page_title: Ahmad al-Buni
section_title: In Theurgy
hierarchical_section_title: Ahmad al-Buni / His Contribution / In Theurgy
caption_attribution_description: English: Table of associations between letters, the mansions of the moon, the constellations of the standard zodiac, and the seasons.
context_page_description: Ahmad ibn ‘Ali al-Buni, also called Sharaf al-Din or Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Buni al-Maliki al-ifriqi was an Arab mathematician and philosopher and a well known Sufi and writer on the esoteric value of letters and topics relating to mathematics, sihr and spirituality, but very little is known about him. Al-Buni lived in Egypt and learned from many eminent Sufi masters of his time.
  A contemporary of Ibn Arabi, he is best known for writing one of the most important books of his era; the Shams al-Ma'arif, a book that is still regarded as the foremost occult text on talismans and divination. It was to be banned soon after as heretical.
context_section_description: Instead of sihr (Sorcery), this kind of magic was called Ilm al-Hikmah (Knowledge of the Wisdom), Ilm al-simiyah (Study of the Divine Names) and Ruhaniyat (Spirituality). Most of the so-called mujarrabât ("time-tested methods") books on sorcery in the Muslim world are simplified excerpts from the Shams al-ma`ârif. The book remains the seminal work on Theurgy and esoteric arts to this day.
caption: Table of associations between letters, the mansions of the moon, the constellations of the standard zodiac, and the seasons by Al-Buni
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