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غاية الحكيمĠāyat al-Ḥakīm
"The Aim of the Sage" or "The Goal of The Wise"
11th century, grimoire originally written in Arabic
translated into Spanish and Latin, during the 13th century;
composite synthesizes of older works on: Hermeticism, Sabianism, Ismailism, astrology, alchemy and magic.
"handbook of talismanic magic" , "exposition on celestial magic "
Eugenio Garin: indispensable as the Corpus Hermeticum and Albumasar writings influencing: West European esotericism: Marsilio Ficino, Thomas Campanella, Simon Forman, Richard Napier, Elias Ashmole and William Lilly.
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