This author attributes to himself a number of significant magical effects, including effects as various as time travel, catching paper in the air, calling birds, telekinetically balancing a knife on its point, making pants stand mostly upright, influencing small earthquakes, and healing sore feet. The book includes some samples of ancient magic that can be used to repair fishing nets, attract an animal familiar, summon wind elementals, and cast lightning when it is barely raining, how to re-animate one's own body at will, and the powers of immortality and raise dead. While the effects do not come automatically, readers aspiring to be wizards or witches will be pleased with the range of spells and spell-effects ('Words of Power') present in this book, and its level of instruction on all areas of magic. This edition features numerous updates, including an improved section on Eastern magic.