… , assumed that Williams had simply borrowed the novel’s “… attend a Black Mass with Charles
Williams and come away with him … is to theorize that Williams was interested in occultism at a …

… Aesthetic quibbles aside, however, Esotericism and Narrative is undeniably well … be ‘the
occult fiction of Charles Williams’, but Roukema’s approach is more that of an esoteric historian …

Thanks to RA Gilbert, we have known since 1983 that Charles Williams was a member of
AE Waite’s Fellowship of the Rosy Cross (FRC) for eleven years. Those who have benefited …

… of modern esotericism who assume occultism to be … of modern esotericists to root belief in
fictional processes rather … belief, occult knowledge is built on storytelling, which occult practices …

… Williams a whole new generation of readers. It is a major contribution to the study of occult
fiction, … as devout Christians but sought inspiration in esoteric currents that were seemingly in …

… book analyzes occult elements of Williams’s fiction in depth; in many cases we will see that
the FRC acted as a central mediator for his discovery and interpretation of esoteric knowledge…

… Williams are indicative of an insistent hagiography that rose among his friends and followers
and coloured the early decades of Williams … and intention: Charles Williams loved many …

… , Charles Williams lurched suddenly from obscurity to mass exposure as his name, his
fiction, … arcane, “Did Charles Williams write about alchemy?” “No,” Hathaway responds, “Theology, …

… -century narratives that infuse science into fiction openly display a compatibility with occultism
… Bulwer’s work illustrates the longstanding entanglement of esotericism and science fiction …

… fiction of Charles Williams is a category unto itself; a genre of theological, poetic, occult fantasy
that … The unique character of Williams’s seven novels is derived from the eclectic life and …