Oliver Fox (writer)

Oliver Fox was the pseudonym of Hugh George Callaway (30 November 1885 – 28 April 1949), an English short story writer, poet and occultist, most well known for documenting his experiences in astral projection and lucid dreaming.^[1]

Oliver Fox
Oliver Fox
Born	Oliver Fox (1885-11-30)30 November 1885
Died	28 April 1949(1949-04-28) (aged 63)
Occupation	Writer, journalist
Nationality	British
Period	20th century
Genre	Parapsychology

Fox had trained in electrical engineering and worked as an actor. He had first published his OBE experiences in The Occult Review (1920, 1923). These formed the basis of his book A Record of Out-of-the-Body Experiences, published in 1939.^[2] He was inspired by the experiences of Sylvan Muldoon.^[3]

Fox has been described as a theosophist.^[4]

Publications

• Fox, Oliver (1920). The Pineal Doorway: A Record of Research. The Occult Review 31: 190–198.
• Fox, Oliver. (1920). Beyond the Pineal Door: A Record of Research. The Occult Review 31: 251–261.
• Fox, Oliver. (1923). Dream-travelling: Some Additional Notes. The Occult Review 38: 332–338.
• Fox, Oliver. (1962 edition, originally published in 1939). Astral Projection: A Record of Out-of-the-Body Experiences. University Books.

References

1. Anderson, Rodger. (2006). Psychics, Sensitives and Somnambules: A Biographical Dictionary with Bibliographies. McFarland & Company. p. 25. ISBN 0-7864-2770-1
2. Irvin, Harvey J. (1985). Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-Of-Body Experience. Scarecrow Press. p. 49
3. Melton, J. Gordon. (2008). The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena. Visible Ink Press. p. 34. ISBN 1-57859-209-7
4. Tyson, Donald. (2010). The Dream World of H. P. Lovecraft: His Life, His Demons, His Universe. Llewellyn Publications. pp. 86-87. ISBN 978-0-7387-2284-9