Tag: Maslama al-Qurtubi

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: XIV: The Rūḥāniyyāt Part II: Angels, Souls, and Ensoulment

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Rain & Pallas

  June 1, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Abu’l-Barakat, Al-Kindi, Al-Razi, Albertus Magnus, Amulets, Angels, Arab polytheism, Aristotle, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Aziz Al-Azmeh, Carriers of the Throne, Celestial Correspondences, Celestial Spheres, Cosmology, Daimones, De Quindecim Stellis, Elevation Model, Emanationism, Ensouling, God, Governance Model, Hadith, Hypostases, Identity Model, Ikhwan al-Safa, Image Magic, Intelligence, Islam, Islamicate Occult Sciences, Israfil, Jibra’il, Jinn, Katarchic Astrology, Liana Saif, Macroanthropos, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Matter, Mika’il, Munkar, Nakir, Nature, Near East, On the Stellar Rays, Picatrix, Planets, Plato, Quran, Revelation, Ridwan, Ruhaniyyat, Rulership, Sachiko Murata, Secondary Creation, Spirits, Spirits of Time, St. Augustine, Stephen Burge, Sublunary Creation, Timaeus, Universal Nature, Universal Soul

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: XIII: The Rūḥāniyyāt: “Images are Spirits of Time” Part I

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Rain & Pallas

  May 20, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Abbasid Empire, Akkadia, Amulets, Ancient Near-EAst, Angels, Apotropaion, Apuleius, Assyria, Big Day, Big Weather Spirit, Bird Man, Brethren of Purity, Celestial Spirits, Chaldean Oracles, Connectors, Daimones, Demonization, Demons, Diotima, Egyptian Magic, Enuma Elish, Etana, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Hybridity, Hygromanteia, Iamblichus, Ikhwan al-Safa, Images, Inana, Ishkur-Adad, Ishtar, Islamic Occult Sciences, Iynges, Jinn, Jupiter, Kitab al-Istimakhis, La-tarak, Lares, Liana Saif, Lion-Centaur, Lucidarium Artis Nigromantice, Lulal, Macrocosm, Marduk, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Mesopotamia, Microcosm, Monsters, Nabu, Nergal, Old Babylonian, Orphic Hymns, Pazuzu, Perfect Nature, Personified Day, Personified Time, Picatrix, Plato, Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, Quran, Ruhaniyyat, Samas, Sennacherib, Seven Sages, Sin, Spirits of Time, Spiritual Beings, Sumeria, Symposium, Teletarchs, Tiamat, Time Spirits, Ugallu, Utukku, Zwischenwesen

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: XII: Perfect Nature: Theurgy & the Ascent of the Soul

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Rain & Pallas

  May 20, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Agalma, Al-Razi, Algis Uzdavinys, Angels, Apology, Aristotle, Ars Notoria, Astrological Talismans, Becoming Divine, Brethren of Purity, Celestial Petitions, Chaldean Oracles, Charles M. Stang, Christopher Faraone, Claire Fanger, Clement of Alexandria, Daimones, David Litwa, David Pingree, Divine Double, Dorian Gieseler-Greenbaum, E.R. Dodds, Enneads, Great Chain of Being, Guardian Daimon, Hermes Trismegistus, Iamblichus, Ikhwan al-Safa, Islamicate Occult Sciences, Kitab al-Istimakhis, Liana Saif, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Michael Noble, Myth of Er, Perfect Nature, Picatrix, Planetary Dieting, Plato, Plotinus, Prayer, Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, Religion, Ruth Majercik, Self-Talizmanization, Socrates, Spirituality, Suffumigations, Sympatheia, Telestike, Theurgy, Worldview

• Bad Moon Rising: Is the Moon on the Ascendant an Affliction?

  

  A single line in Picatrix states that the Moon on the Ascendant is an affliction. Where did this rule come from and how valid is it? In this post we take a deep dive into the historical basis of this electional rule.

  Rain & Pallas

  April 16, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Source Texts & Translations, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Advanced Astrological Magic, Agrippa, Al-Kindi, Al-Razi, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Benjamin Dykes, Christopher Warnock, Clifford Low, De Quindecim Stellis, Dorotheus, Elections, Evaluating Elections, Giorgio Anselmi, History of Astrological Magic, Inceptions, Israel Hibner, Magical Practice, Marsilio Ficino, Masha’Allah, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Moon, Picatrix, Rhetorius, Sahl, Technique, Thema Mundi, Traditional Magic, Valens

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part XI – The Macrocosm in the Microcosm: Astrological Magic as Medicine

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Rain & Pallas

  January 11, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Al-Buni, Albertus Magnus, Amulets, Ancient Amuletic Medicine, Animated Statues, Anthropology of Medicine, Astromonica, Babylonian Astral Magic, Babylonian Ritual Texts, Book of Minerals, Book of the Treasure of Alexander, Bronze Age, Camillo Leonardi, Critical Days, Cuineiform texts, De Mysteriis, Decanic Magic, Decans, Dodecatemoria, Egyptian Magic, Egyptian Medicine, Erica Reiner, Firmicus Maternus, Galen, Galenic Medicine, Ghayat al-Hakim, Giorgio Anselmi, Hemerologies, Hippocrates, Hippocratic Medicine, Iamblichus, Iatromathematics, Image Magic, Israel Hibner, Khawass, Kyranides, Liana Saif, Liber Hermetis, Marsilio Ficino, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Melothesia, Mesopotamian Medicine, Mysterium Sigillorum, Occult Virtues, Old Babylonian Period, Paolo Vitellozzi, Picatrix, Robert Zoller, Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius, Shams al-Ma’arif, Speculum Lapidum, Sphragides, Sphragis, Spiros Piperakis, Stone Plant and Tree System, Sympatheia, Technical Hermetica, Three Books on Life, Triplicity Talismans, Zodiac Man

