London: Sothis, AN LXXIII. The penultimate issue of this Thelemic magazine produced in the 1970s by Mike Magee, Jan Bailey and David Hall. Features “The Elixir of Life” by Aleister Crowley, “Sloane Ms. 3191” by John Dee, “An Amulet of the Abyss” by David Hall, “The Londinium Temple Strain” by..... More
Leeds: Northern Lights, 1982. First edition. Tall quarto (29.5 cm). Saddle stapled covers; 42 pp. The inaugural issue of this British new age journal. Includes the supplemental catalogue for the Northern F.A.I.R., but is lacking the free color poster advertised on the front cover. Standard 80s new age fare. We..... More
Los Angeles: American Prophetic League, Inc. A small format booklet by the fundamentalist pastor Keith L. Brooks of the American Prophetic League on the danger of dabbling in Spiritualism. Brooks maintains, “At any hospital for the insane, it may be learned today that madness owing to the practices of Spiritualism..... More
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908. First edition. The author describes popular ghost occurrences from a skeptical point of view, providing explanations based on recent scientific research (early 20th century), primarily in the field of psychology, like suggestion and hallucinations, using also his beliefs on mesmerism and telepathy. He..... More
Tiruvannamalai, South India: T. N. Venkataraman, 1968. Fifth impression. 12mo.; card wrappers; xi, 78 pp.; photographic frontis of the Maharshi. Reprints three chapters from Paul Brunton’s A Search in Secret India (1934), an account of his pilgrimage to India. The chapters reprinted here provide the most detail of his acquaintance..... More
New York: H C Publishers, Inc., ©1970. A history of witchcraft by Dr. Raymond Buckland, Director of the Witchcraft Museum, and High Priest of the New York Coven of Witches. Chapters on the Bible and witches, the Inquisition, the “witchfinder,” political witchcraft, witchcraft in old and New England, pre-Christian witchcraft..... More
London: The Annals of Psychical Science, 1909. First edition. 12mo. Green paper-covered boards with title stamped in blue to front board; 52 pp.; illus.; dust jacket. Carrington's investigation into Indian fakirs, in which he endeavored to "examine the evidence for the genuine phenomena, and [to] explain the tricks and fraudulent..... More
Virginia Beach, VA: Edgar Cayce Publishing Co., 1960. Reprint. An offprint from FATE magazine, in which Edgar Cayce’s son describes his father’s clairvoyance. Wrappers (5 ½” x 7 ½”) bound with one staple, 8 p., photographs. Browning to paper, shallow grazing. More
![Annular Newsletter, Vol. 5, Nos. 3-4; Vol. 6, Nos. 1-5 , 1970-73 [seven issues]. Donald L. CYR](/pictures/thumb/02615.jpg?v=1509131631)
Santa Barbara: Annular Publications, 1970-73. First edition. Tabloid newspaper format printed on newsprint; various pagination, from 8 to 18 pp.; all illustrated. A scarce semi-unbroken run of this newsletter edited and published by engineer and amateur space enthusiast, Donald Lee Cyr. Cyr self-published Life on Mars (1944) at the age..... More
New York: Garrett Publications, Inc., 1951. Tomorrow was edited and published by the Irish medium, Eileen J. Garrett (1893-1970), first as a monthly of literary and public affairs (1941-1951) and then as a quarterly of psychic research (1952-1962). Quarto-size (11.5" x 8 3/4"); 64 pp. Notable contributions to this issue..... More
n.p: Evangelical Foundation, Inc., ©1969. First edition. Small, stapled wrappers (4” x 6 ½”), 24 pp. About Fine. A compilation of three articles originally appearing in the publication “Eternity” and reprinted in this pamphlet “to help meet the growing need for a sane, realistic appraisal of demonism and psychic phenomena, and..... More
München: Ludendorffs Verlag, 1936. First edition. A work by the enigmatic Harry Dörfel, writing under the pseudonym S. Ipares (an anagram of the Graeco-Egyptian cult deity ‘Serapis’), on the threat of the Judeo-Masonic occult conspiracy. Although he spends the majority of the work attacking the Western occult tendencies such as..... More
