Magic -- Brief history of magic -- Antiquity and the middle ages -- Magical personalities -- Varieties of magic: Multifaceted human body -- Power and mystery of amulets and talismans -- Evil eye -- Magical rituals and symbols -- Magic practices of the Teutons -- Geomancy - art of the divination by Earth -- Chinese I Ching -- Kabbalah -- Numerology and exorcism of demons -- Crystal ball -- Art of prophecy -- Tarot - art of laying and reading cards -- Rune magic -- Shamanism - flight into other worlds -- Spells - invocations of power -- Teachers of magic: Aleister Crowley, the godless magician -- Eliphas Levi , the search for the keys -- Dion Fortune, witch and wise woman -- Franz Bardo and his great magical universe -- Austin Osman Spare, fulfillment of secret desires -- Magic order of the Golden Dawn -- Wicca -- Modern witches among us.