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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 12, 2021 14:43:13 GMT
The Lifted Veil by George Elliot.
An odd story. Can probably be classed as early Science Fiction.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 12, 2021 15:00:21 GMT
Yes--if you happen to be interested in this sort of thing, Alan Richardson's book DANCERS TO THE GODS, also published under the title 20TH CENTURY MAGICIANS, is worth tracking down. He collected the magical working records of CCT and her working partner, Colonel Seymour, an interesting pioneer in the revival of Goddess-focused Paganism in 1930s England. More good women authors as I think of them: Elizabeth Hand, especially Wylding HallDorothy K. Haynes (have only read some short stories, but they're good) Rosemary Timperley E. Nesbit Elizabeth Walter Vernon Lee (I thought "Dionea" was superb if you like tales about ancient Goddesses suddenly reappearing in Victorian times) Tanith Lee--hard to find a lot of her work, but worth the trouble cheers, Hel has some works by Tanith Lee, if you don't mind pdfs. Also, many many other authors that may be of interest. Do you know if Ithell Colquhoun was linked to Dion Fortune? |
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Post by helrunar on May 12, 2021 15:10:44 GMT
Hi Princess, Ithell seems mostly to have been something of an auto-didact in Magic. According to this informative article, she tried to join the Golden Dawn and Dion's Society of the Inner Light, but was rejected by both. www.ithellcolquhoun.co.uk/magical_societies.htmIthell's Tarot deck was finally published a few years ago. I couldn't connect at all to the imagery but the colors are quite extraordinary. Hel |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 12, 2021 15:23:23 GMT
Although it's horror rather than weird, I like the stories of late British actress and author Dulcie Gray, found in several of the Pan Book of Horror Stories collection. I'm sure I can come up with a few more authors to recommend if I put my mind to it.... Thank you. She was a child of the Empire I see. She would have been an interesting person to meet. Edited to say I seem to be very bad at using quotes. And to say that Dr Strange can agree with me if he wants on this. |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 12, 2021 16:14:31 GMT
A Beleaguered City by Mrs. Oliphant.
An interesting 19th century tale where the dead of a city in France make their return.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 12, 2021 19:59:26 GMT
The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World by Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle.
I don't know how to describe it. Proto-science fiction?
Margaret Cavendish was one of the most interesting characters of her age. A rare female intellectual who was know as "Mad Madge" by many of her contemporaries.
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Post by helrunar on May 12, 2021 20:08:27 GMT
That's really interesting, Princess. The "Blazing World" is a feature in the later issues of Alan Moore's increasingly bizarre League of Extraordinary Gentleman graphic novel series--I forget if he first introduced this realm in the Black Dossier volume, or if it showed up at an earlier point.
He put some really obscure references and quotations in there--there's a blog, somewhere, that exhaustively catalogues all of it.
cheers, Hel
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 12, 2021 20:12:41 GMT
That's really interesting, Princess. The "Blazing World" is a feature in the later issues of Alan Moore's increasingly bizarre League of Extraordinary Gentleman graphic novel series--I forget if he first introduced this realm in the Black Dossier volume, or if it showed up at an earlier point. He put some really obscure references and quotations in there--there's a blog, somewhere, that exhaustively catalogues all of it. cheers, Hel It's a long time since I read it. The author was very eccentric. She made her own clothes. There is a biography about her called Mad Madge. |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 12, 2021 21:49:02 GMT
Hi Princess, Ithell seems mostly to have been something of an auto-didact in Magic. According to this informative article, she tried to join the Golden Dawn and Dion's Society of the Inner Light, but was rejected by both. www.ithellcolquhoun.co.uk/magical_societies.htmIthell's Tarot deck was finally published a few years ago. I couldn't connect at all to the imagery but the colors are quiteextraordinary. Hel The women of the Golden Dawn are interesting. Wasn't Maud Gonne, Muse of W. B. Yeat's, a member? |
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Post by helrunar on May 12, 2021 22:05:00 GMT
Hi Princess,
I don't recall ever hearing of Maud Gonne being involved in the GD. Yeats himself was, of course, and was a leader of the Order for a time. Maud converted to Roman Catholicism in the 1890s but a lot of the GD magic was Xtian in focus, so who knows.
I think one of the most fascinating of the GD women was Florence Farr, an actress who also wrote plays, including at least one sacred drama based on ancient Egyptian mysticism and mythology.
Pamela Colman "Pixie" Smith, the genius artist who created the so-called Rider Waite Tarot deck, also became a Catholic. I'm not sure she was ever initiated in the GD. I know that Waite was giving her some instruction when she worked on the Tarot. Her designs created a whole new Tarot egregore that has proven tremendously influential over the past century.
Dangerous to ask me about such things because I do tend to go on...
cheers, H.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 12, 2021 22:14:52 GMT
Hi Princess, I don't recall ever hearing of Maud Gonne being involved in the GD. Yeats himself was, of course, and was a leader of the Order for a time. Maud converted to Roman Catholicism in the 1890s but a lot of the GD magic was Xtian in focus, so who knows. I think one of the most fascinating of the GD women was Florence Farr, an actress who also wrote plays, including at least one sacred drama based on ancient Egyptian mysticism and mythology.Ā Pamela Colman "Pixie" Smith, the genius artist who created the so-called Rider Waite Tarot deck, also became a Catholic. I'm not sure she was ever initiated in the GD. I know that Waite was giving her some instruction when she worked on the Tarot. Her designs created a whole new Tarot egregore that has proven tremendously influential over the past century. Dangerous to ask me about such things because I do tend to go on... cheers, H. I'll check in my Yeats biography. If I can find it. Please do go on. Who was the woman who did the Crowley pack art? |
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Post by helrunar on May 12, 2021 22:49:44 GMT
That was Lady Frieda Harris. Her letters to Crowley are marvelous because she was so no-nonsense with him. I read a long paper by an individual who is working on a biography of her a few months ago. The paper was a mixed bag. Lady Frieda very much had her own mystical understanding, personal experiences and gnosis with the Tarot archetypes, but this was not properly acknowledged in the recent paper, I thought. Crowley doesn't come out so well in the correspondence. Some of the letters are here: hermetic.com/crowley/crowley-harrisH. |
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