Talk:Islam and magic: Difference between revisions

I propose merging Superstitions in Muslim societies into Islam and magic. The concept of superstition is in academic discourse closely related to the concept of magic. Accordingly, practises deemed “out of fashion” or “syncretic” are often considered “magical” in contrast to “religious” retroperspective. An accurate depiction of “magical beliefs” is also a history of superstitions. To ensure WP:NPOV and to avoid Synthesis of material, I recommand to merge these two articles. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 23:43, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

“recommand”? Anyway, there are significant differences between the two articles. For example,

“… one finds in North African and Middle Eastern bookstalls the handbooks for practitioners of the occult. These include the traditional handbooks as well as modern compilations based on them, such as the innumerable books written by ‘Abd al-Fattah al-Sayyid al-Tukhi …” (from HARRY POTTER IN THE GULF)

Whatever academics may discourse, it would seen there is a big difference between supernatural you read and study, and practices like not stepping on sidewalk cracks or avoiding things associated with the number 13 —Louis P. Boog (talk) 20:58, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Articles about superstition and magic cover both the description of practise as well as the related literature. I cannot follow your arguement. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 02:40, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Skyerise what is your opinion about a merge? I am looking forward it, but I do not want to make such a huge merge without considering consent. However, there has not been much of a response yet. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 14:19, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@VenusFeuerFalle: I’m afraid I’d have to oppose it. It is advantages to have a series of “… and magic” articles, and not all magic is necessarily superstition. It’s more esotericism. Perhaps you could take a look at the presentation of Islamic esotericism in that article, though, as it could use more eyes. For now, I’m removing the merge tag, as it seems there is no support for this merge. Skyerise (talk) 19:53, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just arrived here. Superstition and magic are sufficiently different topics to be discussed separately I think. Magic is a crystalline antholopological sub-topic of supernatural belief, whereas superstition is much more generalist. Iskandar323 (talk) 14:00, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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