Each chapter is supplemented and expanded by a companion chapter on the same subject by Gareth Knight. In Dion Fortune's day the conventions of occult secrecy prevented her from being too explicit on the practical details of magic, except in works of fiction. These veils of secrecy having now been rolled back, Gareth Knight has taken the opportunity to fill in much practical information that Dion Fortune might well have included had she been writing today. In short, in this unique collaboration of two magical practitioners and teachers we are presented with a valuable and up-to-date text on…mehr
Each chapter is supplemented and expanded by a companion chapter on the same subject by Gareth Knight. In Dion Fortune's day the conventions of occult secrecy prevented her from being too explicit on the practical details of magic, except in works of fiction. These veils of secrecy having now been rolled back, Gareth Knight has taken the opportunity to fill in much practical information that Dion Fortune might well have included had she been writing today. In short, in this unique collaboration of two magical practitioners and teachers we are presented with a valuable and up-to-date text on the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic "as it is". That is to say, as a practical, spiritual and psychic discipline, far removed from the lurid superstition and speculation that are the hallmark of its treatment in sensational journalism and channels of popular entertainment.
Dion Fortune was a British occultist, ritual magician, novelist, and author. He was born Violet Mary Firth on December 6, 1890, and he died on January 6, 1946. She was one of the people who started the occult group Fraternity of the Inner Light. This was a group that supported ideas that she said the Ascended Masters had taught her. She was a prolific writer who wrote many pieces and books about her occult ideas. She also wrote seven novels, many of which were about occult topics. She came to think that the Ascended Masters, including "the Master Jesus," were talking to her, so she used trance mediumship to pass on their messages. In 1922, Fortune and Charles Loveday said that Masters spoke to them during one of these rituals and gave them a book called The Cosmic Doctrine. Fortune is known as one of the most important ritual magicians and occultists of the early 20th century. The Fraternity she started lived on after she died, and in later years, it gave rise to many other groups that followed her ideas. The occult and current Pagan groups like Wicca were influenced by her books, especially the ones about witchcraft.
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