THE OCCULT REVIEW: VOLUME 43, JANUARY - JUNE, 1926
Book Details + Condition: William Rider & Son (London). Volume 43, 1926. 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 January-June, 1926. Privately bound with marbled hardcover boards and three-quarters leather binding. Raised bands and gilt to spine; marbled endpapers. Part of the collection of famous suffragist Alice Eugenie (du Pont) Ortiz. (Some of the books have her bookplate, this one does not.) 432 pages. In very good condition, with firm binding; crisp boards; rubbed leather; light normal toning to pages; approximately 5 pp with minor marginal notations. A true gem and an increasingly scarce first edition of 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.
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 most cases, these articles are the first appearance of their work. 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 Great Symbols of the Tarot (A.E. Waite)
- Mysticism and Occultism
- The Black Arts
- Mandrakes and Mummies (Lewis Spence)
- Traditions of Atlantis in Great Britain (Lewis Spence)
- The Greater Mystery: Passage of Matter Through Matter
- The Dead Hand
- A Theory of Twin Souls
- Madame Blavatsky and "The Secret Doctrine"
- The Deeper Issues of Occultism (Dion Fortune)
- Some Evidential Clairvoyance (J. Arthur Hill)
- Sorcery in France and Africa
- The Use and Power of Ritual (Dion Fortune)
- Trying the Spirits
- And so much more.
