Jadoo

New York: Julian Messner, 1957.

First Edition. Publisher's pale blue boards with the slightly rubbed dust-jacket. A VG+ copy. From the upper Nile to the lower Ganges, Keel travelled in search of 'Jadoo' - the black magic of the Orient - and had some very weird experiences with an assortment of mystics, lamas, jadoo-wallas and fakirs, befriending them and ferreting out their secrets. He mastered the Indian Rope trick, he had himself buried alive, he learnt how to charm snakes, walk on water, and stick pins into himself without bleeding. He discovered the truth behind bearded cobras, two-headed snakes, trees growing out of the ground in just minutes, X-ray eyes that see through blindfolds, and other supernatural phenomena.