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The author of this book, C W Leadbeater was a clairvoyant whose range of experience of occult phenomena and unusual happenings was extraordinary. The Perfume of Egypt is a collection of 'weird stories', mostly about ghosts, which is both fascinating and informative, because they represent either personally experiences of the author or what he had heard directly from authentic sources. Readers will find this collection pleasurable and very entertaining. Mr. Leadbeater himself brings to attention in his Foreword that in other more serious books he has given scientific explanations for the apparently fantastic stories about ghosts and other occult phenomena.

C. Jinarajadasa President of the Theosophical Society from 1945 to 1953, received his Master's degree in Sanskrit and philology from Cambridge University. A Sri Lankan by birth he was however, exceptionally fluent in many Indian and European languages; and his wide range of interests and writings included religion, philosophy, literature, art, science and Occult Chemistry.