The Magic Island by W.B. Seabrook (Second Printing)

The Magic Island by W.B. Seabrook (Second Printing) Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends with "Brownhill School for Girls" award plate to front pasted end page. Second printing stated. Credited with being the story that introduced the "zombie" concept to the United States. William Seabrooks account of the Black Magic Voodoo rights practiced in Haiti at the turn of the last century. The author, William Seabrook was a drinking companion of Aleister Crowely and had a lifelong interest in the unusual and the occult. Seabrook was so passionate about his researches into strange practices that he ate a substantial amount of human flesh when studying cannibalism. Seabrook offers here first hand accounts of Voodoo rituals and Black Magic Sorcery practices by the Voodoo elite. A fascinating early account of authentic Voodoo Black Magic Rituals and Practices.