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The Secrets of Dr. Taverner
T HE S ECRETS
O F
D R . J OHN
R ICHARD
T AVERNER
By Dion Fortune
The Secrets of Dr. Taverner
by Dion Fortune
Copyright Expired
Printed in Canada by
New Alexandria Publications
PDF Version created by
Greg Wotton
TOC
Table of Contents
Editor’s Preface
i
Introduction by Dion Fortune
ii
I
Blood Lust
1
II
The Return of the Ritual
22
III
The Man Who Sought
41
IV
The Soul That Would Not Be Born
57
V
The Scented Poppies
69
VI
The Death Hound
91
VII
A Daughter of Pan
109
VIII
The Subletting of the Mansion
133
IX
Recalled
157
X
The Sea Lure
172
XI
The Power House
190
XII
A Son of the Night
211
About New Alexandria Publications
238
Dion Fortune Biography
239
The Secrets of Dr. Taverner
Preface
The works of Dion Fortune have come full circle. From their
creation during the occult renaissance of the early 20th century
to the expiration of their copyright in 1997, these works are of
significant value to the occult student of today and, we hope, of
the future. Both her fiction and non-fiction works are
indispensable reading for any serious student of our Western
Mystery Tradition.
This book is something that I was fortunate enough to happen
upon early in my occult training and represented, to me, what we
may all aspire to become. The character of Taverner himself is
the epitome of a modern occultist living “in the world but not of
it” as they say. Although his methods and status as a magician
might invite ridicule from others, he himself maintains a
separation between the two and is both occultist and well
respected physician, a challenge we all face and aspire to
accomplish.
This particular book is a collection of stories that Dion
Fortune had written with the intent of presenting them by way of
a serial for the purpose of magazine publications. Each story
represents a specific “case” not unlike the stories of Sherlock
Holmes from which she apparently draws her style. More than
that, each case is a kind of lesson about occultism, whether it is
the practice or mis-practice of occultism or an explanation of
occult laws.
Preface
As a work of fiction, I hope you enjoy it; as a discussion of
occultism, I hope you find it valuable; and as a whole package, I
hope you love these stories as much as I do and find pleasure in
reading them over and over again.
— Greg Wotton
New Alexandria Publications
i
Introduction
Introduction
By Dion Fortune
These stories may be looked at from two standpoints, and no
doubt the standpoint the reader chooses will be dictated by
personal taste and previous knowledge of the subject under
discussion. They may be regarded as fiction, designed, like the
conversation of the Fat Boy recorded in The Pickwick Papers,
“to make your flesh creep,” or they may be considered to be
what they actually are, studies in little-known aspects of
psychology put in the form of fiction because, if published as a
serious contribution to science, they would have no chance of a
hearing.
It may not unreasonably be asked what motive anyone could
have for securing a hearing for such histories as are set forth in
these tales, beyond the not unreasonable interest in the royalties
that usually fall to the lot of those who cater for the popular taste
in horrors; I would ask my readers, however, to credit me with
another motive than the purely commercial. I was one of the
earliest students of psychoanalysis in this country, and I found,
in the course of my studies, that the ends of a number of threads
were put into my hands, but that the threads disappeared into the
darkness that surrounded the small circle of light thrown by
exact scientific knowledge. It was in following these threads out
into the darkness of the Unknown that I came upon the
experiences and cases which, turned into fiction, are set down in
these pages.
I do not wish to imply by that, however, that these stories all
happened exactly as set down, for such is not the case; they are,
however, all founded on fact, and there is not a single incident
herein contained which is pure imagination. That is to say, while
no picture is an actual photograph, not one is an imaginary
sketch; they are rather composite photographs, obtained by
cutting out and piecing together innumerable snapshots of actual
happenings, and the whole, far from being an arbitrary product
of the imagination, is a serious study in the psychology of
ultraconsciousness.
ii
Introduction

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