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Talking to the Gods explores the linkages between the imaginative literature and the occult beliefs and practices of four writers who were members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. William Butler Yeats, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, and Dion Fortune were all members of the occult organization for various periods from 1890 to 1930. Yeats, of course, is both a canonical and well-loved poet. Machen is revered as a master of the weird tale. Blackwood's work dealing with the supernatural was popular during the first half of the twentieth century and has been influential in the development of the fantasy genre. Fortune's books are acknowledged as harbingers of trends in second-wave feminist spirituality. Susan Johnston Graf examines practices, beliefs, and ideas engendered within the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and demonstrates how these are manifest in each author's work, including Yeats's major theoretical work, A Vision.

English literature --- Spiritualism in literature. --- Occultism in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Yeats, W. B. --- Machen, Arthur, --- Blackwood, Algernon, --- Fortune, Dion --- Forchun, Dion --- Firth, Violet M. --- Steele, V. M., --- Blackwood, Algernon Henry, --- Blėkvud, Ėldzhernon --- A. Ll. J. M., --- מאכן, ארתור, --- Siluriensis, Leolinus, --- Yeats, William Butler --- D. E. D. I., --- Daemon Est Deus Inversus, --- Ganconagh, --- I., D. E. D., --- Йейтс, У. Б. --- Ĭeĭts, U. B. --- Йейтс, Уильям Батлер, --- Ĭeĭts, Uilʹi︠a︡m Batler, --- Weilian Batele Yezhi, --- Yeṭs, Ṿilyam Baṭler, --- יטס, יטלאם בטלר --- ייטס, ויליאם בטלר, --- 威廉,巴特勒,叶芝, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. --- Society of Rosicrucians --- Adelphoi tēs Chrysēs Augēs --- Golden Dawn (Hermetic order) --- Order of the Golden Dawn --- Αδελφοί της Χρυσής Αυγής --- Blackwood, Algernon Henry