Source books · Islamic esotericism
The Occult Sciences in Pre-modern Islamic Cultures
How this book fits
- Traditions
- Islamic esotericism Natural philosophy Astrology Alchemy
- Role in the tradition
- Secondary source A study of the tradition from outside it: history, scholarship, anthropology or reference.
- Public attention
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- MENAdoc open-access PDF ↗ opendata.uni-halle.de checked October 20, 2026
In this study
Studies of arithmology, physiognomy, astrology, divination, geomancy, lettrism, alchemy, magic and gnosis in pre-modern Islamic cultures.
The introduction (pp. 7–9) explains that some Islamic intellectual traditions treated occult arts as extensions of natural, mathematical and physical knowledge. It also traces the classical sources those traditions adapted rather than presenting ‘Islamic occultism’ as a single, unchanging system.