THE OCCULT REVIEW: VOLUME 29, JANUARY-JUNE 1919
Book Details + Condition: William Rider & Son (London). Volume 29, 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 January - June, 1919. 362 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:
- President Lincoln and His Medium (Ralph Shirley)
- Psychic Photography (Hereward Carrington)
- A Happy Child-Ghosts (May Crommelin)
- The Occult Lore of the Mirror (Benard Fielding)
- The Tarot Cards (J.W. Brodie-Innes)
- The Poltergeist and His Critics (Lewis Spence)
- "Supernormal" Physiology and Materialization (Stanley de Brath)
- A Psychic Family (F.)
- Universal Symbolism (H. Stanley Redgrove)
- Traces of the Devil in Welsh Folklore (M.L. Lewes)
- The Cosmic Rose (Jocelyn Underhill)
- Saint Anthony of Padua (Montague Summers)
- The Compass of Occultism (J. Herbert Slater)
- Charms and Witchcraft of Today (L.J. Dickenson)
- Some Problems of the Unseen (May Crommelin)
- An Astrological Aspect of Mystical Substitution (Leo French)
- And much more.
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. Firm binding; rubbing to leather corners and edges; chafed spine ends; age-toning to pages; interior is clean and free of markings.
