Mirandola Publishing is proud to present NOETIC MAGIC & THE COMING TRANSFORMATION IN HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS. Written by international award-winning historian & playwright Daniel L. Wick, NOETIC MAGIC brilliantly details the secret history & meaning of the Western magical tradition from Ancient Greece to modern times. Synthesizing the contributions of esoteric Christianity (Gnosticism), esoteric Judaism (the Cabala), & esoteric Islam (Sufism), NOETIC MAGIC presents a new interpretation of magic for the modern world. Understood in the context of modern philosophy, especially phenomenology, & the psychological theories of Karl Jung & G.I. Gurdjieff, modern Noetic Magic seeks to connect human beings with Nous, the transcendental ground of being, by employing various techniques aimed at altering human consciousness at will. In this sense, it is intimately linked to the higher magical tradition in the West originated by Pythagoras. But it departs from that tradition by not postulating the reality of a supernatural world. Through the exercise of will, imagination, directed meditation, & the cultivation of ANAMNESIS (the "good unconscious"), NOETIC MAGIC strives to assist humankind in our heroic quest for the essence of self & the loving knowledge of others. Ordering Information: NOETIC MAGIC & THE COMING TRANSFORMATION IN HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS may be ordered directly from: Mirandola Publishing, LLC, 720 Marshall Avenue, Woodland, CA 95695.