STARS OF INDIA Peter Holt - Travels in Search of Astrologers and Fortune Tellers

In Stars of India author Peter Holt becomes the first westerner to track down India's numerous astrologers and fortune tellers. Looks like fascinating reading, it's quite hard to find too.

This is a used book good condition: clean with light corner and spine wear; pages are clean and aging lightly; nice firm binding. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: Astrology and fortune-telling are big business in India. Many Indians regularly consult an astrologer and business and government decisions have been known to depend on the position of the planets. In this book the author tracks down the subcontinent's numerous different kinds of experts in prediction. Beginning his journey at the Temple of Somnath in Gujarat, he traverses the country. The book records his experiences along the way. In Kerala he witnesses the mysterious astrological ceremony known as the asta mangela, which is to discover why a family or temple is having problems; in Ladakh he is attacked by a Tibetan oracle for being an “unbeliever”; in Ujjain he meets a silent guru who has not spoken for 40 years; and in Delhi he meets Indira Gandhi's former clairvoyant. Finally he meets B.V. Raman, said by every Indian astrologer to be the greatest living astrologer in the world. Also included are many examples of Indian do-it-yourself fortune-telling, from how to tell the future by the moles on your body, to the Indian method of judging a person's character from the size and structure of their genitals.

Book Details

Code: SKU1321

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 223

Published: 1998 by Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh

ISBN: 184018003X

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