The author writes: The bulk of the black magician's work is through mind power alone – not rituals and curses. My book is about mind power. There are no rituals; no summoning of devils and demons. But what do we mean by ‘mind power'? It is the creative use of thought and mental imagery. What makes a black magician's approach different? It is intention Let me illustrate. There is something I present as a ‘little trick'. You're a man and you're at a party or some social function. A particular female interests you. Use of mind power will make her aware of you, so you introduce a ‘little trick' and just by a few simple words, with your projection of thought, you can get her interested – very interested – in you. This could be called ‘instant hypnosis' or ‘mentalism' or whatever; but it happens without her hardly realising it. Certainly no-one else present will realise it; but it will have achieved its purpose. Some would call this ‘immoral'. Enter black magic – that's what it's about. Any text on hypnosis or mentalism will tell you you mustn't use it ‘for immoral purposes'. But there's a devil in all of us and it is precisely for immoral purposes we want to use it! In any field of the occult, mind power is everything. Without it you can't go far. Succeed with mind power and all ritualism becomes a piece of cake. Usually writers on mind power stay clear of making specific claims for fear of offending someone. As a black magician I have no such sensibilities. The reader of my book is smarter than that.