I have watched all this man's content and have seen nothing but respect for all faiths described. He even covered Solomons face for our Muslim brothers. High quality, respectful treatment of the sacred.

As a Muslim I feel like a lot of my brothers will come and trash all over the comment section. They probably will not have watched the previous video and are going to insert their assumptions in here. But Filip please don't be discouraged by them and spread knowledge as you always do. love your channel ❤😊

I'm Muslim, and while my dad always taught me to never interact with 'black magic', I've always loved learning more about the occult. It's funny how Muslims back in the Golden Age of Islam dabbled in subjects that would make really strict Muslims in the modern day lose their minds lmao

As a Muslim, I really appreciate your video, it is exceptionally informative and the illustrations are so beautiful.

I live in Alexandria. I once got in an Uber and the guy had so many Talismans! Many people have verses from holy books hung on their rear view mirror, and many have the Khamsa-we-Khmesa (our name for the hand of Fatimah). And its not just Muslims, but Christians too!

The way you hit the letters ح & غ is authentic man... I appreciate your work and dedication for perfection.

I used to teach high school math, and I've seen and used Magic Squares in lessons. I had no idea they started out as actually magic devices. Wish I'd known that earlier - thanks!

The only bad part of this video is where it ends

Your Arabic pronunciation is amazing. i didn't expect to see a foreigner pronounce arabic this good simply because some of the arabic letters/sounds are missing in most languages especially in english language. you must put alot of work, time and effort.

When you memorise names of God and verses of the Quran then your heart and mind become a 'talisman' and there can be no greater talisman than that!

I just found your channel today and I'm already binge watching! I wanted to thank you for being so respectful while tackling such a controversial topic. When I was a child, my grandma would always fill my pockets with black sesame seeds (habbat-al-baraka) to protect me from the evil eye and I would jokingly eat them. I also used to have a small pocket sized Quran in a leather pouch to carry all around me. I also had (and still have) Khamsa Pendants and an eye one. My grandfather, who studied in the Zaytouna mosque would write me and my sisters tiny scrolls with Quran verses or prayers. On Eid Al Adha my dad would dip his hand in the blood of the freshly slaughtered lamb and make a Khamsa on the wall for blessing. In my country (Tunisia) we gift nee Borns Talismans in the form of fish or fish tail and even an Antilope horn.. I could go on forever. This video really unlocked these precious childhood memories and it is so sad to me that this is almost dead seeing as how taboo the topic of magic is. Thank you for reconnecting me to a heritage and a home I so dearly miss.

1:17 in Arabic the word ( Sihr ) it feels like far more powerful and scary than the translate to English (Magic) we all used to see someone show us some magic tricks and we call it (magic ) but (Sihr) in Arabic it feel like it directly related to the demon (Shayāṭīn ) or something very bad !

The Hamsa and evil eye were one of the protection talisman of Ishtar, and coincidentally it’s also the Abhaya Mudra of protection and fear dispersion that Heavily associated with Lakshmi in dharmic traditions.

I travelled to Senegal in the 80s and witnessed many people with lslamic/voodoo talismans. The culture was part of the fabric of the village.

Ten years ago this information was nearly impossible to find if you didn't read and speak the languages most of these ancient texts referenced are written in. Amazing how far we've come.

As a math nerd, it never occurred to me to associate magic squares with actual magic beliefs.

Written talismans that you eat, hang over things, etc, is identical to how Daoists did things. Daoists also burner parchments with particular ideograms on them to "activate" them.

You are deep than deep itself! You are right on point about talismanic magic. Also, you research sand divination especially from North Africa and Sahel. These things are real.

As a moslem living in Indonesia, I can confirm that using talisman for various purposes is very common here, from the most basic one like a paper with Ayatul Kursi inscribed in it to more 'advanced' one like a piece of animal skin imbued with a lot of arabic chants, verses from Quran, and sholawat.

thank you for your dedication, the amount of knowledge i get from you is insane. Thank you, truly !

I've seen similar thing in Thailand done by my devout Buddhist friend. He'd go to the temple and ask a monk for protective talisman. The monk wrote something in Sanskrit on the headliner of his car. He happens to be on the road a lot

I am both happy and sad that I found this channel recently. Sad that I haven't found it before, and happy because I have so much content to listen to. Thanks for enlightening us my friend.

Your videos never disappoint. I love that you share your knowledge of magic in such a sober way. Btw, the healing bowls were fascinating!

Filip! This was great!! Thank you ☺️ once again for sharing your knowledge! Btw the music in the background of the videos are 👌👌👌🤩

It's so deep.... Literally gave goosebumps through out the whole sessions 😳👀

Brother your tajweed of the Arabic haroof is immaculate. Respect

Thank you! I really enjoy your work and look forward to more of your content.

