The Keys to the Temple: Unlocking Dion Fortune's Mystical Qabalah Through Her Occult Novels

by Penny Billington, Ian Rees

Overview

How to use the brilliant insights from Dion Fortune's occult novels to master the art of the embodied imagination, discover your vitality, and open up to the clarity and love that arise from the root of your being.Dion Fortune's esoteric novels were written as guides to magic and inner development to be used along with her great nonfiction work The Mystical Qabalah. This book shows how to work with her most popular fictions, exploring how the stories and characters can help you integrate the secrets of the Tree of Life and discover what Fortune called "the keys to the temple."The book contains an exploration of Fortune's writings, experiential practices, and a hands-on workbook section, you will learn to utilize the wealth of esoteric wisdom found in The Mystical Qabalah, The Goat-Foot God, The Sea Priestess, The Winged Bull, and Moon Magic'."This wonderful evocation of Dion Fortune's esoteric novels offers initiatory and practical pathways to the neophyte and reader!" - Caitlin&John Matthews, authors of The Lost Book of the Grail

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801520317
Publisher:	Aeon Books
Publication date:	04/21/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	262
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Penny Billington is a Druid speaker and author and is active in the Order of Bards, Ovates&Druids, having edited their magazine, 'Touchstone', for fifteen years. She regularly runs workshops, organises rituals, and gives lectures and has also authored a Druid Detective series of novels. She resides in Somerset, England. Visit her online at www.penny billington.co.uk.
Ian Rees is a psycho-spiritual psychotherapist practicing in Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. He has been a therapist for twenty years and spent ten years before that working in probation work and social work. He designed MA programs and taught at the Karuna Institute in Devon from 1999 to 2009. Since 2009 he has concentrated on developing and presenting workshops for the Annwn Foundation.

Table of Contents

Contents
List of Figures xiii
Introduction 1
Book Synopses 5
Unlocking The Mystical Qabalah 13

SECTION 1: LEAVING HOME
1. The Goat-Foot God: Power of Nature 29
2. Entering Malkuth and The Goat-Foot God 41
3. The Sea Priestess: Currents and Rhythms 51
4. Yesod and The Sea Priestess: Making a Foundation 61
5. The Winged Bull and the Dance of Relationship 73
6. Tiphareth and The Winged Bull 85
7. Moon Magic: The Depths and the Heights 95
8. Daath and Moon Magic 107

SECTION 2: FOLLOWING
9. The Work of Change 121
10. First Steps on the Path 131
11. The Emotional Connection 141
12. Thresholds, Guardians, and Obstacles 155
13. Magical Space 165
14. The Mentor and the Threefold Way 175

SECTION 3: CROSSING THE BRIDGE
15. Magical Work: Guidelines and Boundaries 189
16. The Qabalah Applied 199
17. Working with Malkuth and The Goat-Foot God 209
18. Working with Yesod and The Sea Priestess 221
19. Working with Tiphareth and The Winged Bull 233
20. Working with Daath and Moon Magic 245

Conclusion 259
Bibliography 263
Acknowledgments 265

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How to use the brilliant insights from Dion Fortune's occult novels to master the art of the embodied imagination, discover your vitality, and open up to the clarity and love that arise from the root of your being.

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