{"product_id":"the-occult-fiction-of-dion-gareth-knight-9781870450867","title":"The Occult Fiction of Dion Fortune","description":"\u003cp\u003eDion Fortune is recognised as one of the most influential figures in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etwentieth century occultism and her books on various aspects of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoccult tradition are now enjoying a much deserved reappraisal. Her works\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof fiction are highly acclaimed both as vehicles for presenting complex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emagical and psychical theory and as remarkably powerful pieces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof genre literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGareth Knight, her biographer and a life long student of her work, here\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egives an overview of all her occult fiction, including her early work, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Secrets of Dr Taverner\u003c\/em\u003e, a series of short stories based upon the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eapproach of her early teacher Dr Theodore Moriarty to methods of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eesoteric healing, and \u003cem\u003eThe Demon Lover\u003c\/em\u003e, a blood and thunder thriller of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eblack magic and vampirism that developed in the writing into a story of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einitiation and redemption through love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her later novels, Dion Fortune began deliberately to use fiction as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea means of practical teaching. While she had presented the theory of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoccultism in her great work \u003cem\u003eThe Mystical Qabalah\u003c\/em\u003e, it was through her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworks of fiction that she sought to provide manuals for putting it into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epractice, at a time when much of this material was considered highly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecret and to be revealed to initiates only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGareth Knight gives a clear guide on how and where to look for this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epractical instruction in these later books, which comprise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Goat-foot God\u003c\/em\u003e, an evocation of Earth Mysteries and the Rite of Pan;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Winged Bull\u003c\/em\u003e with its polar Mysteries of Sun and Earth;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sea Priestess\u003c\/em\u003e, celebrating the Mysteries of the Moon; and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eposthumously published \u003cem\u003eMoon Magic\u003c\/em\u003e that takes them to a higher arc with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe setting up of a temple dedicated to Isis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany aspects of occultism receive practical attention in her pages, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluding place memories, karmic elements from past incarnations, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanimal magnetism, ley lines, sacred centres, techniques of ritual, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabove all the working out of right relationships between the sexes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein polar interchange\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gareth Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1870450868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781870450867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thoth Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.41h x 5.71w x 0.45d","brand":"Gareth Knight","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46825724477695,"sku":"9781870450867","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd898b04-66fa-4c7e-bac8-40a07c1867f5.jpg?v=1746073449","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-occult-fiction-of-dion-gareth-knight-9781870450867","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}