Announcing Der Geist, Issue 6. A Braille Stirner for Helen Keller and Ragnar Redbeards secret Canadian life!


1845-1945, 1946-Today, Apio Ludd, Benjamin DeCasseres, Benjamin R. Tucker, Bibliographic, Bonar Thompson, Book, Clarence Lee Swartz, Der Eingene, Der Geist, Dora Marsden, E. Armand, Egoism, En Marge, Enrico Arrigoni, Eresia, Events, Freewoman, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Schumm, Georgia Replogle, Henry Replogle, Historical Work, Housekeeping, i-studies, Idolatry, J. William Lloyd, James J. Martin, James L. Walker, John Basil Barnhill, John Beverly Robinson, Journals, Kevin I. Slaughter, La Bande à Bonnot, Laurance Labadie, Letters, Libertarian Broadsides, Libertarian Microfiche, Liberty, Lucifer, Malfew Seklew, Mark A. Sullivan, Max Stirner, Mildred Loomis, Minus One, My Own, New Freewoman, News, non serviam, Podcast, Poetry, Ragnar Redbeard, Redbeard's Review, Renzo Novatore, Reviews, Sidney E. Parker, Stand Alone, Steven T. Byington, The Clarion, The Eagle and The Serpent, The Egoist 1914, The New En Marge, The Storm, Thomas Common, Trevor Blake, Uncategorized, Unionists, Western World Review

An anthology of rare and never-before-seen essays and images from the history of egoism. Over two hundred pages of original translations, bibliographies, art, ephemera and more. Discover rare photographic glimpses of pioneering egoists such as Dora Marsden and Benjamin R. Tucker, and delve into the visionary project to produce a Braille edition of Max Stirner’s […]

October 23, 2023

Dora Marsden and the Women of Dumfries


1946-Today, Dora Marsden, Events

Dora Marsden spent the last decades of her life in Dumfries hospital. From March 2023 to January 2024, Dumfries Museum features an exhibit titled “The Women of Dumfries” that includes information and images about Dora Marsden. This information, and much more, is found in Dora Marsden: A Brave and Beautiful Spirit (1882 – 1960) by […]

August 10, 2023

Dora Marsden Ephemera


1845-1945, Dora Marsden, Journals, The Egoist 1914

Two minor previously undocumented ephemeral mentions of Dora Marsden, editor of The Egoist. First, two lines from the book-length poem The Atheist by George Bedborough (London: Garden City Press, 1919)… “Dora Marsden writes well and so do her friends, / But The Egoist sometimes to crankiness tends.” Second, an advertisement for The Egoist which appeared […]

April 27, 2022

Announcing “Der Geist” journal Issue 5, Spring 2022


1845-1945, 1946-Today, Bibliographic, Der Geist, Dora Marsden, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georgia Replogle, Historical Work, Kevin I. Slaughter, Malfew Seklew, Max Stirner, News, Ragnar Redbeard, Sidney E. Parker, Steven T. Byington, Thomas Common, Trevor Blake

Der Geist issue 5 is now available! That creates a total of 930 pages of egoism from 1845 to 1945, with “lost” works reprinted, new or lost translations in every issue, rare photos and images, and new research and writing. Available from: Underworld Amusements | Amazon.com | Amazon.UK | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop.org DER GEIST issue five features the first publication of original […]

February 17, 2022

Freewomen of New York


1845-1945, Dora Marsden, Events, Freewoman

25. 1. 1913 My Dear Mrs. [Frances Maule] Bjorkman: Your letter of Jan. 14th has just arrived & I am sending you a hasty note with the outgoing mail. [Miss Kenton’s?] letter has not yet arrived & I therefore do not know the [?] of your deliberations. I am satisfied for the moment with the […]

January 25, 2022

Dora Marsden, a Feminist Disciple of Nietzsche


1845-1945, Dora Marsden, Freewoman

A FEMINIST DISCIPLE OF NIETZSCHE The feminist movement has evolved its ‘superwoman’ or, rather, the superwoman is the ultimate expression of that new philosophy of feminism preached by the very latest prophetess, Dora Marsden, in her daring “humanist review,” the London Freewoman. With its mid-October issue, The Freewoman ceased temporarily to exist,, but we shall […]

November 10, 2021

Women’s History Review on Dora Marsden


1845-1945, Book, Dora Marsden

Maureen Wright has reviewed A Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden 1882-1960 by Les Garner (Portland: Union of Egoists, 2019) for the journal Women’s History Review. The first page of her review may be seen here. A quote: “Dora Marsden is a key figure among such pioneers [Freethinkers, Socialists, and the feminist avante-garde].”

June 9, 2021