The Great God Pan
The Great God Pan is a horror and fantasy novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Machen was inspired to write "The Great God Pan" by his experiences at the ruins of a pagan temple in Wales. What would become the first chapter of the novella was published in the magazine "The Whirlwind" in 1890. Machen later extended "The Great God Pan" and it was published as a book alongside another story, "The Inmost Light", in 1894. The novella begins with an experiment to allow a woman named Mary to see the supernatural world. This is followed by an account of a series of mysterious happenings and deaths over many years surrounding a woman named Helen Vaughan. At the end, the heroes confront Helen and force her to kill herself. She undergoes a series of supernatural transformations before dying and she is revealed to be the child of Mary and the god Pan.
Elohim the Archetype (Original) Pattern of the Universe
The book was originally published in 1961, under the title "God the Archetype (Original) Pattern of the Universe". The first revision of the book was retitled Elohim the Archetype (Original) Pattern of the Universe. The Archetype is still in print today and is currently published and distributed by the Institute. Though the volumes were rearranged in Elohim the Archetype, the titles of each volume of God the Archetype are as follows:In the United States, the first edition of "God the Archetype (Original) Pattern of the Universe" has passed out of copyright and is in the public domain. However, this is not the case for Elohim the Archetype (Original) Pattern of the Universe. The second and subsequent editions copyright are held by the Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research.