context: According to al-Jawbari in his book Kashf al-Asrar (Unveiling the Secrets)members of the Haydariyya dervish order took Hashish before staging their performances of self-mutilation, in order to numb the pain.
source: The author was a conjuror whose writing was an exposé of not only magic tricks but also the 'dodges' of beggars and other 'low-life'.
reference_original: El autor era un hechicero cuya obra era una exposición no solo de trucos de magia, sino también de "artimañas" de mendigos y otra escoria.
reference_flipped: La autora era una hechicera cuya obra era una exposición no solo de trucos de magia, sino también de "artimañas" de mendigos y otra escoria.