04/20/2026
Man, Myth & Magic – An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (24 Volume Set). 1970 hardcover. 3376 pages total, nice condition. $225.00
Man, Myth & Magic is the legendary, comprehensive, illustrated encyclopedia of the supernatural, edited by Richard Cavendish and first published in 1970 as a weekly magazine that was later compiled into a 24-volume hardcover set. The set contains all of the information from the 112 issues, spanning 1,000 articles with over 5,000 illustrations, many of them in full color. It covers a vast range of topics, including mythology, folklore, occultism, religion, and the paranormal, featuring thousands of articles and illustrations.
More than two hundred academics and specialists contributed to the magazine, including:
Glyn Daniel, archaeologist and editor of Antiquity.
E. R. Dodds, former Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford.
Mircea Eliade, professor of the History of Religion at University of Chicago.
William Sargant, past Physician in Charge of the Department of Psychological Medicine, St. Thomas' Hospital.
John Symonds, author and literary executor of Aleister Crowley.
R. J. Zwi Werblowsky, professor of Comparative Religion, Dean of Faculty of Humanities, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Robert Charles Zaehner, Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics, Oxford.
Cottie Arthur Burland, formerly of the Department of Ethnography at the British Museum.
