Ecpyrosis: The Best of Starfire Volume One.

From the first issue (1986):

• Great Dismal by Linda Falorio – a short story of the evocation of a creature from the chthonic depths of Great Dismal Swamp;
• Going Beyond by Michael Staley – an essay on non-duality;
• The Stélé of Revealing and the Abomination of Desolation by Stephen Dziklewicz – an essay considering the gematria and other aspects arising from these twin terms of The Book of the Law.

From the second issue (1987):

• Cults of Cthulhu by Peter Smith – an essay on H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Gnosis;
• The Hiss of the Serpent by Stephen Dziklewicz – considerations of the serpent and related imagery in The Book of the Law.

From the third issue (1989):

• A Statement on Lam – setting out some techniques to facilitate contact with Lam;
• The Heart of Thelema by Michael Staley – considerations of Thelema;
• Disciple of Dagon by Peter Smith – a study of Clark Ashton Smith;
• The Babalon Working consists of two parts: Belovèd of Babalon by Michael Staley – a study of Jack Parsons; and The Book of Babalon by Jack Parsons – his detailed account of the Babalon Workng which he performed with Marjorie Cameron and L. Ron Hubbard.

From the fourth issue (1992):

• Meditations on Liber AL by Lindsey Calvert – considerations of The Book of the Law;
• Ciphers in Flesh by Mouse – on poetry as inspired text;
• The Vision and the Voice by Michael Staley – an introductory essay on Crowley's 1909 Working.

And finally, from the fifth issue (1994):

• Zos: The New Flesh of Desire by Gavin Semple – an examination of the sorcery of Austin Osman Spare;
• Lam: The Gateway by Michael Staley – an essay on Lam;
• Wisdom for the New Flesh by Andrew Chumbley – some considerations of a modern sorcery;
• Supping at the Angel & Feathers by Michael Staley – an essay on the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.

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