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The Magical Dilemma
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The Magical Dilemma Jean Overton Fuller's humane biography of Aleister Crowley's disciple, lover, fellow magician, poet & seer; the literary godfather of Dylan Thomas. Really two books in one. Firstly a record of one man's extraordinary journey to magical enlightenment. Secondly the story of Aleister Crowley, the magus who summoned Neuburg to join him in the quest. 'The
book opens with the author's entry into the group of young poets
including Dylan Thomas and Pamela Hansford Johnson. They gather
around Victor Newburg in 1935 when he is poetry editor of the Sunday
Referee. Gradually the author becomes aware of his strange
and sinister past, in which Neuburg was associated in magick with
Aleister Crowley. Reviews: 'Those interested in Western occult history will welcome this revised and expanded edition of an important work first published in 1965. Overton Fuller's biography of Neuburg paints an intimate portrait of this complex character who was as much mystic as poet. A prominent figure in London's literary bohemia in the 1930s, Neuburg encouraged such writers as Dylan Thomas, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Hugo Manning and many others, including Overton Fuller. In his earlier days, Neuburg had been a disciple, magical partner and possibly even lover of Aleister Crowley during a period of ground-breaking magical experiments. ‘Vicky encouraged me as no one else has done,’ Dylan Thomas declared on hearing of Neuburg’s death. ‘He possessed many kinds of genius, and not the least was his genius for drawing to himself, by his wisdom, graveness, great humour and innocence, a feeling of trust and love, that won’t ever be forgotten.’ ‘ . . . there was a whiff of sulphur abroad, and all of us would have liked to know the truth of the Aleister Crowley’s legends, the truth of the witch-like baroness called Cremers, the abandonment of Neuburg in the desert.’ - Pamela Hansford Johnson 'No
dry biography this but an illuminating and compelling account of a multi-faceted
personality who lived during an exciting period of occult and literary
history. An absolute must-have!'
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and welcome...remains a curious and important book' *Ripperologist, The Journal of Jack The Ripper, East End and Victorian Studies is available in electronic format, on subscription / Email contact@ripperologist.biz Jean Overton Fuller Obituary
Jean Overton Fuller is known in the field of Ripperology for her book Sickert and the Ripper Crimes. A study of the enormously talented Edwardian painter Walter Richard Sickert, in which, using her artist eye she scrutinises the paintings he produced for clues about the 1888 Ripper murders. Sickert found thrill and inspiration in the music halls, and the murky regions of the demi-monde and its inhabitants. The man was an enigma, his obsession with the Ripper murders, and the atmosphere of impending gory death, with the nudity, garishness, the strong scarlet hues, and the threatening shadows depicted so disturbingly in The Camden Town Murder series of his paintings, have raised questions and suspicion about the nature of Sickert’s fascination. Jean, through her mother, was a contemporary link to these events, and with Sickert and the Ripper Crimes had generated a considerable amount of interest from the public as well from among her fellow writers, such as for instance the American best-selling author Patricia Cornwell and her contribution to the subject with her Portrait of A Killer: Jack The Ripper, Case Closed. Paul Begg and Adam Wood of Ripperologist had invited Jean Overton Fuller to speak at the 2003 Ripper Conference in Liverpool. Mogg drove from Oxford to Wymington, a small locality in Northamptonshire to collect Jean en route to the Conference. This weekend in August was one of the hottest in the year. After the nightmare journey of the A5 to Liverpool with cars slowly moving head to tail, they were rewarded and arrived at the gigantic and labyrinthine Britannia Adelphi Hotel, a venue specially chosen for this Conference because of its Ripper connection. Jean greatly enjoyed this event and the very good and erudite company of the international fraternity of Ripperologists. The late Jeremy Beadle was the Master of Ceremony and introduced Jean to the audience, and she came alight on stage and spoke entertainingly for about half an hour without notes. This was Jean’s penultimate public engagement. The last being Jean’s talk on C.W. Leadbeater, at the 2005 Theosophical History Conference in London. Jean was hard of hearing which at times made her appear distant. She was a great English eccentric, humorous, kind, highly intelligent with a far ranging culture. She was extraordinary. Her friends and those who met her will remember her with great warmth and affection. When you met Jean, even though the age gap, there was no sense of an age barrier. She was a rare soul. Dear Jean rest in Peace and enjoy Devachan with your loved ones who departed before. ‘Om
Mani Padme Om, the Sunrise comes! Jean
Overton Fuller: Author, Astrologer, Biographer, Theosophist, Ripperologist. CATS
AND OTHER IMMORTALS
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Cats
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OUT OF PRINT
Published
2007 by Michael Russell
ISBN 978-0-85955-306-3
Hardback / 376 pp /
Illustrated with previously unreleased photographs.
'Driven to it' is the long awaited autobiography by one of England's rarest and most erudite writers. A must read for Jean Overton Fuller's fans. She is a natural writer. And a true original.
Noor-un-Nisa
Inayat Khan (Madeleine)
The Starr Affair
Double Webs - Horoscope for a Double Agent
Shelley - A Biography
Swinburne - A Biography
The German Penetration of S O E
Sir Francis Bacon - A Biography
The Comte de Saint-Germain,
(Last Scion of the House of Rákóczy)
Blavatsky and Her Teachers - An Investigative Biography
Cats and Other Immortals
Déricourt, The Chequered Spy - A Biography
Krishnamurti and The Wind - An Integral Biography
Driven
to it - An Autobiography
*Joan
Grant - Winged Pharaoh
*Cyril Scott and A Hidden School
[*can be purchased from the Theosophical
History website.]
Carthage
and the Midnight Sun
The Sun's Cart
Silver Planet
Darun and Pitar
Gilby
Tintagel
Prophecy from Helen
Shiva's
Dance
(from the French of Helene Bouvard)
That the Gods May Remember
(from the French of Helene Bouvard)
The Prophet
(from the Russian of Alexander Pushkin)
Read Ms Fuller's Obituary in The Times
and the Guardian
Click here for a website dedicated to Jean Overton Fuller
which
features an interview with this remarkable author,
and an article on Noor Inyat Khan and SOE.
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