The Secret Lore of Magic - Softcover

Shah, Idries

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784790699 ISBN 13: 9781784790691

Verlag: ISF Publishing, 2019

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AMERICAN ENGLISH EDITION

This companion and follow-up book to Shah’s Oriental Magic surveys the source literature on magic, much of it translated into English for the first time.

First published in 1957, The Secret Lore of Magic is a compendium of material from rare source books describing magical beliefs and practices around the world, and throughout history.

Together with Oriental Magic it provides one of the widest-ranging studies of human magical belief systems, and is thus a priceless reference for psychologists, ethnologists and others interested in the rise and development of human beliefs.

The Secret Lore of Magic helps readers understand what magic is and isn’t, while offering dependable information about what was previously a shadowy and confusing subject.

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Idries Shah spent much of his life collecting and publishing Sufi classical narratives and teaching stories from oral and written sources in the Middle East and Central Asia. The tales he retold especially for children are published by Hoopoe Books in beautifully illustrated editions and have been widely commended - by Western educators and psychologists, the U.S. Library of Congress, National Public Radio and other media - for their unique ability to foster social-emotional development, thinking skills and perception in children and adults alike. Told for centuries, these stories express universal themes from the cultures that produced them, showing how much we have in common and can learn from each other. As noted by reviewers, such stories are more than just entertaining; familiarity with them provokes flexibility of thought, since each one contains levels of meaning that unfold in accordance with an individual's experience and understanding.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ISF Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1784790699
• ISBN 13: 9781784790691
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 382
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