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part X – Nature Loves to Hide: Celestial Correspondences & Occult Virtues

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Rain & Pallas

  October 25, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Abu Ma’shar, Addressative Magic, Agrippa, Al-Biruni, Al-Kindi, Albertus Magnus, Amulets, Antediluvian Pre-History, Aristotelian Physics, Astral Medicine, Astral Properties, Astrological Images, Babylonian Astral Magic, Bolus of Mendes, Brethren of Purity, Bronze Age, Celestial Correspondences, Cosmic Unity, David Pingree, De Imaginibus, De Quindecim Stellis, De Virtutibus Herbarum, E.R. Dodds, Emanationism, Empedocles, European Middle Ages, Evolution, Francesca Rochberg, Ghayat al-Hakim, Giovanni della Porta, Great Chain of Being, Great Introduction to Astrology, Harranian Sabians, Hellenistic Astrology, Henads, Hildegaard von Bingen, Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ, Islamicate Occult Sciences, Israel Hibner, Johannes Trithemius, Kyranides, Marsilio Ficino, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Mesopotamian Ritual Texts, Neuroscience, Nicholas Culpeper, Nicholas Weill-Parot, Occult Virtues, Old Babylonian Period, On the Stellar Rays, Peter de Abano, PGM, Picatrix, Plato, Platonism, Plotinus, Proclus, Psychologism, Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius, Seira, Seleucid Uruk, Speculum Astronomiae, Sympatheia, Thabit ibn Qurra, Theophilus of Edessa, Theurgy, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Yavanajataka

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part II – The Nature of Worldviews

  

  In this post for Inner Sanctum members, we take a deep dive into how to evaluate aspects of the Moon, doing a close exegesis of passages from the Picatrix to guide our thinking. In Part III, we examine how to evaluate the Moon’s aspects to the Sun, Mercury, and the fixed stars before enumerating some…

  Idola Stellarum

  April 18, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Inner Sanctum, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Astrological Magic, City of God, Cognitive Dissonance, Dualism, Giordano Bruno, Immanuel Kant, Inner Sanctum, Karl Popper, Leon Festinger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Magic, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Modernity, Nous, Picatrix, Psychological Model, Psychology, Saint Augustine, Science, Sigmund Freud, Weltanschaaung, Wilfrid Sellars, Wilhelm Dilthey, Worldview

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part I – Why Worldview?

  

  In this post for Inner Sanctum members, we take a deep dive into how to evaluate aspects of the Moon, doing a close exegesis of passages from the Picatrix to guide our thinking. In Part III, we examine how to evaluate the Moon’s aspects to the Sun, Mercury, and the fixed stars before enumerating some…

  Idola Stellarum

  April 18, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Astrological Talismans for Beginners, Inner Sanctum, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Brethren of Purity, C.S. Lewis, Cosmic Unity, David Pingree, Ihkwan al-Safa, Inner Sanctum, Magic, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Modernity, Picatrix, Science, Sympatheia, Theology of Aristotle, Weltanschaaung, Worldview

• Omnibus Bestiarium: Animals, Birds, and Fish Attributed to the Planets According to a Variety of Traditional Texts

  

  This page catalogs the animals, birds, and fish attributed to the seven traditional planets in a variety of source texts from within the astromagical tradition. Such correspondences form an important backbone for astrological magical practice, and this resource is intended to be quasi-encyclopedic. Creatures are presented as organized both by planet and by source facilitate…

  Idola Stellarum

  November 23, 2024

  Astrological Magic, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Agrippa, Al-Biruni, Animals, Anthology, Apotelesmatics, Astrologia Restaurata, Astrological Magic, Birds, Book of Instructions in the Elements of the Art of Astrology, Christian Astrology, Fish, Israel Hibner, Jupiter, Luna, Mars, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Mercury, Mysterium Sigillorum, Picatrix, Planetary Correspondences, Planetary Magic, Saturn, Sphujidhvaja, The English Physician, the Moon, The Sun, Theophilus of Edessa, Venus, Vettius Valens, William Lilly, William Ramesay, Yavanajataka

• Omnibus Herbarium: Herbs and Plants Attributed to the Planets According to a Variety of Traditional Texts

  

  This page catalogs herbs, plants, trees, and fruits attributed to the seven traditional planets in a variety of source texts from within the astromagical tradition. Such correspondences form an important backbone for astrological magical practice, and this resource is intended to be quasi-encyclopedic. Plants are presented as organized both by planet and by source facilitate…

  Idola Stellarum

  November 23, 2024

  Astrological Magic, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Agrippa, Al-Biruni, Anthology, Apotelesmatics, Astrologia Restaurata, Astrological Magic, Book of Instructions in the Elements of the Art of Astrology, Christian Astrology, Herbs, Israel Hibner, Jupiter, Luna, Mars, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Mercury, Mysterium Sigillorum, Picatrix, Planetary Correspondences, Planetary Magic, Plants, Saturn, Sphujidhvaja, The English Physician, the Moon, The Sun, Theophilus of Edessa, Trees, Venus, Vettius Valens, William Lilly, William Ramesay, Yavanajataka