Catherine MacCoun is a literary collaborator by profession and has written five published volumes of nonfiction. Her novel, Beyond the Abbey Gates, was originally published as The Age of Miracles, in 1990, and reissued as a Trumpeter book in 2006. She has won numerous grants and awards for her writing, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in prose.
“What MacCoun gives us in her book is a great telling of the
workability of magic complete with history, principles, and
procedures. She believes that we all have the ability to perform
magic, to transform our lives and our world for the
better.”—Evolve! Magazine
“A richly gratifying exploration of alchemy. MacCoun represents
this ancient art as a kind of spiritual graduate
school.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“An enchanting, engaging, and insightful work that investigates the
power of our creativity and our relationship to the laws of the
universe.”—Caroline Myss, author of Entering the Castle and Anatomy
of the Spirit
“Catherine MacCoun is a great communicator, and she knows her stuff
from the inside too. Blows a bright and refreshing breeze through
the musty halls of hermetic and magical symbolism, and lays it all
on the line. Highly recommended.”—Gareth Knight, author of Magic
and the Western Mind
“A true alchemist, Catherine MacCoun has transformed profound ideas
into a gold standard of what a book on magic should be. Excellently
written with prose that sparkles with clarity and wit, this book
can serve novice and advanced practitioner alike with equal grace
and insight.”—David Spangler, author of Blessing and Everyday
Miracles
“Many discussions of alchemy are hopelessly dense and opaque; this
one is full of light and life. With admirable clarity, MacCoun
shows how alchemy can benefit one’s life here and now. This is
uncluttered, everyday wisdom; the most accessible discussion of the
psychospiritual dimensions of alchemy to appear in years.”―Larry
Dossey, MD, author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary
Things
"What MacCoun gives us in her book is a great telling of the
workability of magic complete with history, principles, and
procedures. She believes that we all have the ability to perform
magic, to transform our lives and our world for the
better."-Evolve! Magazine
"A richly gratifying exploration of alchemy. MacCoun represents
this ancient art as a kind of spiritual graduate
school."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"An enchanting, engaging, and insightful work that investigates the
power of our creativity and our relationship to the laws of the
universe."-Caroline Myss, author of Entering the Castle and
Anatomy of the Spirit
"Catherine MacCoun is a great communicator, and she knows her stuff
from the inside too. Blows a bright and refreshing breeze through
the musty halls of hermetic and magical symbolism, and lays it all
on the line. Highly recommended."-Gareth Knight, author of Magic
and the Western Mind
"A true alchemist, Catherine MacCoun has transformed profound ideas
into a gold standard of what a book on magic should be. Excellently
written with prose that sparkles with clarity and wit, this book
can serve novice and advanced practitioner alike with equal grace
and insight."-David Spangler, author of Blessing and
Everyday Miracles
"Many discussions of alchemy are hopelessly dense and opaque; this
one is full of light and life. With admirable clarity, MacCoun
shows how alchemy can benefit one's life here and now. This is
uncluttered, everyday wisdom; the most accessible discussion of the
psychospiritual dimensions of alchemy to appear in years." Larry
Dossey, MD, author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of
Ordinary Things
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