One of Dion Fortune's first works - when she still wrote under her given name, Violet Firth - this book began life as a series of lectures on elementary psychology given at the Medico-Psychological Clinic in Brunswick Square, London, where she was a counsellor from 1914-1916. Prior to her employment there, Fortune had studied psychology and psychoanalysis at London University.
The text covers the major aspects of the life of the mind: consciousness, instincts, repression, symbolization, fantasies, dreams and hypnosis.
An invaluable introduction to Dion Fortune's foundational views on psychology, which does much to illuminate her later, more celebrated work in occult and esoteric circles.
Dion Fortune (1891-1946), founder of The Society of Inner Light, is recognized as one of the most luminous and significant figures of the 20th-century esoteric thought. A prolific writer, pioneer psychologist, and powerful psychic, she dedicated her life to the revival of the Western Mystery Tradition. Other titles by Fortune include "Mystical Qabalah, Psychic Self-Defense, The Sea Priestess", and "Moon Magic".