SYARI’AT MELEMAH MISTIK-MAGIS MENGUAT Kerinci Hilir, 1980-2005

Abstract

The paper demonstrate economic decline in Kerinci Hilir since early 1990 until now. This decline impacted on all social ascepct, included religious behavior. Actually first current of Islam entered this region is mysticism. This current accommodated magical practice that dominant before. In the third decade of 19-rd century modernist movement enter this region as the effect of economic prosperous. This movement faded the mysticism and the magic under the hegemony of the sharia during five decades later. On 1990s economic decline happened in Kerinci Hilir. Together with urbanization and decrease of local ulama, the decline faded the sharia and sturded the magic in Kerinci Hilir. Why economic decline occur, how the magical practices are defined by the Moslem community: what are the equal and the different of magical practice now and 50 years ago in Kerinci Hilir, are same interested next question.