For anyone who seeks a solitary practice, or simply has no access to groups, this is a credible and meaningful text that contains everything the initiate could desire. Originally intended as a training manual for the first initiatory degree of the Aurum Solis Order, it grew into a book that takes the novice through an entire year of magical practice. (Highlighted in the Spring '01 New Leaves under its initial title, Aurum Solis: Initiation in a Modern Mystical Order.)