Saif L. The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy

Routledge, 2015. — 277 p. — (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic)Investigating the impact of Arabic medieval astrological and magical theories on early modern occult philosophy, this book argues that they provided a naturalistic explanation of astral influences and magical efficacy based on Aristotelian notions of causality.Arabic Theories of Astral Influences: Abu Ma’shar al-Balkhi
Arabic Theories of Astral Magic: The De radiis and the Picatrix
Textual and Intellectual Reception of Arabic Astral Theories in the Twelfth Century
Magic in the Thirteenth Century: Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon
Early Modern Astral Magic: Marsilio Ficino
The True Magic and Astrology of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
The Magic and Astrology of John Dee
Celestial Souls and Cosmic Daemons