Magnificent work as usual! Thank you for the insight.

I really respect how U take a great care about using a terms and sense of word's U have very wide knowledge about islamic semantics! Respect

Looking forward for the episode you will make about the science of letters. Can you possibly include a comparative analysis with other religions like Judaism, and other religions who also emphasize the power of letters, alphabet and words/sounds?

Thank you for all the efforts went into this.

I love how collect information and they are always right to the point!! Thank you 🙏

Another great one. I remember as a little kid, we used to own one of the magic bowls in our house. My grandma would fill it with water and put hot coal pieces in the water and then use the water to sprinkle our faces when we felt bad. This was usually done after we would have guests over so that we were protected by the evil eye. It really worked 😂 The bowls in our region are called Quran tas which translates into Quran bowl and its because they are adorned with verses of the Quran on them. Thank you for your time

This is great content. In Malaysia Islamic community, we have an example of consumed 'talisman'. Water is placed in front a group of people reading one of chapter in Quran (Surah Yasin). The water is later drank in small quantity throughout the week.

Love this series so far! 🙏🏽

I have been fascinated with Solomon's seals and magic squares for a while since I keep encounter it in many talisman designs from different regions: US, Middle East, Chinese, Malays, Batak. Now I understand the meaning and history behind it. Thank you so much!

Thank you for this interesting presentation. I'll go back and watch the bit I missed at the beginning.

Talismanic magic and works involving jinn (both benevolent and malevolent) are common across so much of the world yet almost wholly unknown in the West. Thank you for spotlighting these on your channel, which I've just discovered and am enjoying very much.

Your videos are really helpful. Thank you for putting in the effort.

These things are very very prevalent in my home country of Iraq especially in the more rural areas and people pay a whole lot of money for the "authentic" ones from rings with special kinds of rocks on them serving different purposes to the healing bowls to various protective talismans , BTW most of these practices and ideas have been ingrained in the culture for thousands of years way before Islam.

That was really cool. My ex had a khamsa necklace and I liked it so much I got my own. I didn't know the extent of it as a talismans. So this was great knowledge to take in. Thank you

Excited for this, your videos are fantastic!

Superb material, thoroughly enjoying this series touching on very taboo topics pertaining to occultism within famed Islamic eras. Can’t wait for the next instalment.

Moses' brother's (Aaron) wooden staff with copper snake wrapped around it became a talisman for the Hebrews, which apparently even budded. There's also Apocrypha writings in book of Jubilees I think which explains a woolen fleece talisman passed down from Adam's son Seth, and lost after the flood in Noah's time. Sounds familiar to the story of Jason and the magic Golden fleece

I look forward to this!

loved your last vid about islamicate occult sciences, so i can't wait to give this one a watch when i find some time!

Thank you for such detailed research and explanation

Wonderful video Filip! As a muslim, I still don't know the rulings for these 'magic' practises but it is a very interesting topic and now I have to wait perhaps one more week for another video... Good content!

Great video, you should make another one on demonic possession and exorcism in the Islamicate World. It's such a rich topic that will be very exciting for your viewers.

Another fantastic video Filip! Every time you upload you make my day :)

Sir can't even imagine how that much grip any person have on such a vast subject,salute u

Thank you very much. I grew up with most of this practices, but i didn't understood it at the time as a child because most of this goes against islam as shirk. This one and the last one before this is very good.

Talisman indeed includes "science". The other day I read about a specific one made with numbers and those numbers were actually astrological let also the ones with planets names. So it's fascinating how the old ages had this curiosity of discovering the new realms.

It's so good I'm fond of your series 😍

Exquisite presentation of "Talismanic Magic in the Islamic World"!!! I have studied broadly the spiritual traditions around the world, contrasting and comparing. I'm an astrologer, numerologist, Metaphysician, which boils down to the study and practice of "symbolism" and "symbolic knowledge". Therefore, I quite understand, that just like the study of any kind of discipline and its symbols, one comes to a deeper and deeper understanding as one practices one's particular discipline and its own "talismanic Magic". Thank you for a very refined presentation and pronunciations!!!

Love your vids, so glad I found them through watching "religion for breakfast"-thank you algorithm lol I'm an atheist but I'm really interested in the history, sociology and thinking around religion because it's been an integral part of the human experience since before records began and your vids are really informative so thanks!

Re: the vintage of the Khamsa, the hand with an eye on it recalls Greek legends, eg. the old women Perseus goes to to to seek advice on his quest. A Western Pagan, Marie Cachet, writes about how this sumbolises the midwife, whose ability to "see" via the sensitivity developed in touch is a vital part of the intergenerational health and healing of any people's.

Fantastic work thank you for making our evening's more enjoyable

I have so much admiration for the time you take to chose the right words.

