Mokelumne Hill, Calif.: Health Research, 1974. Limited ed. An eccentric and slightly disjointed work covering Uri Geller, the Stendek Encounters, the potential of the human bio-system, the work of Rudolf Steiner and Oswald Spengler, a UFO Epilog and the 1973 sightings log-book, and concluding with the author’s Prometheus Project proposal..... More
n.p. n.p., [ca. 195-?]. A mail order book from the 1950s “written for those who are ambitious for success, wealth, and prosperity, but never seem to reach it, no matter how hard they struggle” (p. 6). The book begins with “The Miraculous Story of Peter Lamont,” a tale of an..... 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
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
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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
London: The Mazdaznan Association, 1935. First edition. Square 4to (24.5 x 19 cm); blue cloth stamped in gilt; various pagination, but most issues run 20-24 pp.; photographs, adverts. A scarce, specially bound run of the first twelve issues of the organ of the Mazdaznan Association. Edited by Capt. William Plenderleith..... 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
Boston: Published for the author, 1877. First edition. The scarce self-published autobiography of doctor, occult writer and freethinker, John Ball, written under an obvious pseudonym when he was only 30. Ball, who was born into hapless circumstances in mid-19th century England, describes his vain attempt to find meaning and love..... 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
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
Chicago: Carl Sextus, 1896. Fourth edition. 8vo.; eggplant cloth titled in gilt, decorative endpapers, viii, 309 pp., plates with in-text illustrations. Sextus’ comprehensive treatise on hypnotism explores somnambulism, clairvoyance, magnetism (including animal), crystal visions, and with an interesting chapter devoted specifically to hypnotism in Chicago. Cloth is worn and soiled..... 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
New York: Adams Press Print, 1920. First edition. Octavo. Gilt-decorated, red leatherette binding; all edges gilt; 492, [8] pp.; illus. This de Luxe edition was limited to 100 signed and hand-numbered copies and issued by the author's own publishing imprint. Teale was an architect, amateur magician and researcher for Harry..... More