RIVA, Anna "Voodoo Handbook of Cult Secrets" [International Imports, 1970]

RIVA, Anna. Voodoo Handbook of Cult Secrets.

Toluca Lake, Calif.: International Imports, 1974. Revised Edition. 8.75" x 5.5", 47pp + 1 ad with illustrations throughout by the author. Softcover in original yellow decorated wraps. Two small stains on front cover. A handful of asterisks written next to various line items by a previous owner but not other writing noted. A stamp from a seller and a handwritten price in pen on first page. Binding secure. Very Good.

Anna Riva was the pen name of Dorothy Spencer (1922–2003), a prolific American occultist and publisher active in Los Angeles during the 1970s and 1980s. Through her company, International Imports, she produced and distributed a wide range of books, oils, powders, and ritual supplies aimed at practitioners of folk magic and ceremonial traditions. Her accessible manuals, including the Voodoo Handbook of Cult Secrets, helped popularize modern forms of practical magic and remain influential among contemporary spiritualists and collectors of occult literature.