Earth Religion News

Here are covers of the copies of Earth Religion News that I have. They were published by Herman Slater, The Magickal Childe between 1973 and 76? not sure when it ended. If anyone has other copies, please let me know. See the other pages for Leo Martello's Witchcraft Digest ( published 1971 and 1972) , 3 rare copies of Pentagram, published in England in 1964-5 and Moontides.

Joel from Magickal Childe has generously given me permission to copy and distribute digital copies of these publications. I will be putting them out one by one. A few are already ready. If you decide to distribute these in a different manner, please give myself(Demetri T) and Magickal Childe credit. And please don't forget to support Magickal Childe online shoppe: http://magickalchilde.com/!. The first 3 issues were printed on large size newsprint, and at this point are fragile - after all, they are 45 year+ newspapers!

You can read more about Herman here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Slater and here: http://www.magickalchilde.com/herman.html

And anybody familiar with Herman has to also know about his original partner in The Warlock Shoppe, and a major force in Witchcraft and Paganism in New York, Eddie Buczynski. Read about him here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Buczynski as well as the book written about him by Micheal Lloyd, which has lots of info about Herman too: https://wiccanrede.org/2015/02/review-bull-of-heaven/

For those with fond memories of Herman and the Childe, consider joining the faceBook discussion page Herman Slater and the Magickal Childe

And exciting news. Some good guys are doing a documentary about Herman and the Childe, called Horrible Herman's Warlock Shop. See some old friends in the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYscvXD7twQ&feature=youtu.be and follow them on FaceBook here: https://www.facebook.com/HorribleHerman

Herman Slater, Magickal Childe, 1983. <br>Photo credit: Demetri T

Herman Slater, Magickal Childe, 1983.
Photo credit: Demetri T

ERN Vol 1 Issue 1 Yule 1973

ERN Vol 1 issue 2 Imbolc 1974

ERN Vol 1 Issue 3 Spring 1974

ERN Vol 1 issue 4

ERN Vol 1 issue 5

ERN Vol 3 issues 1,2 & 3

Downloads Available:

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I will be adding a new issue every week or so, so check back often.

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23 thoughts on “Earth Religion News”

Oh my Goddess! Wow. I can’t believe I found these. I thought I’d never see these treasures. I went to Herman’s store in New York City!

Thank you can’t begin to be enough. The warlock lives on in Florida. Blessings Be!

I am humbled and honored to have the privileged of viewing these. You’ve brought a wealth of joy to my heart. ❤️

Thank you so much for doing this

I am excited to read more issues of ERN! Years ago I saw a PDF of one issue. Thanks for making these available!

Thank you

Thanks!

Thank you for this important resource.

Thank you for this tremendous service to the Witchcraft community of making available these issues of Earth Religion News.

Anything involving the Magickal Childe and good old Herman brings back wonderful memories.

Thank You

Thanks!

-Thanks !

– keep them coming.thanks
– Thanks, I found them very interesting.so much has been lost as people have died or got rid of stuff without thinking it might be of use in a historical sense.
– Good stuff (9.19.20)

– Merci beaucoup
– C’est vraiment super ! Merci encore !
– Un grand morceau d’histoire en vérité…

Thank Yew

Thanks for sharing this

Oh dear Gods, I thought I would never see these again. My copies were lost in a flood. Thank you so very much!

Wow – a nice treat. Thank you for sharing these. Maybe someday we can plan a reunion at the Samhain blockparty and let the new neighbors wonder what’s going on? : )