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The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy
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Arabic theories of astral influences: Abu Mashar al-Balkhi -- Arabic theories of astral magic: the De radiis and the Picatrix -- Textual and intellectual reception of Arabic astral theories in the twelfth century -- Magic in the thirteenth century: Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon -- Early modern astral magic: Marsilio Ficino -- True magic and astrology of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola -- The magic and astrology of John Dee -- Celestial souls and cosmic daemons
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“the accepted longue durée of Western esoteric currents has no substantial references to Arabic or medieval connections (Faivre, 1994, pp. 52-3;Hanegraaff, 2013, pp. 18-44;Hanegraaff, 2012; for Arabic and other medieval connections, see Saif, 2015).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Saif, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Saif, Liana
- ORCID
- Saif, Liana
- Venue
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2015
- OpenAlex
- W2503455033
- Cited by
- 75
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 2.35
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Historical Philosophy and Science
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Keywords
- Arabic philosophy, astral magic, occult philosophy, Picatrix, Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, Roger Bacon, Marsilio Ficino, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, John Dee, astrology, 13th century, early modern philosophy
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