Picatrix in Arabic

Edited by Hellmut Ritter, this edition of the Arabic Picatrix presents one of the most important medieval grimoires of astral magic and talismanic practice. Its historical significance lies in preserving a foundational text for later European magic, and readers will encounter translated material, scholarly apparatus, and teachings on planetary correspondences, images, and ritual technique.

Hellmut Ritter (1892–1971) was a German Orientalist and editor whose scholarship made major contributions to the study of Islamic mysticism and classical Arabic and Persian literature. His editorial and philological work helped make significant Sufi and philosophical texts more accessible to modern scholarship.