The first four issues of The Entheogen Review display editor Jim DeKorne’s experimentation with graphic design. Each issue varies in length and looks somewhat different from the others. It was not until Autumn 1993 that the format settled into a consistent style. In order to reformat these early issues into this bound collection, some of the printed material was reworked by DeKorne, with some of the decorative illustrations eliminated. With the exception of minor factual corrections, all written material is the same as it appeared in the original issues. This bound facsimile version was scanned at 600 dpi from DeKorne’s master copies when possible, and from second generation photocopies when that was the only recourse. The early issues of The Entheogen Review were created via the cut-and-paste method at a time before desktop publishing on personal computers was as ubiquitous as it is today. Issues of The Entheogen Review edited and published by Jim DeKorne did not contain any indexes. (Since 1998, all issues have contained a yearly index in the Winter edition for each year.) This bound collection has been supplemented by an index that was manually produced by ER subscriber and contributor “S. Bear.” It took him years to complete and was clearly a labor of love—a tribute to the publication—and we are pleased to be able to offer such a useful addition for the first time with this compilation. Advertisements contained in these issues should be considered historical curiosities; they are most certainly out-of-date. Inaccurate information presented in early issues was sometimes corrected in later issues. Even so, there may still be faulty data contained in any issues produced. For more information on available back issues from 1998 until the present and a few books produced or sold by The Entheogen Review, please see our web site at www.entheogenreview.com.