The Unlikely Occultist

Product Description
Discover the fascinating life of Alice Bailey: a long-forgotten occultist widely regarded as the Mother Of The New Age.
Back in 1931, Alice is preparing to give a speech at a Swiss summer school. Soon after, she is put on Hitler's blacklist. What Alice doesn't realize is the enormity of her influence to the world, and the real enemies who are much closer than she thinks.
A dynamic and complex figure, Alice Bailey's reach was huge. She was influential among people and organizations of global power, including the United Nations. Yet today she is maligned by fundamentalist Christians, Theosophists, Jews, academics and above all, by conspiracy theorists.
Are any of these groups justified in rejecting the unlikely occultist?
Review
Winner of the Honorable Mention Award: Realistic Fiction category in the 2021 Readers' Favorite book awards. \n"How Isobel Blackthorn interweaves the life of Alice of the last century and the life of Heather at the present time is truly masterful. This book provides a context for anyone interested in Alice's teachings and books, the Arcane School, or organizations she or her followers founded. A novel based on historical facts, The Unlikely Occultist is truly an exceptional read." - 5 Stars Reviewed by Deborah Lloyd for
Readers' Favorite\n"Blackthorn's book offers a fascinating portrait of a woman dismissed by mainstream thinkers and religions, a woman whose current obscurity is all the more poignant considering the grandeur of her ambitions and her hopes for a healed world." - Misty Urban,
Historical Novels Society, Issue 88 May 2019 \n"[Isobel Blackthorn] has given us back the idea of Bailey, and the inspiration to re-read her work and re-examine her remarkable ideas...Blackthorn is to be thanked for her scrupulously-researched novel..." - Walter Mason, New Dawn Magazine, July 2019"For the author to place Bailey in a "biographical novel" was a wise decision, particularly for the reason of giving Alice Bailey her humanity...Blackthorn found a balance in
The Unlikely Occultist for her subject and characters - a balance that works" Andrew W. Griffin for
Red Dirt Report\n"The author details a great deal of her life, no doubt founded in meticulous research, and indeed it is a biographical novel which makes her life feel very real. The author has an elegant writing style and tailors her idiom to the era - either present day or back to the formality of the early 20th Century.\nThe title, considering the content, is really very apt (and if like me you are not drawn to books with 'occult' or similar in the title, don't be put off!). A very interesting and unusual read!" - Tina for the TripFiction Team, July 2019