Writers and topics in Volume 9 of Darklore:

Mike Jay reviews the ‘hidden history’ of the 19th century Club des Hachischins; Adam Gorightly looks at the amazing, controversial life of Kerry Thornley, co-creator of Discordianism and one-time JFK assassination suspect; Paul Devereux introduces us to the shamanic plants of the Americas; Robert Schoch takes us beyond the Hollywood version of the werewolf to better understand the origins of this archetypal monster; John Reppion uses a fictional work to illustrate the origins and practice of various magical traditions; Cat Vincent looks at the origin and practice of various modern magical traditions to show how many of them come from fictional works; Blair MacKenzie Blake surveys and reinterprets the infamous grimoires of centuries past; Greg Taylor finds that the history of research into meteorites offers a valuable lesson to science on the value of listening to eye-witness reports; and Alan Moore asks if magic is in any way relevant to the modern world, advocating a scorched earth approach and new beginnings.