Anyone who decides to look into ''the magickal life styles'' quickly finds that there are many highly specialized books, dealing with one or two topics. Few of them are willing to examine - or even admit - that other systems exist & are valid. In Merlyn`s Magick: The Wizards Secret Notebooks, Joshua Free has vreated a highly unusual book that gives the serious student a usable overview of various approaches to magickal theory and practice. But the book is no less caluable for someone with great specialized experiance who would like a better feel for how the different approaches interlock and complement each other. Merlyn`s Magick is invaluable for someone who is learning the ways of magick, or even who is just a little curious, Joshua Free encourages syntheses and generalist knowledge of magick, rather than endless specialization or dry academic posturing, And he ultimately provides a great beginning for someone who wants to not just practice magick -but live it. Paperback 168 pgs