Miraç Kavramının Alevi Sözlü Kültürü Açısından İncelenmesi: Çubuk-Şabanözü Örneği

Similar to many other belief systems, the concept of “Mir’aj” holds a great importance in the symboliccosmos perception of Islam and the related Mystical Sufi Movements. In addition to this philosophicimportance, Hz. Muhammad’s “Mir’aj” journey can be stated as a fundamental root for therituals of many Sufi orders including Alevism. The memories of Alevi communities in Anatolia holdvery close mir’aj narratives independent from the regions they occupy. The “Mir’aj” and “Cem ofForties” visited by Hz. Muhammad on his way back, that stands as an origin for the theology and therituals of the Alevi Belief System, might also represent a suitable model to examine “Mir’aj-Belief”and “Mir’aj-Ritual” relations for many other belief systems in Anatolia. Çubuk-Şabanözü region, inwhich traditional Alevi belief system still lives with a theological and ritual based integrity, possessesa very unique literal, visual and musical creations about the Mir’aj perception of Alevi belief system.These creations go hand in hand with the “Mir’aj and the Cem of Forties” narratives lying in the memories of Alevi communities living in the other regions of Anatolia. In the first part of the paper,the narratives of “Mir’aj and Cem of Forties” in the written sources are examined and supportingknowledge gathered through the interviews conducted by oral resources is presented in the secondpart of the paper. For developing the final text of the paper, the interviews and the reports of fieldworks carried out by the authors in the Çapar, Göldağ and Kutluşar villages of Şabanözü are usedand these materials are supported by the previous studies on similar topics carried out on the region.