Gabriele Mandel (1926-2010), an Italian with Afghan distant roots, was a charismatic khalīfa (local leader) and the founder of the first Jerrahi-Halveti tekke (a Sufi lodge) in Milan. Mandel was a university professor, an artists, a psychoanalyst, a Freemason, and a Sufi, representing in one individual many elements of European Sufism; such as: the Islam of migrants, who transplanted their practices and social life in a new country; Western esotericism; the cultic milieu; and academic research on mysticism and religions.

The Sufi Shaykh and His Patients: Merging Islam, Psychoanalysis, and Western Esotericism

Francesco Piraino
2021-01-01

Abstract

Gabriele Mandel (1926-2010), an Italian with Afghan distant roots, was a charismatic khalīfa (local leader) and the founder of the first Jerrahi-Halveti tekke (a Sufi lodge) in Milan. Mandel was a university professor, an artists, a psychoanalyst, a Freemason, and a Sufi, representing in one individual many elements of European Sufism; such as: the Islam of migrants, who transplanted their practices and social life in a new country; Western esotericism; the cultic milieu; and academic research on mysticism and religions.
2021
Esoteric Transfers and Constructions
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