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mothma's review
3.0
Not at all like what I was expecting. The narrator's voice worked well for the format and was pretty easy to read. My eyes glazed over a bit in the more metaphysical sections, and I'm not sure I really grasped the core of what Fortune was trying to say, but it was an interesting read nonetheless.
threadybeeps's review
5.0
That was truly beautiful. I'm glad I let this one marinate on my shelf for as long as I did, because I think most of it would have gone over my head in high school. And now...I must find more high quality occult fiction.
editor_b's review
2.0
I’ve long had an interest, however weak, in esoteric matters. Since the birth of my daughter I’ve been particularly interested in goddess worship, or more specifically the modern revival of ancient goddess religion. That interest led me to this novel by Dion Fortune.
This is the tale of a bored British real estate broker who gets involved with a seemingly ageless woman who may just happen to be the reincarnation of a priestess from ancient Atlantis. They get up to some pretty occult stuff together. I think if Dion Fortune had written this a couple centuries earlier she might have been burned at the stake. It gave me a little thrill to see my daughter’s name mentioned in some of their ritual chants.
Choice quote:
My juvenile amusement at these place names was, unfortunately, the highlight of the book. It’s not that the book was bad, just kind of boring. It was not too too boring — I finished it after all — and it was pleasant in its own way, as reading a chapter or two helped me get to sleep at night.
However, because of these somnorific qualities, it took me longer to finish than it should have.
This is the tale of a bored British real estate broker who gets involved with a seemingly ageless woman who may just happen to be the reincarnation of a priestess from ancient Atlantis. They get up to some pretty occult stuff together. I think if Dion Fortune had written this a couple centuries earlier she might have been burned at the stake. It gave me a little thrill to see my daughter’s name mentioned in some of their ritual chants.
Choice quote:
‘Is that the river down below you?’ she said.
I told her it was.
‘The one that comes out at Dickmouth?’
I told her that was so. ‘This is the Narrow Dick,’ I said. ‘Where the Broad Dick is, I have never been able to discover.’
My juvenile amusement at these place names was, unfortunately, the highlight of the book. It’s not that the book was bad, just kind of boring. It was not too too boring — I finished it after all — and it was pleasant in its own way, as reading a chapter or two helped me get to sleep at night.
However, because of these somnorific qualities, it took me longer to finish than it should have.
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