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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. About the author: Dion Fortune is the pen name of Violet Firth. Born in Llandudno, Wales, in 1890, she showed some strong psychic tendencies early. She decided on nursing early on. Psychology became an early interest. Freudian. But she soon saw through the Viennese Tweedle-Dee and turned to what Freud would call: 'the black tide of occultism' for inspiration. She began life as a Christian Scientist (funny name), dabbled with Theosophy, and finally was welcomed into the loving arms of the Golden Dawn Society wherein she became an initiate and received the hieratic name of Deo Non Fortuna (from God, not from Chance), which soon became her pen name, Dion Fortune. In 1922 she formed The Society of Inner Light and didn't look back. She wrote some penetrating studies of the occult sciences including: PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE, THE MYSTICAL QABALAH, THROUGH THE GATES OF DEATH, ESOTERIC PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE. Her fiction includes: THE DEMON LOVER, THE WINGED BULL, THE GOAT FOR GOD, MOON MAGIC, THE SEA PRIESTESS THE SECRETS OF DR. TAVERNER. She was married to, and divorced from, T. Penry Evans, M.D. She died in London in January, 1946. The Society of Inner Light still operates in England. And her name is not forgotten by those who have ears to hear and eyes to see. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
The Winged Bull is a tale of magic and sexuality. Down on his luck, Ted Murchison invokes the Winged Bull, a god of ancient Babylon, to come to his aid. Immediately, he is drawn into a vortex of weird events in which he is asked to rescue the daughter of an old friend from the clutches of a black magician. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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One of my favourite first chapters of all time! The voice belongs to Brangwyn, an occultist and magician, who coincidentally just happens to be Murchison’s old and much-loved CO. He enlists Murchison’s help in freeing his sister from a damaging occult attachment, and sets him on a course that will either be the making or the death of him.
The novel and writing feel quite dated now; these were the days before political correctness was thought of( it was first published in 1936), but if you can cope with that aspect, which seems to touch on so many parts of the life between these covers, especially the roles designated to male and female, the book is revealing and informative. Ideas we now attribute to Graham Handcock and others are mentioned here, and there are many fascinating glimpses into Dion Fortune’s teachings and magickal practice.
I did find the constant on/off tension between Murchison and Brangwyn’s sister Ursula ( the name Ursula Brangwyn must have been deliberately chosen by Fortune to parallel the ideas of D.H. Lawrence in Women In Love; ie the right of a woman to choose her mate), slightly annoying at times, and – for me at least – stretched a little too far. Murchison often seems too sulky and untouchable, even though we’re allowed to see events through his eyes and know his reasons, and the sleazy characters who are out to get their hands on Ursula for the purposes of performing a Black Mass resemble caricatures. But there are some interesting insights to be gained - The Winged Bull is well worth a read, and one of the first pagan fiction classics. ( )