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The Demon Lover
The Demon Lover" was first published in 1927, the same year as H.P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu." Dion Fortune was among a generation of occult horror writers that formed popular culture's obsession with secret societies, vampires, demons, ritual magick, and dark powers lurking in the shadows. What sets Fortune apart from so many of her contemporaries is her deep know...more
Paperback, 286 pages
Published
November 1st 2010
by Weiser Books
(first published January 1st 1976)
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another thift store purchase, was hoping it would be more pornographic than it is (which is to say it isn't). this book is hekka boring, plays out a lotta old misogynistic tropes for some purpose... i fell asleep reading it on the plane. unfortunately the society of the light or whatever didn't like, magically appear upon reading. cover > content
Dion Fortune writes very well, and, being very well-versed in occultism as well as psychology, created characters and story that are sound on both levels. If you're looking lots of action, this is not the book for you, as it's quite old-fashioned in tone. Fortune's novels all tend to focus on the importance of psychologically healthy relationships between men and women (he views were quite advanced for the era in which she originally wrote, the 1940s), using her occult knowledge both as a backgr...more
Ideally, I'd give this three-and-a-half stars because the characterization really fell apart in the final third of the book. Fortune ascribes mutually-incompatible motives to both of the principle characters, as if treating them as ciphers for her metaphysical concerns got in the way of fleshing them out as fictional agents.
A black magician is killed by his order for disobedience, and begins vampirising the life energy (chi) from children in order to regain power in the material world and enact his revenge. P.S., he is also madly in love with the female protagonist, and this is a strong drive too.
Dion Fortune's fiction is always solid in its occult lore. Although her characters (especially the somewhat helpless but pure female character) are dated...it is a great book and has a lot of depth to it.
Jan 19, 2011
Angela Pippinger
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So far so good, I am reviewing this book for Weiser Books.
May 22, 2013
Douglas Leslie
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Apr 09, 2013
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Violet Mary Firth Evans (better known as Dion Fortune), was a British occultist and author. Her pseudonym was inspired by her family motto "Deo, non fortuna" (Latin for "by God, not fate").
From 1919 she began writing a number of novels and short stories that explored various aspects of magic and mysticism, including The Demon Lover, The Winged Bull, The Goat-Foot God, and The Secrets of Dr. Tavern...more
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From 1919 she began writing a number of novels and short stories that explored various aspects of magic and mysticism, including The Demon Lover, The Winged Bull, The Goat-Foot God, and The Secrets of Dr. Tavern...more
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