Written by Russian philosopher and mathematician P. D. Ouspensky, it records his years studying with the enigmatic teacher G. I. Gurdjieff, presenting the so-called "Fourth Way".

This, being a spiritual discipline pursued within ordinary life rather than through monastic withdrawal. Across discussions of consciousness, self-remembering, time, cosmology and human psychology, Ouspensky constructs one of the most systematic introductions to Gurdjieff's ideas, while remaining an absorbing philosophical narrative in its own right.

The book has attracted readers across remarkably different worlds—from Jungian psychology and comparative religion to cybernetics, systems theory and countercultural philosophy—because it asks an enduring question: what if ordinary consciousness is only a fraction of what human beings are capable of? Whether approached as metaphysics, psychology or intellectual history, In Search of the Miraculous remains one of the foundational texts of modern Western esotericism.

Arkana/Routledge paperback edition (1987). Good vintage condition with light creasing and edge wear to the covers, age toning to the pages, and a sound, square binding.