The Avatar. No. 18. Feb. 2-15
Cambridge, MA: Avatar Incorporated, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Good. Item #022555
Large side folding tabloid newspaper format. 8 pp. Illustrations throughout, including photos. Boston based underground newspaper. Avatar was founded in 1967 by Mel Lyman and his followers at the Fort Hill Community, or Lyman Family, a counterculture commune (or cult, depending on perspective) in the Roxbury area of Boston. Besides publishing the usual counterculture perspective on local and national news, the newspaper also served as a mouthpiece for Lyman's and the Fort Hill Community's philosophy: a quasi-religious and mystical thought drawing on Lyman's unique view of astrological, spiritual and occult history. Mel Lyman originally gained fame as a folk musician. This issue with a piece on burning one's draft card by Tom Jarrell, as well as other spiritual and philosophical musings. No peep from Mel Lyman in this issue, indicating that at this point he had begun to be ostracized from the paper. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold crease present. Minor faint foxing/spotting to the covers. General toning and minor soiling. Minor wrinkling and creasing. A few small tears along the intersection of the folds.
Price: $55.00