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.Anderson, Rodger. (2006). Psychics, Sensitives and Somnambules: A Biographical Dictionary with Bibliographies. McFarland & Company. p. 25.
Fox had trained in electrical engineering and worked as an actor and a writer of fiction for magazines. He had first published his OBE experiences in The Occult Review (1920, 1923). These formed the basis of his book Astral Projection: A Record of Out-of-the-Body Experiences, published in 1939.Irvin, Harvey J. (1985). Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-Of-Body Experience. Scarecrow Press. p. 49
Fox has been described as a theosophist.Tyson, Donald. (2010). The Dream World of H. P. Lovecraft: His Life, His Demons, His Universe. Llewellyn Publications. pp. 86–87.
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.
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