What Is Occultism?
Published on 12. September 2025
177 pages
978-1-60925-460-5 (ISBN)
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Offers the reader an in-depth look at what occultism can be to the rational and well-trained practitioner. Fortune presents a clear discussion, sweeping aside our cultural assumptions and stereotypes. She is able to place occultism in its proper place asa philosophy that employs scientific and rational methodology to explore the meaning of life, while retaining religious overtones. She reveals the heart of occult ethics and ideals that occult research seeks to aid people in achieving enlightenment.
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Dion Fortune (1891-1946), founder of The Society of the Inner Light, is recognized as one of the most luminous figures of 20th-century esoteric thought. A prolific writer, pioneer psychologist, powerful psychic, and spiritualist, she dedicated her life to the revival of the Western Mystery Tradition. She was also a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, whose members included at various times such people as A.E. Waite, Aleister Crowley, and W.B. Yeats.Gareth Knight is one of the major occult practitioners and authors of today. His many books include Experience of Inner Worlds, Magical World of the Tarot, Secret Tradition in Arthurian Legend.
Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Other Books by Dion Fortune
- Introduction by Gareth Knight
- I. What is Occultism?
- II. Is Occultism Worth While?
- III. The Deeper Issues of Occultism
- IV. Credulity in Occult Research
- V. Meditation and Psychism
- VI. The Use and Abuse of Astrology
- VII. Records of Past Lives
- VIII. Numerology and Prophecy
- IX. Group Karma in Occult Societies
- X. Authority and Obedience in Occultism
- XI. Secrecy in Occult Fraturnities
- XII. The Left-Hand Path
- XIII. Occultism and Immortality
- XIV. Psychic Pathologies
- XV. Mental Tresassing
- XVI. Occultism and Vegetarianism
- XVII. Eastern Methods and Western Bodies
- XVIII. Standards of Jugement
- XIX. The Ideals of Occultism
- Index
- The Society of the Inner Light
- About the Author
- Backcover
