Edited by Maria J. Pérez Cuervo

The Unveiling Issue, containing an editorial introduction and the following articles…

• The Piper at the Gates of Dawn: Katy Soar guides us on a trip to 1960s Britain to explore the links between Syd Barrett, Brian Jones, the great god Pan, and the visionary experience.

• The Third Eye: Maria J. Pérez Cuervo on the complex story of the “bogus lama” Lobsang Rampa, who penned a best-selling book about Tibetan mysticism before being exposed as a plumber from Devon. From Shangri-La to The Third Eye analyses the influence of Theosophical writings on Western ideas of Tibet.

• Gallery / The Entheogenic Garden: Catherine Winter and Finn Robinson present a selection of plants and fungi whose psychoactive properties have assisted humanity in its search for the divine.

• From Madness to Magic: Nadia Choucha remembers the life and trajectory of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, who regarded her own descent into madness as a spiritual initiation.

• Visions of England: James Machin tracks down precedents for cult TV classic Penda’s Fen, from Medieval allegorical narratives to Native American vision quests.

• Seeing Fairies: John Reppion investigates reports of fairy ointments and reflects on the perils of seeing the Little People.

• The Golden Veil: Verity Holloway on a lesser-known English visionary, Pre-Raphaelist painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

• Psychedelic Folk Britain: Folk music, argues Rob Young, opens up an alternate reality whose strangeness helps to shape a different Britain.

The Peculiar Parish Bookshop is proud to carry this eighth issue of Hellebore. These copies are in new condition.

92-page perfectbound pamphlet with black-and-white and tinted illustrations and photographs throughout. With design by Nathaniel Winter-Hébert.