tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post2091924384974165902..comments2024-03-28T12:10:31.018-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: Edwardian EsotericsDouglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-78967239333321034232020-09-15T14:01:29.302-04:002020-09-15T14:01:29.302-04:00Yes, I think so too, Ian. Certainly reminds me of,...Yes, I think so too, Ian. Certainly reminds me of, say, Dion Fortune's novels and aspects of plot not unlike Williams' 'War in Heaven'. MarkMark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-47258527382519376002020-09-15T07:42:24.726-04:002020-09-15T07:42:24.726-04:00I'm currently reading (and thoroughy enjoying)...I'm currently reading (and thoroughy enjoying) 'Man in a Black Hat' I imagine with it's Rosicrucian murder mystery is also sheltering under this umbrella ian hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185795270490170583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-27819537178375308102020-09-15T07:27:45.287-04:002020-09-15T07:27:45.287-04:00Great observation!Great observation!Bill Ectrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14957393680007486942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-66149445266080583062020-09-15T03:50:34.741-04:002020-09-15T03:50:34.741-04:00Yes, I certainly think the two Blackwood books are...Yes, I certainly think the two Blackwood books are harbingers of the form. To use Borrow's terms, Wheatley seems to me more interested in 'the grotesquerie' than the 'spiritual allegory', but he'd certainly be in any broad definition. Conversely, Machen's 'Fragment' isn't in the thriller form at all, since it mostly describes mild-mannered lives, but it Mark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-87880306957270026892020-09-14T19:58:35.026-04:002020-09-14T19:58:35.026-04:00Is there a distinction between the metaphysical th...Is there a distinction between the metaphysical thrillers you describe and novels such as Machen's "A Fragment of Life" and Blackwood's "Julius LeVallon" and "A Human Chord"? Among more modern books, would Dennis Wheatley's "The Devil Rides Out" and some of his other books also fit? --md Michael Dirdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901144234768066002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-78062645479587680782020-09-14T18:45:06.494-04:002020-09-14T18:45:06.494-04:00Fascinating stuff. Thank you Mark. Fascinating stuff. Thank you Mark. ian hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185795270490170583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-48117314453847488972020-09-14T15:42:42.451-04:002020-09-14T15:42:42.451-04:00Thanks, Roger. I hadn't thought of Saki, but I...Thanks, Roger. I hadn't thought of Saki, but I see what you mean. Certainly worth further thought. MarkMark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-39489265920298221012020-09-14T12:09:38.763-04:002020-09-14T12:09:38.763-04:00"Some of these authors it is true, while reje..."Some of these authors it is true, while rejecting the tepid conventionality of the churches, were attracted to the more ritualistic aspects of their ceremonies."Were they inspired by Saki's Reginald, perhaps?<br /> "The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience: you get the mediæval picturesqueness of the one with the modern conveniences ofRoger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-2173173524541829772020-09-14T07:38:19.336-04:002020-09-14T07:38:19.336-04:00I've only read Butts recently and Williams whe...I've only read Butts recently and Williams when I was a teenager, but I've enjoyed both. I'm very much looking forward to Sarob Press's Powers and Presences.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654828840444533490noreply@blogger.com