Mind Magic

Our happiness in many ways is related to our ability to manifest. Dr Doty explains how intention is manifested in the brain and offers six steps each of us can use to create the life we want. Powerful and profound. * Arianna Huffington, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thrive *Dr Doty’s book Mind Magic has given us a concrete program, based on neuroscience, on how to manifest our intentions the right way, and how by doing so we are empowered to live a life of meaning and purpose. * Jon Hamm *Mind Magic is a book we need now! Dr James Doty offers powerful, neuroscience-based techniques for manifestation that can change our lives and change our world. * Marci Shimoff, New York Times bestselling author of Happy for No Reason *Dr Doty is to be congratulated for offering a practical guide based in neuroscience on the mechanics of how personal reality is created in consciousness. * Deepak Chopra, MD, bestselling author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success *This book is about the mind but it’s also about magic … for in truly understanding one, we understand the other. * Marianne Williamson, bestselling author of A Return to Love *Brilliant, passionate, and effective, this could be the best guide ever written to making your dreams come true. Integrating brain science, wisdom traditions, and practical psychology, it brings readers along a proven, step-by-step path toward fulfilling their goals. A beautiful gem of a book. * Rick Hanson, PhD, bestselling author of Buddha’s Brain *

Dr James R Doty was a Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University, and the Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, which he cofounded with the Dalai Lama. As the Director of CCARE, he spearheaded many research projects on compassion and altruism, and their relationship to the brain. He was also an inventor and philanthropist, sitting on the board of a number of charities, including Friends of New Orleans (FONO) and the Dalai Lama Foundation, of which he was Chairman.

He is the author of the New York Times and international bestseller of Into the Magic Shop (Yellow Kite, 2016), which has now been translated into 40 languages and is the basis for the album, Love Yourself: Tear by K-pop sensation BTS. He passed away in August 2025.