The Enigmatic Core of Shams al-Ma'arif (The Sun of Gnosis)
The book Shams al-Ma'arif is, at its root, a massive compilation of manuscripts that have been subjected to significant distortion across many locations. Originally, it was a structured treatise. The exhaustion I faced searching for it spanned many long years, leading me, eventually, to obtain a copy during a meditative astral journey to one of the four great Jinn Kings who govern this planet.
While the details of that journey are not the focus here, the book itself is a study in both Angelic and Divine Magic simultaneously. It contains elements of pure Islamic spirituality, including supplications, prayers, and blessings. It also details the celestial names of the four Kings—rulers or servants of Solomon. The consistent alterations and substitutions made between copies are so widespread that the overall structure of the manuscript suggests it was originally a collection of smaller treatises that were later merged into one single work, spanning various Arabic cultures and nations. Consequently, each region published the version it possessed.
I finally managed to gather some strong leads, or, more accurately, to them, until I successfully compiled a complete edition by synthesizing over 200 different manuscripts. What truly ignited my passion and consumed my sleepless nights was the section on the Angels of the Letters (Huruf). The author details that for every single Arabic letter, there are visible, hidden, veiled, and newly established Angels. These Angels possess specific Idmar (Concealment), Qasam (Oaths), Invocations, and special properties (Khawass).
This discovery was the ultimate catalyst for my scientific curiosity. I then found evidence that the author, at the end of his work, claims to have personally encountered over 600 Sheikhs and spiritual masters during his lengthy travels across the Islamic regions at the height of the great Caliphate, which extended from North Africa (the Maghreb) all the way to China.
What astonished me even more were the historical accounts and testimonials claiming that he was an Ahl al-Khatwa (People of the Step)—an Arabic term meaning he could travel vast distances in minutes. He was said to travel to Mecca for every one of the five daily prayers and return to Béjaïa (Buna) in Algeria afterwards. Furthermore, he could instantly procure any food, drink, or fruit, not merely by transporting it to him, but by spiritually encoding himself to the location, retrieving the item, and returning.
In his original manuscript, he actually mentions entering the Pyramids, learning from them, and descending into a narrow passage beneath. This aligns perfectly with recent discoveries about a secret passage beneath the Great Pyramid! He states this passage led him to a library where the Pyramid Guardians permitted him to take four books, one of which was a practical guide on how to create the Philosopher's Stone.
Following this, he was able to transcend all prohibitions. He traveled, communicated with spirits and the Angels of the Letters—even the letters themselves would reply to him, revealing their properties, forces, and effects. He achieved the same mastery over plants, animals, and planets. He was, truly, a human encyclopedia: a religious jurist (Faqih), a scholar of the Quran, Hadith, history, logic, and a master of astronomy and medicine.
Since I obtained these manuscripts with explicit permissions and oaths from their owners, I intend to consult them and request simple divinations (Kushuf) regarding the true nature of these treasuries—the manuscripts that were also translated by Arab scholars from the Greek and Indian traditions and preserved in their purest, unadulterated form for generations.
Furthermore, there are deep sciences in Morocco concerning magical squares that, when used, make everything we’ve seen of magical squares look like children’s toys; they are, in fact, weapons of highly advanced power and technology.
I wanted to outline these major points about Shams al-Ma'arif and its author. There is another text, Manba’ Usul al-Hikma (The Source of the Principles of Wisdom), where the author speaks extensively and brilliantly about Hermeticism. Incidentally, this latter manuscript is where the Barhatiah and its secrets emerged. It is said the Barhatiah was written with an encrypted pen and was later decoded by Arab scholars from ancient stones. The book also contains a section—generalized in print but detailed in the original manuscript—on the lineages of all Planetary Jinn, their hierarchies, how to extract names from ancient languages, and even how the Shem HaMephorash was constructed. It details more than one way to extract entirely new names from it, detailed in ways that defy imagination.
Truly, the researcher in the esoteric sciences feels an unmatched joy and ecstasy when reaching a genuine manuscript in the author’s own hand. I hope I have shed some light on the arcane knowledge concerning this book and its author. I look forward to your contributions and responses. Thank you, and I pray the translator does not ruin what I wrote with idiocy. (LOL)
