The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult: Hidden Magic, Occult Truths, and the Stories That Started It All - Paperback

by Lon Milo DuQuette (Editor)

Horror Takes Its Time

Looking for a thoughtful fright? Or perhaps a frightful thought? Packed with stories selected by one of today's leading esoteric scholars, this book will do more than make your toes curl and your skin crawl. These tales reveal hidden truths, inspire forbidden pursuits, and divulge the secrets of magical initiation in the guise of fiction. Covering topics from rituals to hauntings to Satanism, this oneofakind volume includes selections from:

• Aleister Crowley
• Ambrose Bierce
• Arthur Machen
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Robert W. Chambers
• Ralph Adams Cram
• H.P. Lovecraft
• Dion Fortune
• Sir Edward George BulwerLytton
• Bram Stoker

As DuQuette writes in his introduction, horror takes its time. It creeps in, seeps in, and lingers. These stories will take you hours to read, but they will stay with you, biting at your heels from the shadows, eternally. Don't say we didn't warn you...

Author Biography

Lon Milo DuQuette has been involved with occult studies since the late 60s, and has become an acknowledged and widely recognized authority within the world of modern occultism. His previous publications include Magick of Thelema, The Tarot of Ceremonial Magick, Angels, Demons & Gods of the New Millennium, and the humorous, biographical My Life with the Spirits.