I love your channel! I'm very interested in ancient literature and I always look to your videos to discover great writers, poets and thinkers that I had never heard of. It's a shame that here in the so-called West, Arabic and Persian literature is so underapreciated. Every time I see one of your videos (specially those concerning some of those thinkers from the Golden Age of Islam) makes me get mad / sad that it's been so long in my life that I never heard of these works. Hope your channel keeps growing and reaching many more people! Also, I was wondering if you could recomend (here or in the future) some of your favorite works of literature. Cheers!

I see some muslims are hostile but remember this video is for educational purposes, not whether magic is haram or not.

Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

As a quote-unquote born twelver it is amazing to view your take on subject matters from an academic point of view. Practices that might be deemed surreal or borderline occult are everyday and matter of fact in a lot of places. Carry on doing such great work. Thank you!

For those who are misunderstanding islamicate as islamic, in Islam any kind of of "magic"(not necessarily Sihr) is prohibited in whatso form, whether it is amulets, paintings, drawing etc. Whereas islamicate is just poiting towards cultural and social structure of isalmic regions and not islam!

I received a “pocket” made of rabith leader with seeds inside and cottons of diferent colors hanging outside and it is for the entrance of my home. A muslem family gave to me in Tunes. Bendiciones Filip desde México 🇲🇽!

I really appreciate that you covered the face of Solomon when talking about him as islamic prophet. It's very respectful

I love ur videos u are a great teacher and ur Arabic grammar and pronunciation is on point...

I recognise a few of these things from my studies of magic in the Christian middle ages. Once Arabic sources started being translated into Latin, many of these texts became popular in Europe. The Picatrix was extremely controversial amongst Christian scholars as some thought it was useful and others thought it was demonic.

Can't watch the premiere sadly. I am so ready for this video though.

So excited to watch this!!!

Very informative. You always speak with great respect for all Faith’s or Religions. Shukrun! (Thank You)

Looking sooo much forward for ur amazing lessons whether ur a Muslim Christian or whatever ( not anyone’s business though )Allah will inshalla grant blessings in life and after life for this great englightnent to everyone yearing to understand

I'm a muslim trying to be a suffi living in Algeria ...and i just wanted to thank you for all the knowledge in your videos .... You're awesome dude !!!

Great video man very fascinating!

Love your show ,well researched thank you

On that talismanic shirt i noticed what i think were hexifoils (the geometric, compass drawn patterns on the shoulders), this is interesting because in england there are numerous examples of these carved into the stonework of medieval churches, sometimes a single one of these churches will have more than a dozen examples. Their purpose and origin are a bit mysterious but the prevailant theory is that they were carved by churchgoers in medieval times precisely as a kind of apotropaic magic or ritual protection marks. Excellent video, thankyou, Arabic calligraphy lends itself beautifully to objects of this kind, the level of detail is outstanding, the letters are so crammed together yet remain so elegant, you really do get a sense of their power just by looking at photos.

It worth mentioning is "Hirz al-Jawad" which is a common amulet between Iranian Shiat which is being worn as a ring. The Talisman is referred to 9th Shiat imam Mohammad Al-Jawad. Also "Sharaf o-Shams" (honor of the sun), is a talisman written on the back of a yellow quartz stone only in one night (around the month of April) in the whole year. The talisman is very similar the seal of Solomon you showed here

Love your work please talk more about esoteric sciences or information about it in more detail please 🙏

You are interesting and you have good and accurate information. Keep up the good work.

“I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, ‘Spells (ruqyah), amulets and love-charms are shirk.” I said, “Why do you say this? By Allaah, my eye was weeping with a discharge and I kept going to So and so, the Jew, who did a spell for me. When he did the spell, it calmed down.” ‘Abd-Allaah said: “That was just the work of the Shaytaan who was picking it with his hand, and when (the Jew) uttered the spell, he stopped. All you needed to do was to say as the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to say: ‘Adhhib il-ba’s Rabb al-naas ishfi anta al-Shaafi laa shifaa’a illa shifaa’uka shifaa’an laa yughaadiru saqaman (Remove the harm, O Lord of mankind, and heal, You are the Healer. There is no healing but Your healing, a healing which leaves no disease behind.’” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, 3883; Ibn Maajah, 3530)

Coming from the subcontinent I have to say, you’re work is amazing! Fantastic research and presentation. I really request you to make a video of Indian Cultural Impact on Islam. It’ll be great . Thanks!

LTR... I love the whole thing. Your production values are really high. Script, sound, set, lighting, camera, mic, editing; you've got it all. But you should fire your wardrobe director immediately. Immediately. [Step it up, bro.]

YESSSS ANOTHER VIDEO!!!

