by EmilieSavage-Smith (Editor)
Magic and divination in early Islam encompassed a wide range of practices. The studies here are concerned with the pre-Islamic antecedents of such practices and with the theory of magic in healing, the nature and use of amulets and the arts of astrometeorology and geomancy, amongst other things.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 27 Feb 2004
ISBN 10: 086078715X
ISBN 13: 9780860787150