Four Gates and Forty Stations
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Four Gates and Forty Stations is a central Alevi spiritual framework outlining a progressive path of ethical, mystical, and religious development through four main stages and forty successive ranks.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alevi spiritual framework
ⓘ
religious path schema ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
perfected ethical character
ⓘ
union with divine truth ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Dört Kapı Kırk Makam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alevi dede authority
ⓘ
Alevi initiation stages ⓘ |
| category |
Alevi theology
ⓘ
Islamic mysticism ⓘ |
| conceptualizes | human spiritual maturation as graded path ⓘ |
| defines | sequential ranks of spiritual progress ⓘ |
| describes |
ethical development
ⓘ
mystical development ⓘ progressive spiritual development ⓘ religious development ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
gnosis (marifa)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
inner purification ⓘ moral discipline ⓘ realization of divine truth (haqiqa) ⓘ |
| gateOrder |
Haqiqa fourth
ⓘ
Marifa third ⓘ Sharia first ⓘ Tariqa second ⓘ |
| hasComponent | individual spiritual stations (makamlar) ⓘ |
| hasGate |
Gate of Haqiqa (Hakikat Kapısı)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gate of Marifa (Marifet Kapısı) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gate of Sharia (Şeriat Kapısı) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gate of Tariqa (Tarikat Kapısı) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfGates | 4 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStations | 40 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sufi concepts of sharia, tariqa, marifa, haqiqa ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Turkish ⓘ |
| normativeFunction |
criteria for spiritual advancement
ⓘ
ethical code for Alevi adherents ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Sufi path (tariqa)
ⓘ
stations (maqamat) in Sufism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Alevism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInAlevism |
central doctrinal framework
ⓘ
map of spiritual ranks ⓘ |
| structure | four main stages and forty successive ranks ⓘ |
| transmittedThrough |
Alevi religious literature
ⓘ
oral teaching ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Alevi ethical instruction
ⓘ
Alevi initiation ⓘ Alevi teaching ⓘ |
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