Islamicate occult sciences in theory and practice

Author(s)

• Saif, Liana

Bibliographic Information

Islamicate occult sciences in theory and practice

edited by Liana Saif ... [et al.]

（Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, section 1 . The Near and Middle East ; v. 140）

Brill, c2021

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice brings together the latest research on Islamic occult sciences from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, namely intellectual history, manuscript studies and material culture. Its aim is not only to showcase the range of pioneering work that is currently being done in these areas, but also to provide a model for closer interaction amongst the disciplines constituting this burgeoning field of study. Furthermore, the book provides the rare opportunity to bridge the gap on an institutional level by bringing the academic and curatorial spheres into dialogue. Contributors include: Charles Burnett, Jean-Charles Coulon, Maryam Ekhtiar, Noah Gardiner, Christiane Gruber, Bink Hallum, Francesca Leoni, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Michael Noble, Rachel Parikh, Liana Saif, Maria Subtelny, Farouk Yahya, and Travis Zadeh.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables Notes on Contributors Transliteration, Style, and Dates 1 Introduction Liana Saif and Francesca Leoni Part 1 Occult Theories: Inception and Reception 2 The Three Divisions of Arabic Magic Charles Burnett 3 New Light on Early Arabic Awfaq Literature Bink Hallum 4 A Study on the Ikhwan al-Safa''s Epistle on Magic, the Longer Version (52b) Liana Saif 5 Sabian Astral Magic as Soteriology in Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's al-Sirr al-maktum Michael Noble 6 Lettrism and History in 'Abd al-Rahman al-Bistami's Nazm al-suluk fi musamarat al-muluk Noah Gardiner 7 Kashifi's Asrar-i qasimi: A Late Timurid Manual of the Occult Sciences and Its Safavid Afterlife Maria Subtelny Part 2 Occult Technologies: From Instruction to Action 8 The Kitab Sharasim al-hindiyya and Medieval Islamic Occult Sciences Jean-Charles Coulon 9 Toward a Neopythagorean Historiography: Kemalpasazade's (d. 1534) Lettrist Call for the Conquest of Cairo and the Development of Ottoman Occult-Scientific Imperialism Matthew Melvin-Koushki 10 Power and Piety: Islamic Talismans on the Battlefield Maryam Ekhtiar and Rachel Parikh 11 Calligrams of the Lion of 'Ali in Southeast Asia Farouk Yahya 12 A Stamped Talisman Francesca Leoni 13 Bereket Bargains: Islamic Amulets in Today's "New Turkey" Christiane Gruber 14 Postscript: Cutting Ariadne's Thread, or How to Think Otherwise in the Maze Travis Zadeh Index

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Details

• NCID: BC01526135
• ISBN:
  • 9789004426962
• LCCN: 2020031599
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 703 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF1404
  • DC23 : 130.88/297
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Islamic occultism -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Occultism -- Religious aspects -- Islam -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00635968