THE OCCULT REVIEW: VOLUME 27, JANUARY-JUNE 1918
Book Details + Condition: William Rider & Son (London). Volume 27, 1918. First UK Edition of the highly influential and pre-eminent journal of the 20th century, THE OCCULT REVIEW. (The US editions were issued one month after the British.) This compilation spans January - June, 1918. 360 pages.
Edited by Ralph Shirley, THE OCCULT REVIEW contained essays on all aspects of occultism, from alchemy to witchcraft; there was emphasis on magic, as many of its authors had been members of the Golden Dawn or its offshoots. Most of the eminent occultists of the period contributed to the journal, such as Frater Achad, Arthur Avalon, Annie Besant, Theodore Besterman, J.W. Brodie-Innes; Hereward Carrington, Mabel Collins, Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Ada Goodrich-Freer; Franz Hartmann, D. D. Home, E.J. Langford Garstin; Michael Juste; William Kingsland, G.R.S. Mead; Sylvan J. Muldoon, Elliot O'Donnell, H. Stanley Redgrove, Sax Rohmer; Eduoard Schure, Lewis Spence, Meredith Starr, Montague Summers, and A.E. Waite. In addition to essays, poems, artwork, and illustrations, each issue typically contained the editor's 'Notes of the Month,' letters from the public, book reviews, and advertisements. This compiled volume contains such articles as:
- The Vampire Legend: Its Origin and Nature (Lewis Spence)
- Talismans of the Past and Present (W.T. and K. Pavitt)
- The Irish at the Gates of Death (Frederic Thurstan)
- Bluebeard and the Maid of New Orleans (J.W. Brodie-Innes)
- The Problem of the Astrals (R.B. Ince)
- The Unwritten Law in Jewish Mysticism
- The Skull and Its Story (Philippa Francklyn)
- Psychic Help for Soldiers and Sailor (J.W. Brodie-Innes)
- Fragments of Maori Cosmology and Folk-Lore (Axel Dane)
- Etheric Vibrations (E. Katherine Bates)
- Ministry of Angels (The Editor)
- Evidences of Spirit Communion (M.D.S.)
- Dreams
- Some Ghostly Incidents (Reginald B. Span)
- And much more.
A solid copy of a very scarce edition with the original covers. Firm binding; discoloration to front cover; rubbed corners and edges; darkening to spine; old stain to top corner of first half of book (appears to be a tea stain!); age-toning to pages, which are otherwise free of markings. A true gem of first edition occult literature, and a fascinating treasure-trove of knowledge, for occult and spiritualist collectors. Please see our other listings for more OCCULT REVIEW first edition volumes.
