Iron Mountain was Chas Clifton’s attempt to bring together the “professors and the practitioners” into a single source and provided an avenue for the Wiccans and Pagans being studied to respond to research being done on them. Although only four issues were published the contents are well stocked with articles and rebuttals from contemporary scholars and practitioners recognized as shapers of the Wiccan movement that we know today. It is a publication “devoted to the exploration of religious forms, practices, both ancient and modern, which emphasize the magical, shamanic and metaphysical elements.” Articles are topped off with reviews, poetry, artwork and photographs. It also holds the honor for being the inspiration of the first Pagan peer-reviewed Journal: The Pomegranate.

Permission for the creation of this digital asset was granted by Chas S. Clifton who also graciously loaned his personal copies to be digitized for inclusion in Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections’ New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library. On the slopes of Iron Mountain -- Letters to the Editor: John Crank ; Meredydd Barrowman-Harper ; Sun Bear (excepted from Akwesasne Noted) -- Carlos Castaneda: A True Shaman After All? / Phil Carson -- The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Interview with Jose Cuellar / Michael McNierney and Patrick McNierney -- Magical Autobiography and its Practitioners / Chas S. Clifton -- When Magic Fails: Rationalization in North American Shamanism / Linda Miller Van Blerkom -- Book Reviews: Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic by Edred Thorsson ; Magic & Music: The Language of the Gods Revealed by Juanita Wescott ; The Rebirth of Pan: Hidden Faces of the American Earth Spirit by Jim Brandon ; Twilight of the Gods by Michael Baran ; A Garden of Virtues by Sidney J. Taylor ; Metaphysics: The Science of Life by Anthony J. Fisichella ; The Bright Angel Within You by Eleanor Wright ;The Eternal Dance: Reincarnation, Hypnosis and Spiritual Synthesis ; That With Is -- Contributors to this Issue -- Announcements