Arabic Magic, Occult & Esoteric Books in Translation
The first complete English translations of the great Arabic grimoires of sihr, ruhaniyat, planetary magick, jinn conjuration, and Solomonic theurgy — from the same Islamicate occult tradition as Shams al-Ma’arif. Faithful, scholarly, unabridged. For practitioners and historians of the hidden sciences.
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Eight volumes of first-ever English translations from the collected works of Ahmad ibn ‘Ali al-Buni (d. 622 AH / ~1225 CE) — the master of Arabic letter science, divine names, and operative spirituality. Free with Kindle Unlimited. See the full al-Buni book series for a volume-by-volume guide.
Letter Magic, Lunar Mansions, Divine Names, and the Science of Squares
The first complete, unabridged English translation of al-Buni’s masterwork — all 40 chapters, all 4 parts, 818 pages. The book governments burned, scholars feared, and practitioners whispered about for 800 years.
On the Mysteries of the Arabic Letters, Their Spiritual Powers, and the Angelic Sciences
Each Arabic letter has a spirit, an element, and a celestial correspondence. Al-Buni goes letter by letter — Alif through Tha’ — revealing what each one does.
Four Treatises on the Sciences of Letters, Numbers, Invocations, and Oaths
Contains the legendary Barhatiyyah oath and Jaljalutiyyah invocation — plus the actual construction methods for Arabic magic squares (odd, even, and even-odd forms).
On the Divine Names, Protective Invocations, and Talismanic Seals
A complete protective talisman — the Seven Verses of the Protective Veils, the Supplication of Adam, and a 6×6 magic square. Meant to be carried as a physical object.
Prayers, Protective Formulas, and Invocations for Every Need
Not high magic — practical devotion. Prayers for difficult childbirth, plague, the evil eye, fever, and spiritual distress. 17 chapters of specific formulas from the Arabic tradition.
Kitab fi al-Tariqah, Sharh Mahasin al-Majalis, and Shifa’ al-Sudur
Three treatises by three authors — including the Kitab fi al-Tariqah attributed to al-Shadhili (founder of the Shadhiliyyah order), containing 60 gates of spiritual wayfaring.
On the Divine Names, Their Meanings, and the Stations of Spiritual Wayfaring
80 chapters. 571 pages. Each of the Divine Names gets its own chapter — meaning, spiritual station, operative properties. This is al-Buni’s most substantial work on the Beautiful Names of God.
On the Science of Letters and the Rules Governing Magic Squares
Al-Buni’s classification of luminous and dark letters, the spirits assigned to each, and operational instructions for attraction, love, and taking possession of intellects, souls, and hearts.
The Library — Growing
Each volume is a first-ever complete English translation — preserving the original Arabic, scholarly transliteration, and every talismanic seal as it appears in the source manuscript. New translations are in active production and will join the library as they release. If you have been looking for an Arabic grimoire in English translation — the whole text rather than excerpts — every volume below is unabridged.
Kitab Danyal al-Nabi
Medieval Arabic Islamic folk astronomy and divinatory literature attributed to the Prophet Daniel — zodiacal astrology, Abjad calendrical calculations, celestial prognostication, and traditional medicine. With reproduced woodcut illustrations of the twelve zodiac signs.
Mujarrabat al-Ruhban
Medieval Arabic manuscript of spiritual remedies, protective amulets, spirit invocations, and talismanic constructions attributed to Christian monks versed in the esoteric sciences. Tested formulas (mujarrabat) for love, attraction, reconciliation, and protection — Quranic talismans and number squares included.
Shams al-Anwar wa Kunuz al-Asrar al-Kubra
In English for the first time in 700 years. The 99 Beautiful Names of God (al-Asma al-Husna), magic squares (awfaq) from the 3×3 to the 9×9 planetary, the seven planetary spirits with their incenses and timing, and the science of Arabic letter magic. A foundational manual of the same Islamicate tradition as the Shams al-Ma’arif.
The Solomonic Grimoire of Asif ibn Barkhiya
The first complete English translation of one of the most important Solomonic grimoires of the Arabic tradition — attributed to Asif ibn Barkhiya, the legendary vizier and chief minister of Prophet Sulayman (Solomon). Voces magicae preserved exactly; talismanic seals reproduced from the source.
al-Jawahir al-Lamma’a
An Arabic grimoire of planetary hours and jinn-king conjuration. Complete operational instructions for summoning the kings of jinn at the correct astrological hour and planetary correspondence — the timing science behind every working in the tradition.
An Arabic Grimoire of Stellar Magic, Talismans & Love Spells
One of the most celebrated grimoires in the Arabic occult tradition — attributed to a legendary Indian sage whose esoteric knowledge entered the Islamic magical corpus. Stellar magic, talismanic operations, and the great corpus of attraction (jalb), excitation (tahyij), and love (tahbib).
