Intermittently it published under other names, including Intelligence, New Cycle, and Ideal Review.
The Metaphysical Magazine: A Monthly Review of the Occult Sciences and Metaphysical Philosophy was founded in 1895 by Leander Edmund Whipple, a mental healer.
"[1][2] Contributors included the ornithologist and Theosophist Elliott Coues (who had the lead article in the magazine's first issue, discussing his telekinetic theory of levitation),[3] the archaeologist Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, and the occultist author Florence Huntley.
[2] For brief periods it was published under the following alternate titles: Intelligence (June 1897 – March 1898), New Cycle (January–March 1900), and Ideal Review (April–December 1900).
[2] Despite these title changes, it retained continuity in its volume numbering throughout its history.