Gandalf's Garden Magazine. Issue One.

VARIOUS; PEEL, John; BHAVE, Vinoba, et al., [MURRAY, Muz, editor].

London: Citadelle Press, May 1968. [Esoteric Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE, the first issue with no text printed on the egg. A4 magazine (32 x 22cm), pp.32. Printed on various alternating pastel-coloured leaves, with occasional illustrations. Publisher's white, slightly glossy, paper covers, stapled twice. Covers detached. Well-thumbed, but essentially clean and intact internally. Covers heavily rubbed, with some marks, chips, and closed tears. Fair. The most hippie publication imaginable, chock-full of cosmic eggs and spiritual gardeners. This rare first issue (the magazine only ran for a total of six issues) contains a stream-of-consiousness piece by John Peel; an interview with 'Ghandi's Successor' Vinoba Bhave; various poems and satirical cartoons; a report from the Tibetan Monastic Centre; an excoriating piece on the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam; an extract from a book on Yoga; a profile of Swedenborg and his cult; and an interview with Marc Bolan about the name of his band Tyrannosaurus Rex. In sum: groovy, varied, and genuinely interesting content from a lost age of idealism and hope. Item #57784

Price: £250.00