Ancient and Arabic Sources
Iamblichus, De mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum : Proclus in Platonicum Alcibiadem de anima, atque daemone... Lyons: apud Joan.Turnaesium, 1570). [Rare Books A 1570/IAM]
Iamblichus, De mysteriis liber… Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1678. [Ottery St Mary 1678/IAM]
Kitab al-Mujarrabat - also known as Fath-al-malik al-majid [A treatise on healing magic written by 18th century Egyptian legal scholar of the Shafi'i school, Al-Shaykh Aḥmad ibn ʻUmar Dayrabī (1651-1738), who taught at al-Alzhar] [EUL MS 218]
Lithograph copy of Kitab Shumūs al-Anwār wa Kunūz al-Asrār ['The book of the suns of lights and the treasures of secrets': a treatise on charms and talismans) by Ibn al-Hajj Muhammed ibn Muhammed (d 1336), printed 1868 with later handwritten notations, possibly a first edition] Qastaliyah Press, Cairo, Egypt. [EUL MS 220]
Papers on Omani witchcraft and folklore [Handwritten notes and typescripts recording anecdotes about spells, transportation, jinns, curses and so on, gathered by John Carter while working in Oman in the 1960s.] [EUL MS 476/1/7 - please ask at Special Collections]
Edward William Lane, An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians : written in Egypt during the years 1833, -34, and -35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825, -26, -27, and -28 London: C. Knight and Co., 1836 (2 vols). [Reserve 916.2 LAN]
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