The Avatar 17 issues Vol 1 # 1 June 1967 - #17 Jan- February 1968 (complete run up to #17 except missing #2) and special unnumbered "last Mel Lyman" issue

Lyman, Mel and Lewis Crapton et al eds.

Published by The Avatar and Trust Incorprated Boston 1967 -, 1968

About this Item

Softcover, 17 issues of The Avatar, each unbound newsprint, about 16 to 24 pages each; good condition; all issues folded in half horizontally at center; with toned pages and light chips and tears to page edges; no internal marks. The collection includes issues 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and an unnumbered, undated issue which states it is the last issue that Mel Lyman will write for. In 1966 Mel Lyman founded the Fort Hill Community / commune / cult in Boston, which began to published The Avatar in June 1967; an underground paper that includes a lot of astology, anti- Vietnam war opinion and increasingly Lyman s ideas for personal enlightenment. The paper continued for 24 issues but Lyman was not allowed to contribute by the Spring of 1968. Lyman was exposed to a larger public in 1971 when Rolling Stone published a cover story on him and the community began to be compared to Charles Manson. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Seller Inventory # ThLyTh1000

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Avatar 17 issues Vol 1 # 1 June 1967 - #17 Jan- February 1968 (complete run up to #17 except missing #2) and special unnumbered "last Mel Lyman" issue
• Publisher: The Avatar and Trust Incorprated Boston 1967 -
• Publication Date: 1968
• Binding: Soft cover
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