Oriental Magic

Idries Shah

• Publisher: ISF Publishing
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781784790479
• Edition: 0

Oriental Magic is recognized as a brilliant study of how, what and why people think, in territories extending from North Africa to Japan.Profusely illustrated, the book is the product of years of research and field-work in a dozen different cultural regions.Its scholarly accuracy and genuine contribution to cultural understanding have made it a key text for anyone interested in informal beliefs, and esoteric practices.The work includes material on Indian alchemy, the Arabian Abjad system, on divination and talismanic charms, and it even contains an ancient Brahmin spell for immortality.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Magic Is International
• Chapter 2 Jewish Magic
• Chapter 3 Solomon: King and Magician
• Chapter 4 The Occult in Babylonia
• Chapter 5 Egyptian Magic
• Chapter 6 Ju-Ju Land of the Twin Niles
• Chapter 7 The Fakirs and their Doctrines
• Chapter 8 The Arabian Contribution
• Chapter 9 Legends of the Sorcerers
• Chapter 10 Calling the Spirits
• Chapter 11 Iranian Magic
• Chapter 12 Magical Rites of the Atharva Veda
• Chapter 13 India: Rites of the Priest-Magicians
• Chapter 14 Indian Alchemy Today
• Chapter 15 A New Thought-Force?
• Chapter 16 Love-Magic
• Chapter 17 The Occult Art in China
• Chapter 18 Wonder-Workers of Tibet
• Chapter 19 Magic Art of Japan
• Bibliography
• Notes
• A Request