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Re: Astrology

At 3:33 AM -0600 2/6/02, GC wrote: 
Does anyone have a working knowledge of the writings of an ancient
astrologer named Masha'allah, known also as Messahala?

I do not. I do have a copy of a translation of one of his books (I'm not sure how many are preserved), unfortunately it's buried post-house-move, and not going to be easy to find. I cannot comment on astrological theories -- I have the book more on afluke.

The translation was done by David Pingree, and should be accessible via a decent university library.

The title uses the first spelling of Masha'allah, with a variety of macrons over the vowels, which I have no chance of remembering.

  -- David
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