The Sun of Knowledge Shams al-Maarif: An Arabic Grimoire in Selected Translation Al-Buni Ahmad Ibn Ali
The Sun of Knowledge Shams al-Maarif: An Arabic Grimoire in Selected Translation Al-Buni Ahmad Ibn Ali The Sun of Knowledge (Shams al-Ma'arif) is one of the most revered historical grimoires of the…
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The Sun of Knowledge Shams al-Maarif: An Arabic Grimoire in Selected Translation Al-Buni Ahmad Ibn Ali
The Sun of Knowledge (Shams al-Ma'arif) is one of the most revered historical grimoires of the Arabic corpus. Written in Egypt in the thirteenth century by a Sufi mystic and mage of Algerian origin, the Shams presents the fundamentals of Arabic-Islamic occult work - from spiritual cosmology and astrology (including various particularly lunar magics) to working with spirits and jinn, magical employment of letters and numbers, and the occult applications of the Qur'an - thereby comprising a veritable encyclopedia of Islamicate magical wisdom and formulae. Feared by some, hallowed by others, it is one of the most famous - or infamous - books in the Arabic-speaking and Islamicate world.
Numerous beautiful manuscripts of the Sun of Knowledge have survived, various of which have been Images and descriptions of amulets and talismans adorn it.