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    Book Review–Before You Do Magic: Train Your Mind to Awaken Occult Skills, by Donald Tyson

    Before You Do Magic: Train Your Mind to Awaken Occult Skills  by Donald Tyson Publisher: Llewellyn, Woodburg, Minnesota 248 page E-book. Publication date: December 2025 Tyson lays it all out in his intro: there’s plenty of value in this book, but the reader will have to work to extract it all. Fair and friendly warning–Before You Do Magic is not for the faint of heart. When Tyson says it’s about training your mind, he ain’t kiddin’. Be ready to do mental heavy lifting. (Lots of it!) And bring your “A” game. The main body of this tome consists of twelve chapters. Topics range from meditation to incantations to astral projection. All have exercises. Tough ones. Our author…