In the 1980s small groups of experienced magiciansexperimented with the secret techniques of the Western MysteryTradition. They produced a renaissance in the study of occultismand magic and a corpus of work which are the cornerstones of thetradition for the 21st century.Among their leaders was RJ Stewart, a renowned expert ontraditional British folk, Celt and medieval music, who hadrecorded music for the BBC and various films. He was also apioneer in studying the Merlin tradition, writing two originaland influential books translating and exploring genuinemedieval Merlin texts.In his classic book Advanced Magical Arts, the author drawsupon the coherent, mature and enduring systems of magic, longpreserved in our Western culture. With beautifulillustrations by Miranda Gray, he offers a series of fundamentalaspects of the magical arts, which he supports with practicalexamples of visualisations and rituals.R J Stewart is a leading author on magic, mythology, music, and the creativeimagination. He has forty-one books in publication, translated worldwide, andis also a composer and musician working in film, theatre, and television, and hasmade many recordings. Born in Scotland, he now lives in Northern California.