As a modern “wizard,” Mr. Person, 33, holds group sessions, like the recent meditation and Wizarding Hour in Greenpoint. He speaks to companies. He officiates weddings.

The wizard Nabu the Wise, a Lord of Order, felt responsible for what happens to Kent’s father.So he took the young boy on as a sort of adopted son. Over the next two decades, he instructed him ...

There's more than a passing resemblance to "The Wizard of Oz," with Sophie as Dorothy and Howl as the tin man who has no heart, and there's even a scarecrow and a Toto-like dog.