Hermetic Library

Online discussion group for the Hermetic Library book club.

The Hermetic Library book club is for people interested a living Western Esoteric Tradition. The book selections will be wide ranging and may be from many genres, including fiction and non-fiction, that are of interest. Generally speaking the book selections will be related to the subject matter of the Hermetic Library, but this is a book club not a study group or an online teaching order of any kind. If you have comments, questions or s...more

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The Woman Between the Worlds

by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre

Start date: August 1, 2012

Finish date: September 30, 2012

Discussion: The Woman Between the Worlds

Discussion leader: John

Why we're reading this: Ran into this author, if I recall correctly, because of an article over at IO9, and this work because of…more
[close] Ran into this author, if I recall correctly, because of an article over at IO9, and this work because of the description. "[A] fabulous adventure begins in the realm of the occult and the fantastic. Wonderous shape-changers, mysterious dissappearances, and terrifying evils await on the other side of the shadows." Moreover: "A female shape-changer, pursued by invisible aliens, escapes to Victorian London. . . where she is aided by Aleister Crowley and the disciples of the Golden Dawn." This book seems overall to promise a kind of Philip K Dick / Kurt Vonnegut surreal ride. Will it deliver? [close]

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