New Dimensions - August / September 1964, Vol. 2, No. 9.
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Stapled booklet. 64pp. Original pictorial wrappers. "New Dimensions" was a periodical founded by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke of Llewellyn Publications in 1963, at the very start of the late twentieth century revival of interest in the occult. From the outset its editor was Basil Wilby (most of whose works were published under the pseudonym Gareth Knight) a British esotericist and occult author who began his esoteric training in 1953 as a member of the Fraternity (later Society) of the Inner Light, the magical order founded by Dion Fortune. The magazine comprised original artwork, editorials, essays, poetry, reviews, short fiction, etc. on topics as diverse as ritual magick, astrology, witchcraft, miracles, talismans, folklore, clairvoyance, tarot, LSD, astral projection, Kabbalah, UFOs, angels, etc. This issue includes the following articles: Editorial by Basil Wilby; "Education - Super-Gifted Children" by Douglas Baker; "Eschatology - Love is the Bridge" by Hazel and Irene Close; "Mysticism - The Alchemy of Self" by Mark Western; "Ghosts - The Haunting of the Nag's Head" by John A. Lilley; "Angels - Metraton - Angel of the Divine Face" by Gustav Davidson; "Druids - The Magick and Mystery of the Druids" by Althotas; "Magic - Introduction to Ritual Magic" (continued) by Dion Fortune; "Mediumship - The Automatisms of Mediumship" by W. E. Butler; "Psychology - LSD-25: The Door into the Unconscious' by Dr. Elizabeth Higginson; as well as poetry, cartoons, book reviews, readers letters, advertisments, etc. Light vertical crease down wrappers, which are also a little rubbed. Otherwise a clean, better-than VG copy. Item #61558
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