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The Machinery of the Mind - by Dion Fortune & Violet M Firth (Paperback)

The Machinery of the Mind - by  Dion Fortune & Violet M Firth (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>One of Dion Fortune's first works, this book covers the major aspects of the mind: consciousness, instincts, repression, symbolization, fantasies, dreams and hypnosis. It is an invaluable introduction to Fortune's foundational views on psychology, which does much to illuminate her later, more celebrated work in occult and esoteric circles.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p><p>The text covers the major aspects of the life of the mind: consciousness, instincts, repression, symbolization, fantasies, dreams and hypnosis.</p><p>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.</p>

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