Item #68613 Occultism: Its Theory and Practice. Sirdar Ikbal Ali SHAH.

Occultism: Its Theory and Practice.

New York, NY: Dorset Press, 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 232pp. Black cloth spine with black papered boards, blue title etc to spine, b/w illustrations, index. Shah concentrates much more on the grimoires and their content than other similar studies - and also contains much on Indian and Arabic magic that was not readily available at the time of first publication. Contents include: History and Development, Dedication Rites and Implements, The Heptameron of Peter de Abano, Infernal Evocation and Demonology, Witches and Sorcerers, The Devil, White Magic, Spells, Alchemy, Conjurtion, Possession and Exorcism. Appendices. 'Ancient British Laws against the Black Art,' and 'The Vampire.' The author, Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah (1894 - 1969), was an Indian-Afghan diplomat and prolific writer, who traveled widely but spent a good part of his life in Britain before retiring to Morocco. An undoubted eccentric, he had a deep interest in Sufism, Islam and North African and Asian politics and history. He fired three children, all of whom became notable writers themselves; with one son Idries Shah, becoming well known as an author on Sufism and the occult. Light bruising to spine ends, a hint of shelf wear and dust - else a tight, bright and unmarked near Fine copy in mylar protected near Fine dust jacket. Item #68613
ISBN: 15661902439

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