Before You Do Magic: Train Your Mind to Awaken Occult Skills

Countless Books Teach the Mechanics of Magic
This One Develops Your Occult Mental Skills

Before you perform spells and rituals, you need to develop your innate abilities. Otherwise, you'll just find yourself going through the motions without achieving any practical results. Regardless of your experience or traditions, this book's 120 exercises will help you gain the energetic focus needed to make your magic more effective.

Donald Tyson provides twelve chapters that each cover a different topic and why it is necessary for better magic.

- Occult Sympathies - Controlled Breathing - Meditation - Visualization - Concentration - Dramatization - Incantation - Realization - The Aura - Scrying - Channeling - Astral Projection

Within each chapter are ten exercises to choose from that will help you strengthen the corresponding topic or skill. Find the exercises that most resonate within you and apply them multiple times to build up your esoteric abilities and open yourself to the realm of magic within your heart and mind.