Magic Is Alive More ancient and unchanging than the pyramids, it is forever new, adapting effortlessly to need or circumstance. Men and women have practiced it for thousands of years, despite the severe repression of sovereigns and priests. Magic. Is it mere myth and delusion, or can it truly move mountains and make the dead speak... bring rains from a clear sky and calm the seas... turn the outcome of great battles? How can magic be used to improve your life? Donald Tyson answers these and many other questions in a clear and direct manner: Explore the roots of magic -- its complete history Get answers to questions asked by those approaching magic for the first time Learn what magic can and can't do for you Discover how magic works Sort out the similarities and differences among different magical paths: Golden Dawn, Thelema, Wicca, Druidism, Shamanism, Voudoun and left-hand paths Receive complete instructions for rituals to awaken magical awareness and to accomplish a willed purpose Deepen your knowledge of ritual magic with suggested programs of study and reading material Ritual Magic is your guide into the entrancing, astonishing and, at times, mystifying secret garden of magic, Use it to separate the real from the illusory, to discover what is possible and to become the being you already are in your unspoken dreams Donald Tyson is also the author of The New Magus, Rune Magic and, How to Make and Use a Magic Mirror, He devotes his life to the attainment of a complete gnosis of the art of magic in theory and practice,