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Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages - Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages - Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
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After discussing the terminology of talismanic magic (or
necromancy) and its position in divisions of science in the Middle
Ages, this book traces the history of talismanic texts from the
Classical period through the Arabic world to the Latin Middle Ages.
The principal authorities are Hermes and Aristotle, and the search
for the 'secret knowledge' of these ancient sages is shown to have
been a catalyst for the translating activity from Arabic into Latin
in 12th-century Spain. The second half of the volume is devoted to
examples of the kinds of divination prevalent in Arabic and
Latin-reading societies: chiromancy, onomancy, scapulimancy,
geomancy and fortune-telling. The book ends with advice on when to
practice alchemy and a prophetic letter of supposed Arabic
provenance, warning of the coming of the Mongols. Several editions
of previously unedited texts are included, with translations.
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