The Occult Review
The Occult Review was a British illustrated monthly magazine published between 1905 and 1951 containing articles and correspondence by many notable occultists and authors of the day.
Content
Edited by Ralph Shirley, the magazine was primarily devoted to the investigation of supernormal phenomena and the study of psychological problems. It covered a wide range of esoteric and metaphysical topics, with an emphasis on the occult mysteries.
The December 1909 issue contained the first public illustrations from the Rider-Waite Tarot along with an article by A.E. Waite explaining how the deck was developed and the history of the tarot itself.
Some topics that were frequently revisited in multiple issues included:
- Vampires
- Hinduism
- Divination methods
- Witchcraft
- Greek religion
- Egyptian religion
Publication
It was published published in London by William Rider and Son, Ltd. (later Rider & Company) under different names from 1905 to 1951. From September 1933 to October 1935 it was published as The London Forum with an increased emphasis on literature, short stories, and poetry. In January 1936 it reverted to The Occult Review.
For much of the publication run, the London-printed editions of the magazine generally had orange covers, while the issues intended for the foreign market were bound with blue covers. The content in issues from the two editions was not always the same.
Featured authors
- Aleister Crowley
- Arthur Edward Waite (contributed over 100 articles)
- Dion Fortune
- Israel Regardie
- William Blake
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Phyllis Campbell
- Paul Brunton