Alan Chapman is a Western magician, mystic, and writer, the founder of the Ordo Magia which is dedicated to helping anyone who wishes to take seriously the fate and destiny of their own soul through the transmission and mastery of Magia practice.

He has appeared in the Fortean Times and Chaos International, and regularly contributes to Worp FM podcast and his Barbarous Word substack and website.

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...............................................7

INTRODUCTION.....................................................9

1. NOTHING UP MY SLEEVE..................................15

2. 'I AM EXTERNAL!'............................................23

3. RUB A SPONGE..............................................29

4. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD....................37

5. METHOD TO THE MADNESS...............................39

6. A MODEL MAGICIAN........................................51

7. WHAT'S IN A NAME?.......................................57

8. GOT YOUR NUMBER........................................65

9. THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT............................71

10. THE DIRTY F-WORD......................................89

11. GOD BOTHERING..........................................93

12. ONE PORTION OF DEATH, PLEASE...................107

13. MAKING OMELETTES.....................................121

14. HOVER BOARDS AND SILVER LYCRA..................135

15. ABSEILING..................................................141

16. BUT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME!..........151

17. ROW YOUR BOAT........................................155

RECOMMENDED READING.....................................167