First published in 1935, "The Magic Presence" is the second book in the I AM series written by Guy Warren Ballard under the name Godfré Ray King.

This volume contains the author's second group of experiences with Saint Germain. These experiences were the result of his applying the knowledge he had previously learned, as described in "Unveiled Mysteries", Godfré Ray King´s first book and first volume of the I AM series. In "Unveiled Mysteries" the author describes a series of astral trips in time and space with St. Germain.

Guy Warren Ballard was an American mining engineer who, with his wife Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard, founded the "I AM" Activity. Ballard provided details of his encounters with St. Germain and other Ascended Masters in the books "Unveiled Mysteries" and "The Magic Presence", using the pen name Godfré Ray King.