Shams Al Ma'Arif

[Lion]

why are people reluctant to translate all of the Shams Al Ma'arif ?

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I have found Spanish, Turkish and French versions. There are also partial translations more not complete translations in English.

 

[juanitos]

why? maybe because would be too dangerous?

 

[Reizo]

My guess would be that there are less scholars fluent in Arabic vs Latin that take occult manuscript study seriously. We haven't a proper transcription of The Picatrix from Arabic yet, although Dr. Laina Saif is working on one. My hope is that she will continue to be very successful in this area and one day also give the Shams Al Ma'arif a full critical edition

 

[Amadeus]

why? maybe because would be too dangerous?

I spoke to a guy, some sufi who studied Arabic to read Maarif and the Quran.
He said the book contains methods but many important details were left out, incomplete rituals, missing crucial details.
I have absolutely no idea about this, I can't understand the language.
It's a special book and at some point somebody will fully translate it into English.

 

[juanitos]

I spoke to a guy, some sufi who studied Arabic to read Maarif and the Quran.
He said the book contains methods but many important details were left out, incomplete rituals, missing crucial details.
I have absolutely no idea about this, I can't understand the language.
It's a special book and at some point somebody will fully translate it into English.

there are many arabic magic texts that are not translated yet..hundreds or more... who knows when some of them would be eventually get translated in English..

 

[Lion]

Im interested in magical squares. You can do squares with the 99 names of Allah abjad (numerological calculation for the name). I wonder if the use of number squares could be used more in Kabbalah? it seems so suited considering the meticulous attention to gematria in Kabbalah. They do yse number squares but not as systematically as the Islamic people did. Has anyone used number squares a lot in their workings?