Alchindus

Jacob Alcendi, more commonly known as Alchindus, was an Arab physician from the 11th Century. Delrio claims he was also an occultist, whereas Wierus says he was a magician. de Plancy, J. C., (1863). Dictionnaire Infernal. 6ed. pg.16
== Life ==
Alchindus wrote his Theory of Magical Arts, which caused demonologists who did not read it to declare him a servant of the devil just from the title. 
According to Jean Pic de la Mirandole, he, along with Roger Bacon and Guillaume de Paris, were the only people he knew of who practiced permissible magic. 
According to de Plancy, he was a physician of average ability, and criticizes some of what he writes, including that dreams are caused by elemental spirits who appear when people sleep and put on fantastic performances, though de Plancy does say that this is potentially plausible. 
== Works ==
* Theory of Magical Arts
== References ==
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