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India's association with magicians goes back thousands of years. Conjurors and illusionists dazzled the courts of Hindu maharajas and Mughal emperors. As British dominion spread over the subcontinent, such wonder-workers became synonymous with India. Western magicians appropriated Indian attire, tricks and stage names; switching their turbans for top hats, Indian jugglers fought back and earned their grudging respect. This book tells the extraordinary story of how Indian magic descended from the realm of the gods to become part of daily ritual and popular entertainment across the globe. Recounting tales of levitating Brahmins, resurrections, prophesying monkeys and "the most famous trick never performed," Empire of Enchantment vividly charts Indian magic's epic journey from street to the stage. This heavily illustrated book tells the extraordinary, untold story of how Indian magic descended from the realm of the gods to become part of daily ritual and popular entertainment across the globe. Drawing on ancient religious texts, early travelers' accounts, colonial records, modern visual sources, and magicians' own testimony, Empire of Enchantment is a vibrant narrative of India's magical traditions, from Vedic times to the present day.
John Zubrzycki has worked in India as a diplomat, consultant, tour guide, and correspondent for The Australian. His background is in South Asian history and Hindi, and his doctoral thesis (University of New South Wales) concerned historical links between Indian and Western stage magicians. John's previous books include The Last Nizam and The Mysterious Mr Jacob.
IntroductionChapter I: Of Levitating Brahmins and Prophesizing ApesChapter II: Casting Indra's NetChapter III: The Lovers of JinnsChapter Iv: In the Court of the KingsChapter V: A Bed of NailsChapter VI: The Juggler's ChildChapter VII: Tricks of the TradeChapter VIII: Crossing the Kala PaniChapter IX: Spell-casters in the Strangers' HomeChapter X: The Fakir InvasionChapter XI: Motilal's Magical MenagerieChapter XII: From Turbans to Top HatsChapter XIII: "The Most Famous Trick Never Performed"Chapter XIV: A Rope Trick in a Snow Storm, a Fire Walk in SurreyChapter XV: The Maharajah of MagicBibliographyIndex
