Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm

Traditions

Islamic esotericism Astrology Grimoires and ritual magic

Role in the tradition

Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.

Public attention

Landmark Wikipedia has an article about it in 26 languages.

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Picatrix is a 400-page Arabic book of magic and astrology, which most scholars assume was originally written in the middle of the 11th century, though an argument for composition in the first half of the 10th century has been made. The work was translated into Spanish and then into Latin during the 13th century, at which time it got the Latin title Picatrix. The title Picatrix is also sometimes used to refer to the book's author.

From the Wikipedia article Picatrix, revision 1367744937, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q596932: “book of magic and astrology”.