Mandrake of Oxford is a specialist independent publisher based in

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, England, primarily known for the publication of "hands-on" books for occult practitioners.Evans (2007), p. 39 The company was started in 1986 under the name Golden Dawn Publications, but changed its name to Mandrake upon the publication of ''Sexual Magick'' by Katon Shual (a pen-name of founder Mogg Morgan) in 1988.Mogg Morgan
Mandrake of Oxford: Who We Are
Mandrake publishes texts on magick, occulture,

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and

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. In 1992 Mandrake published Aleister Crowley's ''The Equinox'', Volume I, Number 1 to 10.

Founder

Mandrake's founder, Mogg Morgan, when interviewed by ''occultebooks'', said that he chose the name in 1987 as an homage to

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(see

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) and that he prefers to publish new writers who are continuing to develop the

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tradition.

Publications

Mandrake of Oxford is best known for discovering

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freestyle

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Jan Fries, and publishing several of his works, including his seminal work, ''Visual Magick''. The company also published for five issues an annual peer-reviewed ''

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''. Other notable publications include: * . Note that Katon Shual is the pen name of Mogg Morgan. * * * * * * * , 2003: * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Periodicals

Mandrake's periodicals include: * Nuit-Isis * ''Thelemic Magick'' (Volumes 1 & 2) * * *

Footnotes

References

*Evans, Dave (2007). ''The History of British Magic After Crowley: Kenneth Grant, Amado Crowley, Chaos Magic, Lovecraft, the Left Hand Path, Blasphemy and Magical Morality''. Hidden Publishing.

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