In the Islamic esoteric tradition every divine name, every verse, every letter is said to have its khuddam — its servants. Scribes spent a thousand years recording how they were called, in manuscripts copied by hand and almost never translated.
We are translating them. And telling the stories that grew up around them.
Ottoman and Arabic manuscripts on talismans, magic squares and letter magic — transcribed, annotated and put into English.
A video series that follows one manuscript at a time, from the page it was written on to the belief it left behind.
A story running underneath the series, set in the same world. Invented, and never pretending otherwise.
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