This book represents the old life of Iran, with its fears and superstitions, which, happily, are now beginning to pass away. Most of the material has been cololected within the province of Khorasan, but since some pilgrims come to the "sacred city" of Meshad from all over Iran, many of them to remain fro the rest of their lives, its population is after all a representative group. Many of the current ideas that have to do with magic and folklore are found in this book, as well as in more recent popular manuals to shich occasional references are made in the text. There has been no attempt to make this book exhaustive in a scientific sense, only a sufficient number of instances have been given under different headings to make the treatment of the subject typical and popularly interesting.