Oriental magic
(2016)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : ISF Publishing : Made available through hoopla, 2016
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781784790424 (electronic bk.) MWT11624717, 1784790427 (electronic bk.) 11624717
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
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