The Magic Formula

One man's gift for the rest of us who want to be happy and fulfilled.

The Magic Formula follows a close group of friends from childhood who decide to meet every ten years to renew their friendship. Gradually their numbers are reduced by death, and suddenly, as adults, they see that the realities of their lives are far bleaker than they are comfortable admitting to one another. As they share their individual stories, they come to realize that they all are victims, struggling and hurting. Each man is unable to deal with his problems, accepting the pain as normal. Into their lives comes a teacher with a mystical presence. He offers a precise summary of life through the exploration and explanation of their problems, and he offers a magic formula that dramatically can change them for the better. What they learn from this teacher launches them into a vastly new and powerfully transforming way of living happy, peaceful and fulfilling lives.

The issues addressed in The Magic Formula are based on the personal situations and most asked questions of participants who have attended Michael’s intensives and seminars over 13 years on five continents. He understands that for men everywhere, beyond all cultural and economic boundaries, the pain is the same. This book was written for them and their millions of counterparts worldwide. Interestingly, women find this book remarkably revealing as well, in that it uncovers those characteristics typically repressed and hidden by men.

REVIEWS . . .

“If you live an ordinary life and want an extraordinary one, then this remarkable book is all you need to induce a new state of awareness about how to go about doing so.” - Lesley Sussman, author, God’s Miracles

“Michael J. Roads' The Magic Formula is an impressive novel imbued with a deeper meaning than is offered by most simple works of fictional storytelling. It offers readers everywhere an illustrated and exampled means to deal with their own personal difficulties. The Magic Formula narrates transformation when a mystical teacher comes and offers a way each person in a circle of friends can greatly change his or her life. A profound moral parable of transformation, written and shared as a gift to all who read it, The Magical Formula is original and highly recommended reading." - Midwest Book Review
The self-help book industry may be flourishing, yet few books within this genre bear information that is truly life-transforming over an entire human lifespan. The Magic Formula is a vibrantly healthy and essential exception. While the information is presented in the guise of a novel, the content - tightly presented with very real life examples - presents an emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual alternative that belies the fiction humans have been programmed to live. Six of the seven men elect to learn about honor, time, thoughts, problems, truth, balance and more that is all connected with who we really are, spiritual human beings with a significant purpose.

131 pages (2003)