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Showing posts with label Dion Fortune. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dion Fortune. Show all posts
Sunday, 30 March 2025

A last look through Conan Doyle's Magic Door

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T he final article in the series inspired by Through the Magic Door , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's little volume of 12 essays about books, w...
Saturday, 1 February 2025

Two quotations about the benefits of financial independence

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S ome people think of money mainly in terms of buying the basics and paying the bills; others are self-indulgent consumers who think in term...
Sunday, 17 November 2024

Miscellaneous memorable material from Dion Fortune's occult novels

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E ach article in the series inspired by Dion Fortune's five occult novels  seemed like the last one at the time, but, even though the r...
Sunday, 29 September 2024

More memorable material from Dion Fortune's occult novels

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T his is yet another article in the series inspired by D ion Fortune's occult novels . It contains a few more of her thought-provoking p...
Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Inspiration and creativity in Conan Doyle's Magic Door

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T his is yet another article in the series inspired by Through the Magic Door , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's little volume of essays about b...
Tuesday, 20 August 2024

A further scene of interest from a Dion Fortune occult novel

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A key scene in Dion Fortune's occult novel Moon Magic inspired an article about communicating via metaphysical means .  I n this scen...
Tuesday, 9 July 2024

A few comments about life from a Dion Fortune occult novel

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T he first article in the series inspired by Dion Fortune's occult novels  contains quotations relevant to the topic of operating from a...
Sunday, 30 June 2024

Get it in writing!

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T his article was inspired by a comment that I came across in one of Dion Fortune's occult novels. T he speaker, a man, decides to send ...
Friday, 31 May 2024

A last look at cult expert Steve Hassan's Freedom of Mind

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A fter producing a series of articles in which I highlight and comment on material of special interest from Steven Hassan's best-selling...
Monday, 20 May 2024

Another scene of interest from a Dion Fortune occult novel

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A s mentioned in the article inspired by The Demon Lover , there are scenes in Dion Fortune's occult novels that have particular relevan...
Monday, 8 April 2024

A scene of special interest from a Dion Fortune occult novel

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T here are a few scenes in Dion Fortune's occult novels that have particular relevance to some of the material on here.  T hese scenes c...
Saturday, 9 March 2024

More quotations from Dion Fortune's occult novels

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I have found Dion Fortune's occult novels  worth reading more  for the occasional neat summaries and thought-provoking, commentary-insp...
Wednesday, 7 February 2024

A few quotations from Dion Fortune's occult novels

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I n addition to her non-fiction books, the occultist Dion Fortune wrote five novels. While the stories themselves don't inspire commenta...
Monday, 6 December 2021

Some more Sagittarian writers of interest

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I noticed a while back that a few writers of interest were born at the end of November .   I found some good connections while I was looki...
Saturday, 21 September 2013

Unseen influences: seasonal depression and the autumn equinox

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D epression at this time of year is common. I think that there is more to it than the feeling that autumn is here, winter is on the horizon...
Saturday, 7 September 2013

Dion Fortune on energy vampires

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T he occultist Dion Fortune made some interesting statements about energy vampires that are worth discussing.   I can’t remember which of h...
Saturday, 27 July 2013

Witches and fairy godmothers in real life

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I n traditional stories, fairy godmothers grant wishes and make dreams come true; witches do the opposite. Fairy godmothers bless people; ...
Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Unseen influences: accidents caused by energy vampires

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I t is a strange 'coincidence' that every time I have had an accident where I was physically hurt, it occurred soon after I had b...