Philosophising the Occult : : Avicennan Psychology and 'The Hidden Secret' of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī / / Michael-Sebastian Noble.
Was it mere encyclopedism that motivated Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d.1210), one of the most influential Islamic theologians of the twelfth century, to theorize on astral magic – or was there a deeper purpose? One of his earliest works was The Hidden Secret (‘al-Sirr al-Maktūm’), a magisterial study of t...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East ,
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Chapter 1. al-Sirr al-maktūm
- Chapter 2. Sabians
- Chapter 3. Eight Sabian Doctrines
- Chapter 4. The General Physics of Talismans
- Chapter 5. Making Talismans
- Chapter 6. Sabian Spiritual Discipline and Avicennan Cognition Theory
- Chapter 7. Sabian Perfected Man and the Avicennan Theory of Prophethood
- Chapter 8. Occult Epistemology
- Chapter 9. An Alternative Account of Astral Visions
- Chapter 10. A Clarification
- Chapter 11. al-Maṭālib 8 and the New Islamic Soteriology
- Chapter 12. Concluding Remarks
- Appendix
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects