Method of absorbing electromagnetic waves

A method of absorbing electromagnetic waves by absorbing the waves with an oriented carbon fiber-containing composition with the longitudinal axis of its carbon fibers being aligned with the direction of the electric field of the waves to be absorbed, wherein said carbon fiber-containing composition has a degree of carbon fiber orientation A defined as .epsilon.'max-.epsilon.'min and a degree of carbon fiber orientation B defined as .epsilon."max-.epsilon."min, the degree of carbon fiber orientation A being not less than 25 and/or the degree of carbon fiber orientation B being not less than 5, wherein .epsilon.' and .epsilon." are the real part and imaginary part, respectively, of the complex relative dielectric constant to dielectric constant in vacuo of said carbon fiber-containing composition when the waves to be absorbed are incident on the composition in an optional direction and .epsilon.'max, .epsilon.'min and .epsilon."max and .epsilon."min are the maximum and minimum values thereof.