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HINDU BOOKS ON MAGIC
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casting of some magical spell upon them, and who wish fco
recover their health by throwing a counter-spell upon those
who caused the disease by such means.
The Hindus have several books which treat ex professo
The principal and
of all these follies of the magic art.
most ancient of them is the fourth Veda, called the Atharva-
Veda \ The Brahmins would have it believed that this
book has been l