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    The document discusses the book "The Shams al-Ma'arif / The Syamsul Ma'arif" or "The Son of Knowledge", which is considered one of the most famous occult books in the Islamic world. It covers topics like talismans, summoning jinns, and the magical powers of Arabic letters. The book is traditionally attributed to Ahmad al-Buni, a 13th century Sufi scholar from North Africa. However, the document argues that al-Buni should be seen as a Sufi master rather than a magician, and that the speculative mystical teachings found in his works were influenced by the metaphysical traditions of Western North African and Andalusian Suf

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    The document discusses the book "The Shams al-Ma'arif / The Syamsul Ma'arif" or "The Son of Knowledge", which is considered one of the most famous occult books in the Islamic world. It covers topics like talismans, summoning jinns, and the magical powers of Arabic letters. The book is traditionally attributed to Ahmad al-Buni, a 13th century Sufi scholar from North Africa. However, the document argues that al-Buni should be seen as a Sufi master rather than a magician, and that the speculative mystical teachings found in his works were influenced by the metaphysical traditions of Western North African and Andalusian Suf

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    In previous episodes in this series we have begun exploring the fascinating world
    of the islamicut occult sciences, we have been given an introduction to the topic,
    we have explored the world of talismanic magic, we have looked into astrology in
    the early islamic world and we will eventually also dive into books like the
    famous.
    "Ghayati Hakim or The Pikatrix". And it's latin title.
    But the most famous or should I say infamous book of occult sciences in the history
    of the Islamic and Arabic. Speaking world is probably the mysterious work entitled
    " The Shams al-Ma'arif / The Syamsul Ma'arif ". Or the son of knowledge a book that
    is revered by some as a useful book for spiritual practices and esotericism but by
    others it is feared as the most dangerous book in the world. A cursed book that
    just owning a copy of this book will bring on evill forces or Jinn. That will mess
    up your life.
    So what is this book, who wrote it and what kind of things do we find in it??
    The Syamsul Ma'arif is probably the most famous occult book in all of the Arab and
    Islamic world. It is a big text and indeed it is a kind of Encyclopedia of all
    kinds of occult practices that have been common in the Islamic world historically.
    It covers everything from talismans and amulets to. How to construct them theories
    of the science of Arabic letters and their magical powers, magic squares, how to
    summon Jinn and much else
    The book is attributed to the 13th century figure Ahmad al-buni. Often popularly
    described as a magician and as the source for much of these sciences. But when we
    explore this figure and the history of the text itself we find that things are a
    bit different from how they are usually potrayed little is know about Ahmad al-
    buni's life. His full name seems to have been Abu Abbas Ahmad IBN Ali IBN Yusuf al
    qureshi al-buni. And he probably lived from the late 12th century to the mid 13th.
    Although his year death is disputed as we will see the name or nispah. Al-buni
    suggest that he originated from the city Buna which is in modern day Algeria and
    the sources we have indicate the same thing that he came from and spent most of his
    life in North Africa
    He is primarily associated with Egypt. After all this places him in a very
    interesting and significant time and place. He was a contemporary of the very
    famous sufi figure Muhyddin IBN al-arabi (d. 1240) and came from roughly the same
    region indeed al-buni was a sufi. And he was known throughout his life primarily as
    a sufi teacher and not as anything like a magician or something like that.
    Furthermore in one of his writings al-buni says that one of his own sufi sheikhs or
    masters was Abdul al-aziz al-mahdawi (d. 1224) who led a Sufi Center in the city of
    Tunis. And who was also one of the primary masters of IBN Arabi further connecting
    the two figures this becomes even more interesting as we find many similarities
    between the teachings of IBN Arabi and al-buni like the theories about the science
    of letters and certain cosmological and metaphysical principles. And this is
    important we should look at Ahmad al-buni as a sufi master who came specifically
    from the heavily speculative sufi culture of the maghreb which is western North
    Africa and Al-Andalus
    This region was ripe with sufism but it was a sufism that was to generalize more
    theoretical. More concerned with metaphysical and cosmological speculation on top
    of these spiritual practices and psychological transformation associated with
    sufism more so in the east you could say
    This is an environment that brought great mystics with a speculative philosophical
    quote - unquote band like
    IBN Arabi (d.1240)
    IBN Sab'in (d. 1270)
    IBN Barrajan (d. 1141) and indeed
    Ahmad al-buni (d. 1225). Himself we do in fact find many similar ideas in these
    writers because importantly all sources indicate that Ahmad al-buni later in his
    life became seen particularly as a great and revered sufi teacher and master who
    led a group of disciples or students primarily in Cairo Egypt. They would have
    performed.

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