ROUND MERLIN'S TABLE. Spring Equinox. No. 42

St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands: Servants of the Light, 1976. Staplebound. Very good. Staplebound. Staple-bound wraps. 16 pp. Very Good. Original yellow/cream wraps with Celtic knotwork mandala design to front, Celtic interlace ornament to rear. Typewritten text throughout, mimeograph production. Light toning and edgewear to wraps, contents clean and tight.
The quarterly journal of the Servants of the Light, the Western Mystery Tradition school founded by W.E. Butler. This issue contains articles and reviews by several significant figures in the British esoteric revival. Contents include: "The Temple of Asclepius: An Inner Plane Journey Through Space and Time" by Gareth Knight, drawing on his practical work with the Asclepius healing current; "No Joking Matter" by D.A.N., a meditation on occult imagery and the misuse of magical egregores; "Names of Power," an essay on the Hebrew sacred alphabet and its Qabalistic applications; and "A King in Disguise" by C.R. Jones, exploring the Egyptian Sed Festival through Joseph Campbell's Masks of God and its resonances with Tarot symbolism. Reviews cover Susan Cooper's The Grey King, Benjamin Walker's Encyclopedia of Esoteric Man, Leo Vinci's Enochiana, Marion Green's Magic in Principle and Practice, Dane Rudhyar's An Astrological Study of Psychological Complexes, and Colin Avery's Atlantis. Advertisements document the period's esoteric bookselling and publishing ecosystem, including Helios Book Service, Quest, Gnostica, and Hygeia Studios. A primary document of the British Western esoteric tradition at a moment of significant institutional consolidation.