book by Ghodsi Mirafzali

I have a book from the San Jose Public Library system that I like very much. It is a small book with page-long vignettes about different aspects of Norooz and the Haft Seen. I cannot find this book on Amazon, but apparently it may be available through ketab.com.

The Mystery of the HAFT-SEEN by Ghodsi Mirafzali, translator: Ali Andalibi, P.H.D.

I like this bit about Norooz:

"Norooz's rituals are steeped in the wisdom of antiquity and should be carried out in earnest and treated with profound respect."

Something new I learned from this book is a peculiar chaharshanbeh-souri ritual called Audiomancy.

"Audiomancy: for this fascinating synchronistic ritual, individuals would first make a wish. They would then go stand on a street corner and listen for the answer to their wish in the first conversation that they would overhear between two people."