(60%): Modern magicians from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to Afro-Caribbean traditions see the Shams as a lost tech tree. They believe the book contains "unfiltered" power.
Practitioners who handle the PDF without a formal ijazah (license from a living master) claim: shams almaarif the sun of knowledge pdf
Originally written in the 13th century by the Algerian Sufi scholar Ahmad al-Buni (60%): Modern magicians from the Hermetic Order of