{"title":"Antique \u0026 Esoteric Ephemera","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"anonymous-ruḥani-manuscript-spirit-magic-manual-arabian-peninsula-ca-19th-century-manuscript-on-paper","title":"Arabic Rūḥānī Manuscript (Spirit-Magic Manual). Arabian Peninsula?, ca. 19th century. Manuscript on paper.","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"687\"\u003eAnonymous Arabic manuscript on handmade laid paper, likely produced in the Arabian Peninsula during the 19th century. A practical \u003cem data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"256\"\u003erūḥānī\u003c\/em\u003e (spirit-magic) manual in the tradition of \u003cem data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"317\"\u003eShams al-Maʿārif\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"339\"\u003eGhayat al-Amānī\u003c\/em\u003e, containing instructions for spiritual operations, the use of Divine Names, magic squares (\u003cem data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"438\"\u003eawfāq\u003c\/em\u003e), talismanic diagrams, invocations, and esoteric formulae. Written in a clear working hand with rubricated headings and diagrams throughout. Lacking a title page and colophon (typical of like manuscripts), and preserved in a later cloth binding housed in a custom clamshell box. An attractive and authentic example of a working Islamic magical manuscript, reflecting the living traditions of Arabic talismanic and occult practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Obscura Bibliotheca LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45917749870728,"sku":null,"price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-straggling-astrologer-original-issues-1-5-bound-within-a-collection-of-19th-century-ephemera","title":"The Straggling Astrologer Original Issues 1-5 Bound Within a Collection of 19th Century Ephemera","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bound collection of 19th century ephemera, various pamphlets, etc.  Included are original 1824 issues 1-5 of \u003cem\u003eThe Straggling Astronomer\u003c\/em\u003e, which was authored by Robert Cross Smith (a.k.a. the original \"Raphael\") and the Society of the Mercurii.  Leftover issues not individually sold were bound into a volume called \u003cem\u003eThe Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/em\u003e, which itself is relatively rare, but \u003cstrong\u003ethese initial original issues not bound in the latter book are extremely scarce, almost never obtainable\u003c\/strong\u003e. Binding is worn, rear board only attached by the endpaper, but the subject issues are in very good condition with minimal aging. An earlier owner wrote an amusing comment inside the front cover: \"An unusual collection of Two Penny trash.\" The value here is entirely based on the original issues of The Straggling Astronomer contained therein.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Obscura Bibliotheca LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45917805609096,"sku":"ASTROLOGY-SMITH-1824-0001","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/obscurabibliotheca.com\/collections\/antique-esoteric-ephemera.oembed","provider":"Obscura Bibliotheca LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}