Mandrake of Oxford
Mandrake of Oxford is a specialist independent publisher based in Oxford, England[1] primarily known for the publication of "hands-on" books for occult practitioners.[2] The company was started in 1986 under the name Golden Dawn Publications,[3] but changed its name to Mandrake upon the publication of Sexual Magick by Katon Shual (a pen-name of founder Mogg Morgan[4]) in 1988.[5]
According to the company website, they publish texts on magick, occulture, tantra and Thelema.[5]
Founder
Mandrake's founder, Mogg Morgan, when interviewed by occultebooks, said that he chose the name in 1987 as an homage to Aleister Crowley (see Mandrake Press) and that he prefers to publish new writers who are continuing to develop the Thelemic tradition.[6] Mandrake is now a partnership of Mogg and Kym Morgan. Kym Morgan is mainly responsible for Mandrake's growing crime list "Classic Crime Studies".
Publications
Mandrake of Oxford is best known for discovering German occultist freestyle shaman Jan Fries,[7] and they have published several of his works, including his seminal work, Visual Magick.[8] The company also published for five issues an annual peer-reviewed[2] Journal for the Academic Study of Magic.
Periodicals
- Isis Nuit[9]
- Thelemic Magick (Volumes 1 & 2)
- Snoo Wilson; Mogg Morgan (22 October 1994). Thelemic Magick XC : being the proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium of Thelemic Magic. Oxford: Golden Dawn. ISBN 1-869928-44-X. Check date values in:
|year= / |date= mismatch(help) - Akashanath; Steven Ashe; Mogg Morgan (21 October 1995). Thelemic magick II : being the proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium of Thelemic Magic. Oxford: Golden Dawn. ISBN 1-869928-48-2.
- Snoo Wilson; Mogg Morgan (22 October 1994). Thelemic Magick XC : being the proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium of Thelemic Magic. Oxford: Golden Dawn. ISBN 1-869928-44-X. Check date values in:
- Journal for the Academic Study of Magic for the University of the West of England (annual).[10]
- O. Neo-Sannyas (2003). ASHÉ: Selections from the Journal of Experimental Spirituality. ISBN 1-869928-80-6.
Footnotes
- ↑ The Publishers' Association, Federation of European Publishers (1991). Directory of Publishing. New York: Cassell. p. 99. ISBN 0-304-32819-7.
- 1 2 Evans (2007), p. 39
- ↑ "Catalog # 2.". Weiser Antiquarian Books. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ↑ Evans (2007), p. 178
- 1 2 Morgan, Mogg. Mandrake of Oxford: Who We Are
- ↑ Evans, Dave. Occult E-books meets Mogg Morgan of Mandrake
- ↑ Morgan, Mogg. About me
- ↑ Jan Fries Reviews
- ↑ Richard Metzger (2003). "Article Histories". Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult. The Disinformation Company. p. 353. ISBN 0-9713942-7-X.
- ↑ UWE Bristol: The Journal for the Academic Study of Magic (JSM)
References
- Evans, Dave (2007). The History of British Magic After Crowley: Kenneth Grant, Amado Crowley, Chaos Magic, Satanism, Lovecraft, the Left Hand Path, Blasphemy and Magical Morality. Hidden Publishing. ISBN 0-9555237-0-2