The collection of the English writer Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), one of the leading mystical authors, a classic of horror literature and the “ghost stories” genre, awarded a special medal of the Television Society and the Order of the British Empire, includes short stories about “otherworldly” phenomena and creatures, the degree of reality and materiality of which must be determined by the reader himself. Here are the secret rites of ancient Egyptian magic, and the sinister demon of the Canadian wilderness, and “enchanted places”, and “wells between worlds”... “Most people,” Blackwood argues, “pass by a slightly open door without looking into it and without noticing faint vibrations that great veil that separates appearances from the hidden world of first causes.” In the short stories brought to the attention of the reader, this veil is lifted, allowing free penetration into places where many dare to look only occasionally.