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Some theosophists put pen to paper with books or short stories on occult, mystic or fantastic themes. Here is one short tale by the Irishman William Quan Judge (d. 1896). (Others feel free to add or recommend your own favorites in this genre.)

https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/wq ... ales-1.htm
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The Welsh artist & thinker, Kenneth Morris (d. 1937), was a superb writer, although I could never grok his Welsh names & terms:

https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?t ... eth_Morris
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Talbot Mundy was another scribe whose adventure tales were once popular.

To be clear though, I have read almost no weird fiction (or any other) in the last 50 years, so this thread is mainly for those who do like such.

I recall my favorites from long ago were, Rider Haggard, Olaf Stapleton, Algernon Blackwood, the Gormangast Trilogy chap M Peake, Tolkien, Kipling, Bram Stoker, several SF writers and the non-jungle efforts of ER Burroughs.
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"We are magical animals that roam" ~ Roam
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A psychic studies the Avatamsaka Sutra in an inner library:

https://www.kurtleland.com/astral-proje ... ntal-plane
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Three of my favorite writers of weird fiction:

Algernon Blackwood
Shirley Jackson
M. R. James
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I'll stick with H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe, thanks.
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Tenma wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 4:02 pm I'll stick with H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe, thanks.
You reminded me that I was gifted as a boy a fat collected writings of Poe - loved him!
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Another short one of ancient vimānas & sorcerers versus good magicians:

https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/wq ... ales-9.htm
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Helena Blavatsky also wrote some stories of horror & mystery - this is called "Karmic Visions".

https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ni ... ight-3.htm
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Too long for reading online, but if you like it, The Idyll of the White Lotus is still in print. A tale of ancient Egypt, a young temple priest and his trials. Mable Collins held the pen.

http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/boo ... hite-1.htm
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Check out William Hope Hodgson.
He wrote some very odd but innovative horror and fantasy - including The Night Land which I think may well have been an influence on Tolkein. His sea horrors also may have influenced Lovecraft.
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A Bewitched Life - mystical, magical adventures among the Yamabushi of Japan:

https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ni ... ight-5.htm
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