![]() Being himself a dedicated practitioner of martial arts there is no doubt that Farrer has achieved insights into his subject that have not been available to other researchers. "This book exemplifies the potentials of performance ethnography. A must read for anyone with an interest in modern forms of religious mysticism, 'traditional' martial arts in the contemporary world and the Sufi undercurrents in Southeast Asian Islam at the turn of the 21st century". This is a genuinely pathbreaking work which returns the ethnography of the Malay World to some of its traditional concerns, at the same time revealing the formative influence of so-called 'mystical' Sufi traditions on the religious life of modern Malays. "Shadows of the Prophet is the eagerly awaited monograph on the practice of silat - the Malay art of self defence - based on extended ethnographic research by anthropologist, and silat adept, Douglas Farrer. " No other work on silat has achieved this level of inside understanding" Roxana Waterson " the eagerly awaited monograph on the practice of silat" Joel S. Those interested in Malaysia, Sufism, transnational Islam, and the study of religion, conversion, magic, sorcery, theatre and martial arts will find this book indispensable. The unseen realm and magical embodiment is further approached through an account of Malay deathscapes where moving through the patterns of silat summons the spirits of ancestral heroes. Silat and Sufism are revealed through the social dramas of 40-day boot-camps where Malay and European practitioners endeavor to become shadows of the Prophet, only to have their faith tested through a ritual ordeal of boiling oil. This account combines theories from the anthropology of art, embodiment, enchantment, and performance to show how war magic and warrior religion amalgamate in traditional Malay martial arts, where practitioners distance themselves from “becoming animal” or going into trance, preferring a practice of spontaneous bodily movement by summoning the power of Allah. Farrer considers Malay silat through the transnational Sufi silat group called Seni Silat Haqq, an off-shoot of the Haqqani-Naqshbandi Sufi Order. Drawing on 12 years of research and practice in Malaysia, Singapore, and England, social anthropologist and martial arts expert D.S. Their Tier 1 Units are units that are either A) do something completely unique, B) incredibly high damage, C) critical buffs/debuffs or D) good at action economy (Seraphi's reaction heal).This is the first in-depth study of the Malay martial art, silat, and the first ethnographic account of the Haqqani Islamic Sufi Order. This assumes A1 for banner units (the new Psaro), A3 for units on permanent gacha (Killing Machine), A4 for Total War units (Green Nimzo), A5 for event units (Jade/Carver)Īny unit that has a blossom assumes that they are fully blossomed. ![]() ![]() The left table is for Max Awakening, and that literally means A5, nothing less. This takes both Arena & PvE into account, whereas Rion is primarily PvE only. Posted the Rion Tier List earlier, but I think it'd also be interesting to post the updated Game8 Tier List as well for S-Ranks. ![]()
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