Amuletic Functions
Arabic talismanic traditions
astrometeorology methods
Black Snakes
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Chief Astrologer
Corpus Hermeticum
dream interpretation analysis
Dust Board
Epigraphic South Arabian
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evil eye protection
Foreign Sciences
Heliacal Rising
Ibn Al Nadim
Ill Fate
Islamic occult sciences
Jewish Elements
jinn belief systems
Kufic Script
Large Dial
Lunar Mansions
Magic Squares
Magical Seals
medieval Islamic magical practices
Medieval Islamic Societies
Muhammad Ibn Al Hanafiyyah
Naskh Script
pre-Islamic Arabia
Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos
Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos
Small Dials
Speculum Astronomiae
Vernal Equinox
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780860787150
- Weight: 990g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 27 Feb 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Magic and divination in early Islam encompassed a wide range of practices, including belief in jinn, warding off the evil eye, the production of amulets and other magical equipment, conjuring, wonder-working, dream interpretation, predicting the weather, casting lots, astrology, and physiognomy. The ten studies here are concerned with the pre-Islamic antecedents of such practices, and with the theory of magic in healing, the nature and use of amulets and their decipherment, the arts of astrometeorology and geomancy, the refutation of astrology, and the role of the astrologer in society. Some of the studies are highly illustrated, some long out of print, some revised or composed for this volume, and one translated into English for the first time. These fundamental investigations, together with the introductory bibliographic essay, are intended as a guide to the concepts, terminology, and basic scholarly literature of an important, but often overlooked, aspect of classical Islamic culture.
Dr Emilie Savage-Smith is Senior Research Associate at The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, UK
