"Modern Ritual Magic" by F. King, based on authentic documents and testimonies, gives the reader the opportunity to plunge into the mysterious world of secret societies, get acquainted with the great magicians of our century S. Myters and A. Crowley, feel the intensity of the magical struggle inside the "Golden Dawn", watch the astral war of the occult Amazons: Moina Mathers and Dion Fortune. Many surprises await the reader when meeting with characters quite familiar to him: Nobel laureate W.B. Yates, R. Steiner, the founder of Scientology R. Hubbard. Many documents previously available only to initiates: texts of oaths, descriptions of magical, alchemical and initiation rituals, instructions, letters to secret leaders - allow the reader to take a completely new look at the daily practice of occult orders. The author also pays attention to more mundane occult movements: the Wicca cult, modern witchcraft and its leaders, Wilkinson, Gardner, etc.