Sihr Muluk al-Jann
A medieval Arabic grimoire and practical manual for the conjuration of the seven kings of the jinn within the Solomonic tradition — specific seals, divine names, adjurations, ritual procedures, and the behavioral and purification protocols required of the practitioner.
al-Makhtutat al-Atiya
Additional Arabic occult manuscripts are in active translation — further volumes of sihr, ruhaniyat, planetary magick, and Solomonic theurgy. Follow on Amazon to receive new-release notifications the moment they publish.
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The books on this list cover four Arabic occult sciences: sihr, ruhaniyat, awfaq and the divine names. Each title is translated from the Arabic and appears here in English for the first time.
The operative magical sciences of the Islamicate world — from the talismanic and astral magic of al-Buni and al-Tilmsani to the practical conjurations preserved in manuscript across the Maghrib and Mashriq.
The science of the ruhaniya — the planetary and stellar spirits, the angels of the divine names, and the kings of the jinn — together with the protocols for their licit conjuration.
The construction of awfaq, magic squares from the 3×3 to the 9×9 planetary, and their application as talismans tuned to specific divine names, planetary spirits, and operational ends.
The 99 Beautiful Names of God examined for spiritual properties, numerical (Abjad) value, planetary correspondence, and talismanic application — the engine of Islamic letter magic.
Lineage of the Tradition
The Arabic occult corpus is the unseen root of nearly every Western grimoire. Here is where these volumes sit in that lineage — and what readers of the Picatrix, the Lesser Key of Solomon, or Shams al-Ma’arif will recognize.
Ahmad ibn Ali al-Buni (d. 1225 CE) compiled the Shams al-Ma’arif al-Kubra, the most influential Islamic occult work ever written. Our volume Shams al-Anwar wa Kunuz al-Asrar al-Kubra by Ibn al-Hajj al-Tilmsani (1327 CE) belongs to the same operational lineage: divine names, magic squares, planetary spirits, letter mysticism (ilm al-huruf) — the engine al-Buni systematized.
The famous Latin Picatrix is itself a translation of the 11th-century Arabic Ghayat al-Hakim. Astrological talismans, planetary hours, conjuration of the spirits of the spheres — all the operational machinery in our volume al-Jawahir al-Lamma’a draws from this same astral-magic stratum, in the language it was actually composed in.
The Lesser Key of Solomon, the Goetia, and the entire Solomonic cycle of Western ceremonial magic descend from Arabic and Hebrew prototypes. Our Kitab al-Ajnas of Asif ibn Barkhiya — vizier to the Prophet Sulayman — and our Sihr Muluk al-Jann are the Arabic Solomonic source-tradition, naming the same kings of spirits as their Latin and Greek descendants.
Hermeticism, ceremonial magick, theurgy, witchcraft — the operative side of the Western mystery tradition has Arabic fingerprints throughout. These translations close the gap, giving English readers direct access to the Arabic source-texts that European occultism drew on.
A Guide to the Library
Every title here comes from the Arabic manuscript tradition and circulated for centuries in handwritten form before reaching English — from Islamic occult manuscripts of talismans, magic squares, and spirits to Islamic esoteric manuscripts of prayer and the divine names. Here is what these occult manuscripts actually teach, and which volumes answer the questions readers most often bring to them.
Islamicate names the wider culture shaped by Islam, not the religion alone — which is why the library sets The Tested Remedies of the Monks, a Christian-Arab compilation, beside al-Buni and the Solomonic grimoire of Asif ibn Barkhiya. Every Islamic occult manuscript here survives in Arabic and is translated directly from the Arabic.
Much of Arabic magic runs on the science of letters, ilm al-huruf, which gives each Arabic letter a number, an element, and a spirit, and on the awfaq, the magic squares that turn those numbers into talismans. Al-Buni’s Usul ‘Ilm al-Huruf divides the alphabet into luminous and dark letters; his Manba’ Usul al-Hikma gives the construction methods for odd, even, and even-odd squares.
Several Arabic grimoires in the library deal with the seven jinn kings. The Complete Magic of the Jinn Kings is a manual devoted to them; Kitab al-Ajnas gives invocations and a seal over all seven kings; and The Radiant Jewels ranks the seven kings as the greatest of the jinn, each tied to one of the seven days and one of the seven planets. Their names, and how they differ from the Western Goetia, are set out in the real names of the seven jinn kings.
Islamic magic books are often filed under “black magic.” The manuscripts draw their own line, between ruhaniyat, the lawful science of spirits approached through prayer, fasting, and purity, and sihr, sorcery — and The Complete Magic of the Jinn Kings even includes a rite for the nullification of sorcery and magical bindings. Our essay on spiritual science, sorcery, and black magic in the Arabic sources shows where that line falls.
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