Edited by Muzz Murray and illustrated by John Hurford and others, Gandalf’s Garden was a UK underground magazine, which first appeared in May 1968. Four of the six issues (lacking issues one and six).
Issue No.2: ‘Mescaline, Mysticism and Meditation’ by Tom Scott; ‘What Might Have Been Said At The Forum If Only The Speakers Had Been Able To Speak’, ‘Scene Around’, ‘Seedbag’, ‘Commune*Ications’, ‘Breaking Ground & Seedsowing’, Poetry, and more.
Issue No.3: ‘The Personal Garden’, ‘Cy Laurie’, ‘Cosmic Man’s Schooldays’, Aleister Crowley revisited, ‘The Sufis’, ‘Seeking the Miraculous’, ‘The Way Out’ by Leopold Brandstütter, ‘Scene Around’, ‘The Personal Garden’, Reviews, and more.
Issue No.4: ‘Atlantis Rising’, an interview with Third Ear Band, ‘The Way Out For Mankind’ by Leopold Brandstütter, ‘The Glastonbury Mystique’, ‘The Selene Screed (An Approach To Pagan Community Life)’, ‘The God’s Eye On The Aesthetics Society’, ‘Seedbag’, and more.
Issue No.5: ‘Mind Revolution’, ‘A Journey To The Earth And Back’, ‘Leaf Talk’, ‘The Mystic Initiation Of Gandalf’, ‘I Need Enlightenment Like I Need A Hole In The Head’, ‘Wise-Up O Men Of God’, ‘Seedbag’, ‘Inside The Softmachine’, ‘Scene Around’, and more.
London: Gandalf’s Garden, 1968-69.
First edition 4to (29.7 × 21 cm) Softcover Issue #2: 30 pp, Issues #3-5: 34 pp Texts in English Saddle-stapled in pictorial wrappers. Various paper stock. Illustrated in various colour throughout.
Very good condition. Wear and tear. Some creases and stains. Internally near fine. Item ID: 3012.