When NLP first came to my attention many years ago I was already immersed in training that offered a rather different map of the human being, albeit entirely complementary in many respects. However in terms of how my own inner world functions, the energetic map of esoteric psychology finds far more resonance with my own direct experience than the rather mechanical, cerebral, what seems to me, ‘painting by numbers’ world of NLP. This is not a criticism, just a matter of personal preference. As a tool, NLP offers a route to some of the same outcomes as ritual magic, but by a rather different route, a different ‘frame’ if you like.