View from the Big Hills

Going through my London Group archive papers this weekend, I came across a simple guide to drawing your own Tree of Life. This was first published in 1975. I remember following a similar set of instructions while I was working through the Outer Court programme in the 1980s, although this was by then metric!  In these strange times of COVID-19, self-isolation and quarantine, readers may enjoy experimenting with their own drawing skills. Here are the instructions:-   Materials:             Sheet of paper. Pencil (preferably 4H) . Ruler. Compasses.   Stage 1:                   Draw a vertical base line AD, say 8 inches long.   Stage 2:                 Mark the centre point B.   Stage 3:          ...

“Religion must be re-stated in the new age, not because truth has changed, but because the manner of its expression has become atavistic and in consequence is not only incomprehensible but definitely leads astray a new age with a new destiny.” Dion Fortune, War Letter No 67, 30th March 1941 Dion Fortune died in January 1946 after a relatively short life. During her time on earth she was a productive hothouse, both in terms of written output and general contribution to the emerging spiritual life of Britain.  She wrote a number of fictional and non-fictional books. Some of these works are now more than a little dated, such as the “Esoteric Philosophy of Love and Marriage” and the “Problem of Purity”, although there are still some gems to be found within these works. Other books such as the groundbreaking “The Mystical Qabalah” and her two greatest novels, “Sea Priestess” and “Moon Magic,” retain their wisdom, deep magic and powers of illumination for 21 s...