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Hierophant was another Magic Periodical published by Jon Racherbaumer between September 1969 and June 1980.

Material was mostly card magic, primarily from the Ed Marlo group out of Chicago. Contributions were made by Edward Marlo, Dai Vernon, Brother John Hamman, Larry Jennings, Martin Gardner, Simon Aronson, Derek Dingle, Ken Krenzel, Daryl, Martin Nash, Allan Ackerman, Bruce Cervon, Roy Walton and many others. Some of Marlo's most ground-breaking ideas and revolutionary techniques were first explained in these pages. Also featured essays, candid criticism and controversial satire.

• The Hierophant No. 1, Fall (Sept) 1969
• The Hierophant No. 2, Winter 1969
• The Hierophant No. 3, Spring (March) 1970
• The Hierophant No. 4, Summer (June) 1970
• The Hierophant No. 5-6, Anniv. Issue, Fall-Spring 1970-71
• The Hierophant No. 7, The Resurrection Issue, 1975
• The Hierophant No. 8, The Last Hierophant, 1980 (published by Danny Korem)

Reprints

• Tannen's reprint of No. 1 - 7 (1976) (apparently with some material cut)

The Legendary Hierophant

All of the material from the eight issues were re-written, annotated, reorganized, indexed and typeset into this one book titled "The Legendary Hierophant" with over 300 illustrations by Joseph K. Schmidt.