Astrology, Magic and the Islamicate Tradition with Liana Saif

Episode 18 September 18, 2020 00:44:37
Astrology, Magic and the Islamicate Tradition with Liana Saif
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Astrology, Magic and the Islamicate Tradition with Liana Saif

Sep 18 2020 | 00:44:37

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Show Notes

In this episode we talk with Liana Saif on the impact of the Islamicate tradition on astrology and magic. She has researched extensively on Esotericism, Ocultism and Magic in the medieval and early modern periods. Liana Saif is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Warburg Institute and Université catholique de Louvain for the ERC project PhilAnd.

For a list of her published papers see: https://sas.academia.edu/LianaSaif

Her monograph, The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) can be found at: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137399465

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