Ali A Olomi
Writer, Asst. Prof, Historian of MiddleEast & Islam: politics, gender, Islamic esotericism, astrology & science. Host of #HeadOnHistory Podcast / UCI alum
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Thrilling new edition of Valens from @chrisbrennan7 with translation by Mark T Riley. While Riley’s translation has been the definitive source for Valens for a while, Brennan bring...
it’s not “mental gymnastics” you’re just not familiar with the tradition of city elections. This is a good chance to talk more about Saturn in astrological election Mini thread...
The Picatrix, a Latin translation of the Ghayat Al-Hakim, has an oversized influence on “European” astrology. In actuality it is not the sum of all astrological magic. After all...
If you look up at the sky, you’ll see the red planet Mars moving ever so slowly backwards from our vantage, or Mars retrograde. The retrograde of Mars was an inauspicious omen for...
new video: A complete walk through of the horoscope of King Charles III and what medieval astrologers would have said about his reign, its nature, major events, & even length. It i...
Middle Eastern and Islamic folklore is full of fantastical beasts from the hidden jinn to the monsters of the night A thread
From the deserts of Arabia to the mountains of South Asia, the night is full of monsters, ghosts & ghouls. Appearing in all manner of shapes, from the ogre-like to the bloodsucking...
Haiti is one of the few countries to successfully lead a revolution to overthrow slavery and colonialism and the imperial powers have been punishing them for it ever since https://...
the ultimate villain of downtown abbey was this man, Dr. Clarkson—a murderer and agent of chaos hiding behind the facade of the friendly village doctor… let’s examine the evidence...
what’s the opposite of a glow up because whatever it is this dude from downton abbey had one went from an Irish radical to ratting out rose for dating a black guy https://t.co/XPQx...
who the hell designed the new twitter update i just want to talk