In 17 books, Israel Regardie (19071985) brought spiritual healing and Western magical traditions into the mainstream. The Art of True Healing is his most brilliant and concise work on the power of focused meditation. The central practice in the book is the Middle Pillar meditation, a simple technique derived from the Kabbalah's Tree of Life that awakens our natural energy centres so that "we may become aware of previously unknown currents of force....It is the willed use of such force that is capable of bringing health to body and mind". The ultimate result is to transform "the human personality...into a powerful magnet attracting to itself whatever it truly desires or is necessary to its welfare". The Art of True Healing was far ahead of its time, for it is a clear, simple guide to not only healing, but to the essence of modern magic: creating what we want in life.