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Real or not, this book is a light, breezy introduction to the world the author claims is falsely termed supernatural (everything from ESP to witchcraft to astrology), written by a believer and mediocre practitioner (with the first B.A. in Magic and Thaumaturgy) less interested in converting than diverting. There is little documentation and less preaching: the author is interested in classifying phenomena (parallels between East and West, Christian and pagan) and using Occam's Razor and a simplistic pragmatism to form a scientific-sounding theory (magic uses concepts and rituals to after the electromagnetic waves our bodies are constantly sending out) to explain the mess. The inconsistencies (fortune-telling yes: ghosts no) and intellectual sops don't mar the effect of this amusing and fairly convincing look into a work which more and more of us (the U.S. Army has a Parapsychology Corps) believe in, and the excellent glossary and bibliography will be useful to those caught in the author's not-so-magic web. (Kirkus Reviews)

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Isaac Bonewits is one of North America's leading experts on ancient and modern Druidism, Witchcraft and the rapidly growing Earth Religions movement. He is the author of Real Magic, Authentic Thaumaturgy, The Pagan Man, Bonewits's Essential Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca, Bonewits's Essential Guide to Druidism, Real Energy, and Neopagan Rites, as well as numerous articles, reviews and essays. He is a singersongwriter with twoandahalf albums to his credit. As a 'spellbinding' speaker, he has educated, enlightened and entertained two generations of modern Goddess worshippers, nature mystics, and followers of other minority belief systems, and has explained these movements to journalists, law enforcement officers, college students, and academic researchers.

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