Picatrix : Ghayat Al-hakim : The Goal Of The Wise; [ghayat Al-hakim Wa-ahaqq Al-natijatayn Bi-altaqdim]; Volume 1 ; Translated From The Arabic By Hashem Atallah ; Edited With An Introduction By William Kiesel

First English Language Edition. Edited and with an Introduction by William Kiesel. First English Translation from the Arabic. Contains the first 2 books of the Picatrix.The Picatrix, or Ghayat Al-Hakim as it is titled in Arabic, has long been regarded as source material in the Hermetic tradition. The text of this Medieval work consists of four books covering the art and practice of Astrological, Talismanic, and Astral Magic. Picatrix Volume One contains the 1st and 2nd books of Ghayat Al-Hakim of the English translation. Brought out of the obscurity of the Middle East it passed through the hands of many prominent figues throughout the history of Hermetic thought.Marsilio Ficinoo, Pico della Mirandola, Peter of Abano, and Henry Cornelius Agrippa were among them.