"JADOO" by John Keel. NY: Julian Messner, (1957). First edition.
Here is how John Keel’s “Jadoo” is described on the dust jacket:
From the Upper Nile to the lower Ganges and the Roof of the World in Tibet, John Keel traveled in search of Jadoo – the black magic of the Orient – and had some of the most fantastic experiences ever to appear on the printed page. Everywhere he went he hunted down the mystics, lamas, jadoo-wallas and fakirs, befriending them and ferreting out their secrets. He learned how to do the Indian Rope trick, be buried alive, 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 a matter of minutes, X-ray eyes that can see through blindfolds and other “supernatural” phenomena.
But Mr. Keel also found magic with no logical explanation. As skeptical as the rest of us, he is still puzzled by the Tibetan monk who sat in his cell and knew immediately of an occurrence in a village many miles away, and the lama he interviewed who sat cross-legged in midair balanced only on a staff.
Just as fascinating as the magic are Mr. Keel’s incredible adventures in the East. In Baghdad he played Russian Roulette with “the most dangerous man in Iraq,” witnessed the religious rites of devil worshippers in an underground temple and investigated the manufacturing of mummies out of fresh corpses. He met Tenzing, the Sherpa guide, lost his car in a raging waterfall, and hunted down the “Abominable Snowman” in the Himalayas. He was almost crushed to death by a camel, bitten by a cobra and set upon by cutthroats.
What he saw and did will astonish readers with a taste for the bizarre. Here is really off-beat adventure, told by an engaging, unpredictable author.
"JADOO" by John Keel. NY: Julian Messner, (1957). First edition.
Here is how John Keel’s “Jadoo” is described on the dust jacket:
From the Upper Nile to the lower Ganges and the Roof of the World in Tibet, John Keel traveled in search of Jadoo – the black magic of the Orient – and had some of the most fantastic experiences ever to appear on the printed page. Everywhere he went he hunted down the mystics, lamas, jadoo-wallas and fakirs, befriending them and ferreting out their secrets. He learned how to do the Indian Rope trick, be buried alive, 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 a matter of minutes, X-ray eyes that can see through blindfolds and other “supernatural” phenomena.
But Mr. Keel also found magic with no logical explanation. As skeptical as the rest of us, he is still puzzled by the Tibetan monk who sat in his cell and knew immediately of an occurrence in a village many miles away, and the lama he interviewed who sat cross-legged in midair balanced only on a staff.
Just as fascinating as the magic are Mr. Keel’s incredible adventures in the East. In Baghdad he played Russian Roulette with “the most dangerous man in Iraq,” witnessed the religious rites of devil worshippers in an underground temple and investigated the manufacturing of mummies out of fresh corpses. He met Tenzing, the Sherpa guide, lost his car in a raging waterfall, and hunted down the “Abominable Snowman” in the Himalayas. He was almost crushed to death by a camel, bitten by a cobra and set upon by cutthroats.
What he saw and did will astonish readers with a taste for the bizarre. Here is really off-beat adventure, told by an engaging, unpredictable author.