Supernatural fiction and occult mysticism

Arthur Machen

1863 – 1947

Arthur Machen (born Arthur Llewelyn Jones) was a Welsh author and mystic whose tales of horror and the uncanny — most notably The Great God Pan (1894) — became foundational works of supernatural literature, directly inspiring H.P. Lovecraft and the tradition of cosmic horror. He was briefly a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and combined High Church Anglican devotion with a deep interest in paganism, Celtic legend, and Rosicrucian themes. His fiction operates as a vehicle for expressing genuine mystical and occult convictions about hidden dimensions of reality underlying ordinary life.