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Some Sabian doctrines (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Sabians 12 Assyrian Identity 12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era 12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity 12.03.02.02 Sabians	Keywords Harran religions
Period 12th century CE	Channel Islamic philosophers and scholars

Text
Abu’l Faraj Ibn Jauzi, Talbis Iblis (Delusion of the Devil) 5:
The devil has also persuaded some of them (= Sabians) to take the view that perfection lies in procuring relation between them and the upper spiritual beings by the use of purifications, regulations, and invocations. They occupy themselves with astrology and fumigation, and declare that there must necessarily be some intermediary between God and His creation to furnish knowledge and to guide to what is profitable; only such intermediary must be spiritual not corporeal. We, they say, procure for ourselves a holy relation between Him and ourselves, which serves as a means of approaching him. These people do not reject the resurrection of the body.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Abu’l Faraj Ibn Jauzi, Talbis Iblis (Delusion of the Devil) 5

Bibliography

Margoliouth 2003, 112

Margoliouth, D. S. Tablis Iblis (Delusion of the Devil) by Abu'l Faraj Ibn Jauzi. New Delhi: Kitab Bhavan 2003.

Amar Annus

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