Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition
No. 16, Vol. 2. Vernal Equinox 2009

 


Publisher
J. S. Kupperman

Editorial Staff
J. S. Kupperman
Frater L.
Samuel Scarborough


Web Design and Development
J. S. Kupperman

Contributors
Vincent Bridges
Teresa Burns
Lauren E. Gardner

David Harrington
J. S. Kupperman
Frater L.
Samuel Scarborough


The Cover Art: - A Mystery!

Kind of says it all, doesn't it?

Editorial: Espionage and Occultism: The True Nature of Secret Societies
by Vincent Bridges
Did you ever wonder what secret societies were really about? This might just give you some insight you didn't want to have.

Shakespeare's Green Garland Part Two: William Shakespeare, Spy, and a Visit to Trebona
by Teresa Burns

John Dee's diary and magical record has too often been a considered straightforward private account for his eyes only, even though the person who penned them is the prototype of Agent 007. If we read Dee's diary as the not-so-private record of Elizabeth's most trusted "intelligencer," what might it tell us about his greatest student, William Shakespeare?

 

Esotericism and Espionage: The Golden Age, 1800-1950 - An Essay
by Frater L.

Madam Blavatsky, occult Russian super spy? Well, maybe not, but you never really know, do you?

Lost Legends: The Great Beast and the Occult Origins of the Great War
by Vincent Bridges

Come along on a strange journey, from Bartzabel to Rasputin, as we follow Aleister Crowley's pre-WWI adventures in espionage. Did the Great War have its origin in his magickal evocation of Mars? Why did an intelligence Commander of the Royal Navy inspire the first piece of public initiatory theatre since The Tempest? Could Crowley have met both Gurdjieff and Rasputin? And what did he know about the theft of the Mona Lisa? These secrets and more revealed within...

 

Book Reviews
The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy - review by Lauren E. Gardner
The Occult Mind: Magic in Theory and Practice - review by J. S. Kupperman

 

Poetry and Fiction
Golden Palace - David Harrington

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