ahmed, Shahab. What Is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
  • Boersma, Paul – Weenink, David. Praat: Doing Phonetics by Computer. Version 6.4. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 2025.
  • Chatterjee, Anjan, and Oshin Vartanian. “Neuroaesthetics.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 18/7 (July 2016), 370–375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.03.003
  • Chatterjee, Anjan. The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
  • Chittick, William C. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rūmī. New York: State University of New York Press, 1983.
  • Ernst, Carl W. Sufism: An Introduction to the Mystical Tradition of Islam. Boston: Shambhala, 2011.
  • Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Truth and Method. London: Continuum, 2004.
  • Geertz, Clifford. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
  • Goodfellow, Ian et al. Deep Learning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016.
  • Jablonka, Eva – Lamb, Marion J. Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005.
  • İnançer, Ömer Tuğrul. Mevlevî Âdâb ve Erkânı. Istanbul: Kubbealtı, 2008.
  • Levitin, Daniel J. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. New York: Dutton, 2006.
  • McFee, Brian, et al. “Librosa: Audio and Music Signal Analysis in Python.” Proceedings of the 14th Python in Science Conference (2015), 18-24. https://doi.org/10.25080/majora.7b98e3ed.003
  • Nancy, Jean-Luc. Listening. New York: Fordham University Press, 2007.
  • Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Islamic Life and Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1981.
  • Qureshi, Regula. Sufi Music of India and Pakistan: Sound, Context, and Meaning in Qawwalī. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
  • Patel, Aniruddh D. Music, Language, and the Brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Ricoeur, Paul. Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1976.
  • Schimmel, Annemarie. Mystical Dimensions of Islam. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1975.
  • Schimmel, Annemarie. The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. Albany: SUNY Press, 1993.
  • Schofield, Katherine Butler. “Reviving the Golden Age Again: ‘Islamic Music’ in Contemporary India.” Ethnomusicology 54/3 (2010), 489-490. https://doi.org/10.5406/ethnomusicology.54.3.0484
  • van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. New York: Viking, 2014.
  • Yehuda, Rachel – Lehrner Amy. “Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Effects: Putative Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms.” World Psychiatry 17/3 (September 2018), 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20568
  • Zatorre, Robert J. “Musical Pleasure and Reward: Mechanisms and Dissociations.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1423/1 (2018), 179-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.12677
  • Zeki, Semir. Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Toplam 25 adet kaynakça vardır.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular Dini Araştırmalar (Diğer)
Bölüm Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar

İsmail Eraslan 0000-0002-6316-0189

Gönderilme Tarihi 2 Ağustos 2025
Kabul Tarihi 8 Kasım 2025
Yayımlanma Tarihi 30 Kasım 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2025 Cilt: 12 Sayı: Özel Sayı

Kaynak Göster

ISNAD Eraslan, İsmail. “Sonic Genealogies and Mystical Memory: Tracing Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī’s Epigenetic Influence on Indo-Islamic Musical Consciousness”. Trabzon İlahiyat Dergisi 12/Özel Sayı (Kasım2025), 305-324. https://doi.org/10.33718/tid.1756789.

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