The Swami Deheftner

In this evocative novel Solomon Deheftner achieves fame as a stage magician and escapologist in the tradition of the Great Houdini. But he abandons that career to search for something far more elusive: the profound magic inherent in mystical transcendence. Using his knowledge of conjuring and his Jewish upbringing as a foundation Deheftner makes his way from New York to San Francisco probing the secrets of Yoga meditation vegetarianism animal intelligence bondage and sadomasochism in his quest for spiritual enlightenment.