Dolores Aschroft-Nowicki is a third generation psychic who has worked with magic since childhood. She studied under the late W. E. Butler and with him was a founding member of the Servants of the Light School of Occult Science. She travels the world lecturing on all aspects of the occult and is the author of many successful books, including The Shining Paths, Inner Landscapes, Illuminations, The Ritual Magic Workbook and First Steps in Ritual.