Book excerpt: Revealed for the first time, the forbidden rites of the Aissaoua. An ancient tradition hailing from North Africa, the Aissaoua were persecuted under Muslim and French Colonial rules for their adherence to heretical doctrines, and their practice of wild, bestial ceremonies and seances. Under the patronage of the Cheikh Azzeddine, the Tariqa Aissaoua-Azzeddini explains for the first time the spiritual mechanics of their order, and provides instructions for those potential murids (disciples) who wish to experience the spirit world in a new and terrifying way."