Islamicate Occult Sciences and The Picatrix | Liana Saif

Let's Talk Religion · Oct 26, 2026 · 1h 15m

In this full interview, I speak with Dr. Liana Saif about the Ghayat al-Hakim, and the context of Islamicate Occult Sciences in which it was composed.

Thank you to Dr. Saif for appearing in, and helping out with, this video. Check out her excellent work, including:

Saif, Liana (2015). "The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy". Palgrave Macmillan.

Saif, Liana; Francesca Leoni; Matthew Melvin-Koushki & Farouk Yahya (2021). "Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice". Brill

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