Dion Fortune, " The Secrets Of Dr. Taverner"
PDF | ISBN 0898041376 | 245 pages | English | 1.11 MB
Based on real characters, this collection of tales portrays Dion Fortune's occult teacher as Dr Taverner and Fortune herself as his assistant Rhodes. Each story contains a message concerning the tremendous power of magic and uses and abuses of that power. Vampires, astral projection, karma, demonic possession - are all dealt with in this thoroughly compelling collection.
The seperate stories take place in a "nursing home" -i.e a mental hospital. run by Taverner in a most eccentric way. The doctor uses his training as an initiate of the Western Mysteries to solve his clients "issues". These issues run the gammut, between vampirism and faery lineage, to psychic manipulation and past life transgressions.