Dragon magic, outlined by D.J. Conway in her book Dancing With Dragons (Llewellyn Publications, 1994), involves the invocation of dragon spirits to aid one in one''s magical work. "Invoke their ageless wisdom and power!" says one of the book''s cover blurbs.

As both a dragon and a practicing mage, I find Dancing With Dragons'' promises rather silly -- all I have to do to harness the ageless wisdom and power of the dragon is to look inside myself. Still, the book''s target audience is, I''m sure, human, and for those people who are not themselves dragons I can understand how it could aid their work.