Some years ago I wrote a book entitled Magical Ritual Methods that is still very much in use yet now needs updating.
I wrote it because at the time no such thing existed; members of esoteric associations had to learn how to work rituals the hard way, since no senior member seemed either able or willing to explain things in detail or satisfactorily.
I wished with all my heart that there had been some kind of "ABC of Ritual Procedures" to guide my wandering way, but since there wasn't, I determined to remedy this deficiency once I had gained sufficient experience to do so.
After all, every other art had its explanatory manuals and beginners books so why shouldn't ritualism have its equivalent?
As an ex-soldier, I could appreciate the value of drill books and classified basic exercises out of which the most complicated maneuvers could subsequently be constructed.
Why shouldn't this apply to other fields of action than merely to military behavior? It not only could but did, and so Magical Ritual Methods was the eventual result.
