Picatrix

Record summary

Picatrix is a major Arabic and Latin compendium of astral magic, image-making, talismanic practice, ritual substances, and philosophical cosmology. The Arabic Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm was translated into Latin in medieval Iberia and circulated among learned readers, making it a key comparison point for transmission between Islamic, Jewish, and Christian esoteric environments. Its procedures were presented within a cosmological theory of celestial influence, not as modern incident reports. Questions concern authorship, translation history, manuscript circulation, and the extent of actual practice. This is an AI-recalled discovery lead.