The End of Magic

by Ariel Glucklich

Book Overview

Throughout history, magic has been as widely and passionately practiced as religion. But while religion continues to flourish, magic stumbles towards extinction. What is magic? What does it do? Why do people believe in magic? Ariel Glucklich finds the answers to these questions in the streets of Banaras, India's most sacred city, where hundreds of magicians still practice ancient traditions, treating thousands of Hindu and Muslim patients of every...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195108809
• ISBN13: 9780195108804
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.6"