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to a more religious fundamental tradition and the meeting of occidental and oriental minds thanks to the crusades, we see that there were many religious understandings held in those times that we may have forgotten, beliefs that cut straight to the heart of the subject being explored here.

My main complaint with the book is that it is too fractured in its grasp for ideas. A single major core idea eludes the reader and instead we have to settle for a grab bag of ideas that seem to be shaved off of a myriad of other theories. Whilst the ideas presented here are interesting to say the least, they seem too fractured to hit home. As with most of the books of this nature there is a lot of supposition and more than one intellectual leap of faith expected of the reader. Whilst I did enjoy what I found here it might be that my familiarity with the subject helped me through the book, even though Gilbert's books are aimed squarely at the popular market, this is not the place for those new to the subject matter. Its not that the material is complex, just unfocused.

Magi seems to cover a lot of ground without actually getting very far. There is a lot of information but few conclusions. Often the purpose of a book is not to give all the answers but to provide the catalyst for further research and if you don't mind this approach then you won't be disappointed.

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