These pages must stand for what they are-a brief account of the history of that perverted way of the soul which we call magic, and with the reaction against it.
His novels are legend, and as a member of the Inklings, he contributed to the mythopoetic revival in contemporary culture..
His mysticism is palpable-the unseen world interpenetrates ours at every point, and spiritual exchange occurs all the time, unseen and largely unlooked for. -adapted from the Preface Charles Williams was one of the finest-not to mention one of the most unusual-theologians of the twentieth century.
I have not wished to titillate or to thrill; so far as I can manage it, this is history, and accurate history.
No one will derive any knowledge of initiation from this boook.
These pages must stand for what they are-a brief account of the history of that perverted way of the soul which we call magic, and with the reaction against it
