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Oriental Magic

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I have been reading works by Idries Shah for many, many years, and have a much older version of this work, which I am glad to say did not cost me what this edition retails for by half! I am constantly amazed by the scope of this authors superlative treatment of the spiritual life of the East. Idries Shah is for me in many ways the Robert Graves of Eastern philosophy and spirituality and in his work 'Oriental Magic' he has in a lesser (in size only) volume given us the equivalent of Graves' 'The White Goddess'.

Shah is the esoteric anthropolgist par excellence and covers just about every Eastern society and group, their pagan beliefs and their occult and esoteric practices from the ground up. I would highly recommend this work to anybody interested in Occult anthropology or those coming from a Theosophical or comparative religious background, as you will find yourself returning to it for many years to come.

i was very interessed in chapter irianian magic i think this book gives you a very realistic idea about magic in iran .i would like talk to people how are interessed or practicing eastern magic