Wilby basil ed (6 Ergebnisse)

Journal from this esoteric organization; Contributors include Cyril Scott and Basil Wilby (see images for complete contents; a few peices of related ephemera laid in, as wella s a letter from Joyce Mitchell to Hugh and Mildred Ripman expressing her wish to share it wil them due to the inclusion of a poem by a mutual friend, Edmund Quincy; 32 pages. Paper booklet in new condition.…

Zustand: Good. 1968. No Edition Remarks. 106 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.…

Contributions from Wilby, Dion Fortune, Gideon Penman, Mark Western, , W.E. Butler, Elizabeth Higginson on LSD, etc.; 64 pages plus ads. Stapled paper booklet in very good condition; Cover somewhat faded.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A six-volume run of this occult-oriented periodical, notable in present context for containing the complete text of Elizabeth Higginson's article, "LSD-25: Door Into The Unconscious," which runs to thirty-six total pages across all six issues. St. Paul, MN: LLewellyn Publications, 1964 [No. 6 only]; Toddington, England: Helios Book Service, 1964-1965 [all others]. Edited by Basil Wilby. Six vols., pp.49; 64; 64; 64; 63; 64. 8vo. (No. 6 slightly larger than the others); saddle-stapled in printed wraps. All volumes very good, with light to moderate rubbing and wear. No. 10 with dampstaining to fore-edge, a touch more wear. Higginson's contribution is a first-person account of her experiences during a "course of twenty injections" of LSD, and replete with awesome visions, confrontations with God, etc., Higginson ultimately argues for the LSD's potential as a "speeded-up form of psychoanalysis." The historical record has little to say about Higginson herself, described in the first installment as "a graduate in psychology and philosophy in South Africa [who] took her doctorate in osteopathy in the United States of America. At present she practices psycho-therapy." She receives glancing notice from Gareth Knight (the authorial pseudonym of New Dimensions editor Basil Wilby) in his 2011 memoir, I Called It Magic, who mentions only this "ground breaking series" (p. 50). This run also with much of interest regarding occult, magic, and astrological subjects, including pieces by Gerald B. Gardner, Dion Fortune, Israel Regardie, et al. …

First edition. 106 pages. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket.

22x15. Tapa dura. 106 pgs. Puntos de óxido en cantos. Tenues manchas de óxido en guardas y portada. Texto en inglés. 689534.