Oddcast Episodes Themed "Shiʿi Islam"

Coming Back for More, Part XII: Mushegh Asatryan on Early Islamic Reincarnationism among the Ghulāt

The Iraqi Shiite movements known as the <em<ghulāt or ‘extremists’ held many ‘extreme’ theological and cosmological views, none more so than their belief in cyclical reincarnation into a range of entities from rocks to exalted superhuman entities. Mushegh Asatryan is our guide as we explore the texts of the earliest reincarnationists of the Believers' movement.

Alireza Doostdar on ‘Metaphysical Religion’ in Contemporary Iran

We speak with Alireza Doostdar on his field-research exploring alternative forms of spirituality in Iran. Come for the new-age exorcisms, stay for the the true spiritual significance of The Exorcist.