EPISODE · Dec 21, 2020 · 35 MIN

Emily Selove on the Magical Book of al-Sakkākī

from Oddcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP) · host Earl Fontainelle

Emily Selove shares her current work on the fascinating Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sakkākī, well-known Arabic grammarian and little-known sorcerer. We discuss Sakkākī's extraordinary grimoire, the quest for the universal Perfect Man, a theory of language which might unite grammar and magic, and the identity of the mysterious ‘Peacock the Greek’.

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