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The most sacred site of Islam, the Ka?ba (the granite cuboid structure at the centre of the Great Mosque of Mecca) is here investigated by examining six of its predominantly spatial effects: as the qibla (the direction faced in prayer); as the axis and matrix mundi of the Islamic world; as an architectural principle in the bedrock of this world; as a circumambulated goal of pilgrimage and site of spiritual union for mystics and Sufis; and as a dwelling that is imagined to shelter temporarily an animating force; but which otherwise, as a house, holds a void.
Contents
LIST OF FIGURES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Introduction
Chapter One: The Kaʿba as Qibla
Chapter Two: The Kaʿba as Navel
Chapter Three: The Kaʿba as Substructure
Chapter Four: The Kaʿba as Beloved
Chapter Five: The House as Holder
Chapter Six: The House as Dwelling
Conclusion
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