With your deep knowledge of Islam and Sufis I am curious if you will tackle Omar Khayyam at one point? I think it would be interesting!! You have an amazing channel, thank you for this amazing content.

This is going to be goooood ✨

Your pronunciation is fantastic, very knowledgeable, thanks you brother ,

Very interesting topic keep up the excellent research and videos

We use metal bowls with quranic writing on them in my home! I usually pour water in them and drink from them. So cool to see examples of them in this video.

I know it's The Season, but I can't help feeling that the Halloween ambiance clashes with the topic 😅 Apart from that, absolutely great video, as always.

Beautiful and very interesting lecture. Thank you so much 🙏🏼

Wow, this is my favourite video of your recent ones. A fascinating topic and the objects you showed are truly marvellous (the shirt! the bowl!). Such a Halloween treat, thank you :3

Good stuff bro, you’re very clear. Unbelievable subject as well. I grew up as a muslim, sihr is like the greatest taboo, but it was everywhere. They tried to hide it from the children, but i think it’s better to be well educated about these things. It’s also just fakin epicly interesting :)

Hi Filip! Thank you so much for these videos, They're very interesting and informative. Even I (a practicing Muslim) didn't know about the existence of "Siher" and the heavily use of talismans / amulets in the middle ages in Islam. It's quite shocking honestly.😱 There are a lot of apparent evidence of the use of these talismans in today's modern time, even in my household (smh 🙄 grandmas). However, these practices are not allowed and are haram in Islam in most Mathaheb. The people who practice using these today are often the elderly in our community or the ppl who uphold cultural practices of old ; however, that does not mean that they are right and or halal to use, it's often ignorance about the why is it haram/ Makruh (or not actually knowing it's haram) and why we shouldn't practice such thing. We, Muslims are asked to always keep learning and practicing our religion to keep it alive and to point out to our fellow Muslims when they are making a mistake or lacking knowledge about anything regarding Islam. As much as I appreciate you taking care and using "islamicate" instead of "Islamic" and conveying the information about the occult present in the Islamic context without giving a determined verdict to whether "siher"and talismans in terms if they are haram or halal (forbidden or allowed) in Islam, it is leaving a lot of my Muslim brothers and sisters confused. I'd suggest to leave a reminder about the views of whether it's halal or haram (or not specifying it) at the beginning of the video (and urging viewers to do their own research about it) as it is just an essay style video about the occult sciences in the Islamic/ate context.🤔 For everyone (especially Muslims): These talismans are called بدعة beda'h or a (heresy?) (creation / practice without an evidence or root in shariah law), these poor people think that they need these talismans to invoke Allah or ask for whatever they need but that negate the essence of Islam as they do not need a mediator ( a person, item, numbers or symbols?) to communicate with Allah and ask for anything from protection to help with any matters in their life. There are many evidence about this in hadith, and have been asked about here, turntoislam.com/community/threads/about-taaweez.52672/ Refer to the translation provided by the brother, Almeftah if you can't read Arabic. I hope this comment does not come as hostile or reprimanding in any means, I keep seeing a lot of confused Muslim fellows in the comment to whether it's halal or haram and felt like I can do something about it. 😅 Looking forward to see what comes next! I've always been interested in the hidden/strange sciences and the islamicate occult. But as a Muslim, it feels scary but informative to know about them. Still, there's always a lingering feeling that one shouldn't look for or research about these things to not fall in Muharram or do haram 😂 (literal forbidden knowledge lol). But may God fortify our hearts and minds against shirk, siher and evil👐 Salam!

Beautiful video and work

Very interesting and easy to understand preservation and such beautiful artefacts

Talismans used a lot in Indonesia especially in colonial times. People use it as an armor so they 'immune' to sword or guns. They also use it when the peasants riots or war against the Dutch. One of the best example is the 19th century peasants riot in Banten. Sufi teacher gave talismanic items to their students that join the riot.

The magic squares are represented planetary numbers with the number converted into letters by using numerology. Like taking ones name converting the letters to numbers and using planetary grids then connecting the numbers with lines and the shape is sacred, if you want to see a good reputation of this look at Crawely’s Tarot cards the line shapes in the background of the images are talisman.

Most underrated channel!

Thank you for this video!

You'd better mention the Turkish Islamic amulet called a muska. It's called a tumar in Azerbaijan and Central Asian countries. It's a hand-written paper folded into a small triangle and put into a triangle-shaped casing made of leather or thick linen cloth or metal. A "good"/"protective" muska contains prayers or Quranic verses. An "evil" muska contains curses, hexes or words/symbols that supposedly summon demonic jinns and instruct them to harm the person whose house the evil muska is secretly placed in. Interestingly, the words in good muskas are only in Arabic whereas the words in evil muskas can be in Arabic, Assyrian Aramaic, Hebrew.