Magical books or Grimoars are from their beginning written for a specific number of people whose knowledge was sufficient to understand and decode the coded scriptures and messages. Today when we take a look at the corrupt content created by erroneous transcriptions or translations we can conclude that the purpose of Grimoars was to prove that man can overcome that which is outside living matter. Therefore Grimoars can be regarded as forefathers of what we today call parapsychology.
In recent history unskilled writers caused great damage to the occult literature because of their ignorance of the topic, and they therefore made grammatical mistakes and erroneous transcriptions that changed the meaning of the texts. It was difficult for translators who are not native speakers of Arabic language to decipher terms that were archaic in origin and as a result practical rituals became theory and exotic literature to them. Above all else they placed every beginner who tried performing these rituals in danger.
Regardless of the mentioned problems, today we can find a couple of good Arabic spell books which were written by master magicians such as: Al-Toukhi, Ibn Ghazali, Al-Boni whose content represents real gems of eastern occultism.
Arabic or Oriental magic can be divided into two sources; the first which derives its power from faith, that is Islam where rituals include parts of prayers from the Quran or whole verses, Zilzal which are regarded as the essence of love magic. This type of magic is not deprived of spiritual influences, it is based upon them taking into consideration that behind every prayer from the Quran there are invisible, noble servant’s that are subordinated to the text and whose role is to guard the holly text. The second source of magic is based on activation of Djinn forces which are set in motion by mentioning their names through various oaths or by using various symbols connected to them or writing talismans. In both cases the source of magic is based on utilising good or bad ghosts (Djinn), which in the end also determine the alignment of the wizard himself.
Rituals of white magic are very simple perhaps because of the desire to accentuate the power of the prayer, while the rituals of dark magic are more complex and demanding. But to fully understand the whole history of Arabic magic we must go back into time all the way back to the powerful civilizations of Egypt, Persia and Mesopotamia.
Spells that are a combination of ancient Arabic-Persian teachings have a long history which can be seen from the elements contained within them. The extent to which old beliefs of Mesopotamia and Persia have an influence on the people can be best seen by reading old Arabic Grimoars. In one of the numerous love receipt among the number of Djinn names the name Shamash is mentioned, which is the ancient god of sun, while spells used for tying down a husband need to be prepared and left over night inside the oven. The oven was dedicated to the goddess Ishtar, which rules over love, fertility and motherhood, because legend has it that she lived inside an oven. Copper was also dedicated to this goddess, an item that is usually mentioned in Arabic love spells.
