The Red Thread: Healing Possession at a Muslim Shrine in North India

This book is a collection of stories that describe the paths that people choose to heal their lives, bodies, and relationships. It also describes the “accidents” on a social, physical, and emotional level that people experience and which cause the need for healing. The stories were experienced and collected at a Muslim Pilgrimage Centre of a Sufi (Suhrawardi) order in Gujarat.

‘This book is a stepping stone towards understanding indigenous method of treating mental diseases in the backdrop of Sufism.’  —Islam and Muslim Societies

Beatrix Pfleidere rwas tenured Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hamburg, Germany.