Demon Lover

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Summary: Occult wisdom masked in the guise of fiction.
Review: Dion Fortune was an Amazing woman.This book was first published in 1927. Dion was heavily involved in the Occult community of that century England. Prior to her involvment with the Occult she was a psychologist. In this book she reveals her wisdom of human nature along with her great knowladge of the Occult. I suggest this book to those who either really enjoy a good supernatural story, Or those versed in psychic, occult, Wiccan, or paranormal studies. To explore this book is to go back in time to the days of secret societies, when magic was Magick.

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Summary: A melodramatic tale of romance and redemption
Review: This is a tale of melodramatic romance across many lifetimes between infantile but sensitive Veronica, who is unaware of her psychic abilities and past initiations into the occult; and Justin Lucas, her employer who hires her as his secretary and to unknowingly carry out his evil and unscrupulous desires to attain the top-secret Words of Power. Lucas's plan backfires when he recognises his past life connection with Veronica and that 'tie' to another human being sabotages his journey along the 'left hand path'. This tale conjurs up many a bad 'bodice ripper' with it's silly plot twists and instant emotional connections. Very formulaic with the 'all knowing, brutish but seductive male' and the 'utterly innocent heroine' who is the only one who can teach him to love. Swoon! And as expeceted, they're all terribly alone.

The only thing that stops this novel from holding up the crook leg of my desk is the probable accuracy of the occult refernces. For any student of the unknown forces, Ms Fortune is a well known and credible figure, thus this work of fiction, however crudely exceuted, deserves it place as a reference in any occultist's library. A final note, beware all who may find the many references to Christianity as the true saviour of man distasteful and unnecessary for an occult piece of fiction. It often feels that Ms Fortune is attempting to justify her travels along the occultist path by reminding us of her faith in Jesus.

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Summary: Love triumphs over the powers of darkness
Review: Veronica is a young woman who is innocently plunged into a world of occult intrigue and danger.She becomes the secretary of Lucas who uses her psychic abilities to further his own ambitions.He is caught out by his own secret fraternity and escapes with Veronica as a hostage.She falls in love with him, and it is only her love which saves him from the Abyss into which he has fallen as a result of his abuse of occult forces.This is Dion Fortune's first novel, and it introduces a number of the occult themes that appear in her subsequent novels.This novel has the authority of someone who knows what she is writing about, and it is an exciting read.