While scholarly interest in the book is high, many practitioners and religious scholars advise against treating the rituals within it as "fiction" or "entertainment."
Experienced occultists warn that reading the Shams aloud without proper ritual purification (wudu, incense, protective prayers) can invite unwanted spiritual entities. Many Reddit threads on r/occult detail “shadow people” sightings after merely opening the PDF. shams al maarif pdf top
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