THE OCCULT REVIEW: VOLUME 30, JULY-DECEMBER 1919
Book Details + Condition: William Rider & Son (London). Volume 30, 1919. First UK Editions 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 July-December, 1919. 372 pages. Pencil notations in some page margins by the famous suffragist, Alice Eugenie (Dupont) Ortiz. Her handwriting matches her other notations within the other OCCULT REVIEWS that we currently offer for sale. (This copy does not bear her bookplate, however.)
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 Bestrewn, 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:
- New Light on the Phenomena of Materializations (Ralph Shirley)
- The Occult Lore of the Bridge (Bernard Fielding)
- The Psychic Significance of the Horse and Dog (Ethel C. Hargrove)
- The White Bird of Memory (A.D.)
- The Heart, in Mysticism and Magic (Bernard Fielding)
- Transcendental Alchemy (H. Stanley Redgrove)
- The Familiar: Its Nature and Origin (Lewis Spence)
- Mystical Realisation (Arthur Edward Waite)
- The Charms, Spells and Divinations of Afghanistan (Ikbal Ati Shah)
- The Hauntings at the Muenchhof (Philip Redmond)
- The Moon in Magic and Religion (Bernard Fielding)
- A Case of Multiple Premonition (Henry Sproull)
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Poetess and Spiritualist (Isabel Ramsay)
- Some Ghost and Demon Stories (Philip Redmond)
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. Front and rear boards have been partially reattached at some point, and binding remains firm; rubbing to corners and edges; top leather portion of spine is missing; a few pencilled notations by the aforementioned famous suffragist Alice Eugenie (Dupont) Ortiz.
