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A complete guide to the theory, practice, and history of Mazdan magic, the first organized system of magic * Provides a complete curriculum of magical study and initiation centered on exercises keyed to the sacred Zoroastrian calendar * Details advanced magical rituals and practices based on archaic Persian formulas, including fire rituals and divine invocations * Explores the history and lore of Persian magic, explaining how the author reconstructed the original Mazdan system of magic Stephen Flowers explores the history, theory, practice, rituals, and initiations of the Mazdan magical system practiced by the Magi of ancient Persia, who were so skilled and famed for their effectiveness that their name came to mean what we today call "magic." The prestige and reputation of the Magian priests of Mazda is perhaps most iconically recorded in the Christian story of the Three Wise Men who visited newborn Jesus.