VASSARA “The Handbook of Supernatural Powers” [Virdon Associates, 1977]

VASSARA. The Handbook of Supernatural Powers.

No place: Virdon Associates, 1977. 8.5" x 5.75". 62pp. Original black pebbled boards with gilt titling and decorative scroll device to upper cover; contents include prefatory matter and numerous schematic diagrams, tables, and sigils illustrating planetary days and hours, star positions, magic circles, and ritual arrangements. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Near Fine.

Issued during the postwar occult revival, this handbook sits squarely within the mid-20th-century resurgence of popular esoterica that bridged older ceremonial traditions and mass-market New Age publishing. Its pseudonymous authorship, practical spell-oriented structure, and diagrammatic presentation reflect the period’s appetite for accessible “working” magic manuals rather than scholarly occultism, making it representative of the between-traditions era that continues to attract collectors of modern occult and countercultural print.