Philadelphia: The Golden Lotus Press, 1947. First edition. 4to.; side-stapled, mimeographed wrappers, 159-175 pp (printed rectos only). Chipping to wrappers, heavier to rear wrapper which is detached; darkening to wrapper edges and dampstain along spine. A Good, complete copy. Less than a dozen institutions hold scattered issues in WorldCat. A single..... More
Philadelphia: The Golden Lotus Press, 1948. First edition. 4to.; side-stapled, mimeographed wrappers, 92-112 pp. Light toning and wear to wrappers, but a VG copy of a fragile magazine. Less than a dozen institutions hold scattered issues in WorldCat. A single issue of the monthly Buddhist magazine published by William J. Leslie..... More
Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1932. “This is an original work bringing together all the ancient material in the way of research and archaeological discourses on the subject of the Mysteries of Eleusis. It summarises in small compass what can only be found in many abstruse works. Professor Meautis..... More
Newark, N.J.: Sam Moskowitz, 1976. Limited ed. A self-published endeavor by the science fiction historian and anthologist, Sam Moskowitz, who includes a lengthy essay on Charles Fort and reprints Fort’s only science fiction/fantasy story, “A Radical Corpuscle,” which had originally been published in “Watson’s Magazine” in 1906. Included are George..... More
Chicago: The Aries Press, 1982. First edition. Comb-bound wrappers, 137, [5] pp, charts, tables. Scribbled numbers to title page, some underlining and marginalia. One copy in OCLC at Rice Univ., none others in commerce. Scarce. The author researched hundreds of earthquake horoscopes in order to predict where and when major earthquakes..... More
London: The Aquarian Press, 1955. Third impression. 12mo; stapled, illustrated wrappers, 34, [2] pp. A book on the human aura by the well known medium, Ursula Roberts. A Fine copy. More
[Providence]: Printed at AS220 Community Printshop, 2012. A graphic portfolio featuring 13 prints of heretical individuals or movements curated and printed by artist Erik Ruin. Originally envisioned as a solo project, Ruin became “more excited...at the prospect of a ‘various artists’ anthology,” and solicited artwork from a variety of artists..... More
Murfreesboro, TN: Sword of the Lord Publishers, ©1992. First edition. Stapled, illustrated wrappers, 15 pp. Red pen notations inside the front wrapper to titles from the Life-Changing Pamphlet Series; owner’s name and small label to p. 3; red pen underlining and marginalia to a couple of lines on pp. 6-7..... More
New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, 1969. First edition. The sensationalist occult doyen, Brad Steiger, investigates the differences between Satanism and Witchcraft and the former’s “sexual perversions and debased group sex rites” (p. 9). Mass market paperback, 187, [5] p. Very light edge wear, about Near Fine. An uncommon title. More
New York: Lancer Books, 1968. First edition. The sensationalist occult doyen, Brad Steiger, investigates the co-functioning of sex and supernatural experiences and sexual repression as a psychological mechanism for psychic occurrences. Mass market paperback, 192 p. Very light edge wear, about Near Fine. An uncommon title. More
Los Angeles: Impact Publishers, Inc., 1968. A conspiratorial work that connects Sirhan Sirhan (“a pro-Communist dabbler in the occult and the metaphysical”) with theosophy, the Illuminati, Rosicrucianism, the Doors, and the New Left. Photographs of occult figures and publications, hippies, etc. Stapled, purple card wrappers (5 ½” x 8 ½”), iv..... More
n.p. n.p., 1927. A practical guide to ritual magic “Reproduced November 28, 1927 - 3 P. M., under the hour of Jupiter, and with Moon in sextile to Mars and Jupiter and applying Moon sextile to Uranus, sextile to Sun, also Mars trine Jupiter, and Sun trine Saturn, being a...... More
![Higher Magic: Magic for the Artist [Association Copy]. Oscar S. TEALE](/pictures/thumb/03476.jpg?v=1509131688)
New York: Adams Press Print, 1920. Limited Edition. A book of theoretical magic by the architect and magician, Oscar Teale, who served as fourth President of the Society of American Magicians. Teale was an associate of Harry Houdini and is alleged to have ghostwritten some of Houdini’s books. He designed..... More