The Secret Lore of Magic

by Idries Shah

Published December 1957
This book aims to include the entire text of all the major grammars of sorcery with commentaries and illustrations, providing a comprehensive survey of ritual magic, black and white magic and sorcery. The author brings together material on spells, charms, divination and magical conjuration. The book should be of interest to all students and scholars of the black arts, with its compendium of rare "grimoires" or source books of magical arts, containing spells, charms and methods of making powerful talismans. The author's previous books include, "The Wisdom of Idiots", "Oriental Magic", "The Sufis", "The Exploits of The Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin", and "The Way of The Sufis".