Magicians of all kinds combine our natural human interest in power with our natural human interest in mystery. The theme of the book is to address three questions: What does the magician symbolize in human life? What are the aspects of the archetypal image of the magician? What is the archetype of the magician? These are questions relating to understanding one’s psyche through magical awareness.

This book depicts manifestations of folk magic, black magic, and practical magic as courage and everyday wisdom, and it demonstrates how reading cards can entice us to concrete magical action.

This collection of essays has been written by magicians who really care about magic. Having discovered magic at a young age, they have allowed it to mature alongside their intellectual and practical formation. They contemplate different dimensions of magic and how they relate to it. Their stories and reflections reveal remarkable similarities in the themes that they address: Magic as power. Magic as escape. Magic as protection. Magic as play. Magic as medium. Magic as unknowable. Magic as symbol. Magic as language. Magic as incomplete.