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Iron Mountain: A Journal of Magical Religion, [v.1, no.1], Summer, 1984

 Item
Collection number: Electronic record 1

Scope and Contents

From the Item:

Iron Mountain was a short-lived journal published by Chas S. Clifton's Artemisa Press. Only four issues were published between 1984 and 1986 which constituted volume one. This publication was influential in the creation of the first peer-reviewed journal The Pomegranate published by Fritz Muntean

Dates

  • Publication: 1984

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

1 Electronic Records (52 pages) : illustrations

Language

English

Production credits

Editors, Chas S. Clifton, Mary Currier-Clifton; Associate editor, Isaac Bonewits; Design and Production, Chas S. Clifton, Paul Musick with special thanks to John Graham

Contents

On the Slopes of Iron Mountain (p.2)

Spinning the Medicine Wheel / Joseph Bruchac (p.3-9)

High School Magic: An Interview with Religious Consultant Jim McCarthy / Chas Clifton and Mary Clifton (p.10-14)

Notes on Ritual Drumming / John Vye (p.15-16)

Inventing Witchcraft / Aidan Kelley (p.19-29)

Pagan Renaissance and Wiccan Witchcraft in Industrial Society / George Kirkpatrick, Kathryn Rubi, and Rich Rainey (p.31-38)

‘Pagan Renaissance’ Responses:

Asking the Wrong Questions / Chas Clifton (p.38-40)

A Good Survey Turned to Trash / Ann Forfreedom (p.40-41)

Quibbles with Kirkpatrick / Isaac Bonewits (p.41-42)

Myth, Ritual and Symbolism / excerpts from The Witches' Way by Janet Farrar and Stewart Farrar (p.43-48)

Poetry

Remedy for Drought / poem by Donald Levering (p.17)

The Man Who Wanted to be an Owl / poem by Joseph Bruchac (p.18)

Photography

Religious consultant Jim McCarthy with bones of squirrels killed by teenager "Satanists" and kris-style ritual dagger / photographed by Chas S, Clifton (p.10)

Typical altar of Neopagan Gardnerian Witchcraft priest and priestess / photographer by Tom Shanahan (p.19)

Statue of Diana in Sutro Park, San Francisco / photograph by Chas S. Clifton (p.30)

Book Reviews by Chas Clifton (p.49-50)

Earth Power by Scott Cunningham

Practical Color Magick by Ray Buckland

The Magician by Gini Graham Scott

Repository Details

Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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