Editing Arthur Machen (section)

===Wider literary influence===
Machen's influence is not limited to genre fiction, however. [[Jorge Luis Borges]] recognized Machen as a great writer, and through him Machen has had an influence on [[magic realism]]. He was also a major influence on [[Paul Bowles]] and [[Javier Marías]], the latter of whom dedicated a subplot of his 1989 novel ''All Souls'' to collecting the works of Machen and his circle of peers. He was one of the most significant figures in the life of the [[Poet Laureate]] Sir [[John Betjeman]], who attributed to Machen his conversion to High Church Anglicanism, an important part of his philosophy and poetry. [[Sylvia Townsend Warner]] (a niece of Machen's second wife, Purefoy) admired Machen and was influenced by him,<ref name="Gwilym Games 2007"/> as is his great-granddaughter, the contemporary artist [[Tessa Farmer]].<ref>{{cite journal |year=2007 |title=In Conversation With Tessa Farmer |journal=Antennae |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=16–24 |url=http://www.antennae.org.uk/ANTENNAE%20ISSUE%203%20V1.doc.pdf |access-date=2007-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228011524/http://www.antennae.org.uk/ANTENNAE%20ISSUE%203%20V1.doc.pdf |archive-date=28 February 2008 }}</ref>

Machen was also a pioneer in [[psychogeography]], due to his interest in the interconnection between landscape and the mind. His strange wanderings in Wales and London recorded in his beautiful prose make him of great interest to writers on this subject, especially those focusing on London, such as [[Iain Sinclair]] and [[Peter Ackroyd]]. [[Alan Moore]] wrote an exploration of Machen's mystical experiences in his work ''[[A Disease of Language|Snakes and Ladders]]''. [[Aleister Crowley]] loved Machen's works, feeling they contained "Magickal" truth, and put them on the reading list for his students, though Machen, who never met him, detested Crowley. Other occultists, such as [[Kenneth Grant (occultist)|Kenneth Grant]], also find Machen an inspiration. Far closer to Machen's personal mystical world view was his effect on his friend [[Evelyn Underhill]], who reflected some of Machen's thinking in her highly influential book ''Mysticism''.

One chapter of the French best-seller ''[[The Morning of the Magicians]]'', by L. Pauwels and J. Berger (1960), deals extensively with Machen's thought and works. Machen's approach to reality is described as an example of the "fantastic realism" which the book is dedicated to.