The Book of Indian Magic and Witchcraft: - A Practical Guide to Mantra, Tantra, Yantra, Esoteric Spirits, and Occult Powers & Rituals (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781807660574)

For years, the West has looked to India for yoga, meditation, and philosophy. But beneath the popular spiritual traditions lies a massive, sophisticated, and shockingly practical occult world.

This is a world where sacred geometric diagrams attract wealth, precise acoustic formulas alter reality, and practitioners negotiate with ancient nature spirits to shift local probability.

A world where sacred geometry attracts wealth, precise sounds reshape reality, and practitioners negotiate with spirits to influence the flow of events. India has preserved one of humanity's oldest and richest living magical traditions - a complete system of layered realities, Shakti (divine power), mantra, yantra, spirits, and ritual that continues to thrive today.

The Book of Indian Magic and Witchcraft by Vikram Vance is the definitive, no-nonsense map to India's esoteric core. Neither a dry academic study nor a watered-down New Age guide, this is a functional, structured manual for serious modern practitioners.

From the subtle body and karmic law to deity work, folk protections, and the cultivation of siddhis, this book serves as both comprehensive map and practical training manual.

Inside you will discover:

• Reality as Layered Worlds: Shift from a flat materialist view to a multidimensional cosmos where the subtle realms interpenetrate everyday life.
• Mantra as Sound Technology: Master the mechanics of sacred vibration, including the Ajapa-Japa breath loop and the power of bija seed syllables.
• The Living Cosmos of Beings: A clear taxonomy of spirits and forces - from radiant Devas and serpent Nagas to Bhutas, Yakshas, and ancestral entities.
• Dharmic Alignment: Learn how to check and correct your alignment so your magic flows with the grain of the universe rather than against it.
• Hands-On Revelations: Step-by-step practices for subtle perception, elemental purification, threshold warding (including the Nazar Battu), ancestral work, and direct engagement with Shakti.

Whether you come from Western ceremonial magic, chaos magic, Wicca, paganism, or are entirely new to the occult, this book offers a substantive corrective to popular misunderstandings. It honors the depth and cultural origins of these living traditions while giving you a clear, usable toolkit to enhance your own practice.

The journey into authentic Indian magic begins here.