POSSESSION IS REAL

MAN, MYTH & MAGIC

No. 5

1974

Marshal Cavendish Ltd./BPC Publishing Ltd

Editor: Richard Cavendish

Cover: "Girl possessed in a Haitian voodoo ceremony"

Pages: 32

Cover price: 95 cents

Noted occult and magic historian, Richard Cavendish edited this weekly journey into mankind's spiritual and metaphysical roots. At four dollars a month, it was fairly pricey, but the content was fascinating enough for people to sustain it through purchases throughout its 112-week run.

This issue's focus is on possession and trance and explores the monsters that live inside of us. Other topics given longer features are on astrology, the ancient goddess Astarte and the use of ashes.

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MAN, MYTH AND MAGIC NO. 4

MAN, MYTH & MAGIC

No. 4

1974

Marshal Cavendish Ltd./BPC Publishing Ltd

Editor: Richard Cavendish

Cover: "A collage of tarot cards and dice, used in fortune telling"

Pages: 40

Cover price: 95 cents

Subtitled, "The Most Unusual Magazine Ever Published", MAN, MYTH AND MAGIC was, for 112 issues, a weekly magazine that contained encyclopedic contents covering topics such as world religions, mythology, witchcraft, magic and many other areas of the occult and metaphysics including monsters and a bit of horror thrown in for good measure.

The publication began in 1974 and came on the tail of the great occult reawakening that began in the 1960's.  It was edited by Richard Cavendish (12 August 1930 – 21 October 2016), a British historian whose specialties were religion, magic, ancient Britain and mythology. Among his published works were Encyclopaedia of the Unexplained: Magic, Occultism and Parapsychology (1974), The Great Religions (1980), and A History of Magic (1989). His is best known for his book, The Black Arts: A Concise History of Witchcraft, Demonology, Astrology, and Other Mystical Practices Throughout the Ages (1967), which was seminal reading at the time.

In this issue, Mr. Cavendish is joined by authors David Phillips, A.H. Armstrong, Rupert Gleadow, and William Gaunt.