Inexplicable Magic
Meditation for Mystics
An exploration of seven principles of spiritual practice by NYT bestselling author and Buddhist teacher Susan Piver
Inexplicable Magic: Meditation for Mystics is an exploration of seven actions mystics engage in to invite the mind of awakening into our homes, relationships, jobs, finances, and creativity. Everything from the way we keep house to how we express love is grounds for realization.
When meditation is approached as a spiritual practice—rather than a self-improvement plan—its esoteric fruits ripen.
Ultimately, when we remember meditation’s true heart, we also remember how to be courageous, loving, and fiercely clear.
“If you’re looking for a book that will make you calmer, more efficient, and slightly better at meetings…keep walking. Inexplicable Magic is about what meditation actually does: it messes with your plans, softens your defenses, and introduces you to a kind of intelligence you don’t control. “Susan Piver isn’t selling mindfulness as a lifestyle accessory. She’s pointing to the real thing—lineage, mystery, heartbreak, and the strange fact that what you’re looking for doesn’t come from you… it comes to you.”—Samuel Bercholz, Founder and Shambhala Publications and author of Rude Awakenings, An Unconventional Guide to the Buddhist Path and A Guided Tour of Hell
“In a world that sells meditation as a productivity hack, Susan Piver has written something far more radical: an invitation to stop optimizing your inner life and start living it. Inexplicable Magic a reminder that the real work of waking up isn’t about becoming a more productive worker or a busier parent, it’s about becoming more fully, courageously, mysteriously alive. Piver writes with warmth, wit, and depth that cuts straight through the noise. This is not a self-help book, it’s something better: a love letter to the part of you that already knows the answers aren’t on a productivity app.”—Shannon Watts, founder emerita of Moms Demand Action and New York Times bestselling author of Fired Up
