Title: Talking to the Gods
Description: Talking to the Gods explore the linkages between the imaginative literature and the occult beliefs and practices of four writers who were members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. William Butler Yeats, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, and Dion Fortune were all members of the occult organization for various periods from 1890 to 1930. Yeats, of course, is both a canonical and well-loved poet. Machen is revered as a master of the weird tale. Blackwood's work dealing with the supernatural was popular during the first half of the twentieth century and has been influential in the development of the fantasy genre. Fortune's books are acknowledged as harbingers of trends in second-wave feminist spirituality. Susan Johnston Graf examines practices, beliefs, and ideas engendered within the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawg and demonstrates how these are manifest in each author's work, including Yeats's major theoretical work, A Vision. -- from back cover.
Subjects: Spiritualism, Occultism, English literature, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Literatur, Occultism in literature, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Spiritualism in literature, Literature, Okkultismus, Spiritismus, History, Yeats, w. b. (william butler), 1865-1939, Machen, arthur, 1863-1947, Blackwood, algernon, 1869-1951, Hermetic order of the golden dawn, English drama, history and criticism, 20th century
People: Arthur Machen (1863-1947), W. B. Yeats (1865-1939), William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Englisch, ..., Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951), Dion Fortune, Dion Fortune (1890-1946)
Time periods: 20th century