Dion Fortune is considered the most important woman thinker to emerge from the occult revival of post-1890s England. She was Initiated into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the year 1919, and died in 1946. Revised and updated, this classic work contains information concerning the creation of the universe, the evolution of humanity, natural law, the evolution of consciousness, and the nature of mind. This edition includes new, previously unpublished material, including some notes from Fortune's personal papers.