Occult Curios in Twelver Shi'i Hadith By Amina Inloes

https://www.academia.edu/145342606/Occult_Curios_in_Twelver_Shii_Hadith Shiʿism is sometimes a silent partner to the study of Islamicate occultism. Today, it is often assumed that all ḥadīth are anti-occult, and many contemporary Shiʿa downplay content which seems unscientific. In Shiʿi religious seminaries, which emphasize jurisprudence, esoteric texts are sometimes underdiscussed; and, in responses to popular religious enquiries about the permissibility of various occult arts, Shiʿi jurists can be vague, leading to a “doctrinal ambiguity”.... https://brill.com/display/book/9789004749108/BP000004.xml ...