Foundations of Practical Magic

These essays, now revised and brought together, represent the fruit of a lifetime’s study and experience of occult techniques. The emphasis throughout is on practical methods of releasing the vast inner potential on which magic depends, with the aim of finding “the jewel of a new life”―a life full of creative possibilities based on a radical renewal of consciousness.

Israel Regardie was one of the foremost occultists and magicians of the twentieth century. He started his career as Aleister Crowley’s private secretary, went on to join the Golden Dawn, and ultimately publish their teachings. In the sixties he was instrumental in the magical revival and the re-establishment of the Golden Dawn.