"In A Formless Fire, Ike Baker provides a clear and concise overview of the esoteric traditions from antiquity to the present era and how they have come to be practiced across the millennia. Being both scholarly and practice oriented, A Formless Fire provides readers with insight into the complexity and critical importance of the Western esoteric traditions, an essential glossary, and some practices for beginning students to undertake as they journey on 'the Path of Return.' Baker's work is comparable in scope to Joscelyn Godwin's 'The Golden Thread' and Arthur Versluis's 'Magic and Mysticism' and readers would benefit greatly from reading them in tandem."