| Jamblichus, the Neo-Platonic philosopher of `De Mysteriis`, says ... | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p1 |
| Magic! - Songs of Olden Magic (1) (poem, rprnt `Irish Theosophist`) | Aretas | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p1 |
| The Reason of Our Existence | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p2 |
| filler | William Quan Judge | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p3 |
| Theosophical Teachers - HP Blavatsky & William Quan Judge are two figures who ... | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p3 |
| fillers | various | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p4 |
| William Quan Judge | TW Willans | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p4 |
| Theosophy | Ethne | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p5 |
| Our Opening Joke | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p6 |
| The Harp of ER Innes (poem, dedicated to the I.T.) | Australia | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p6 |
| Vibrations | RSC | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p7 |
| The New Day | Leonidas | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p8 |
| The Crusade (1) (report of American TS Convention of 26 April 1896) | EI Willans | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p9 |
| School for the Revival of the Lost Mysteries of Antiquity (copy of a circular) | JD Buck | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p13 |
| Reincarnation | Hapeta | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p15 |
| Invocation (vf) | EL | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p16 |
| The Theosophical Society in Australasia for New Zealand | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p16 |
| The Theosophical Society in Australasia for New South Wales | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | October | p16 |
| Magic! (editorial) | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | November | p17 |
| Where are the Geniuses? | Old Shaggy Head | y1896 | v1 | - | November | p19 |
| The One Life | Leonidas | y1896 | v1 | - | November | p23 |
| The Building of the Ship (vf) (Longfellow's Prophetic Vision) | Longfellow | y1896 | v1 | - | November | p24 |
| The Crusade (2) | EI Willans | y1896 | v1 | - | November | p25 |
| The Claim of the Senses | WEG | y1896 | v1 | - | November | p28 |
| Youth | CRS | y1896 | v1 | - | November | p29 |
| Consciousness, Force & Matter | Hapeta | y1896 | v1 | - | November | p31 |
| Magic Crusade Fund | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | November | p32 |
| The Theosophical Society in Australasia (lodge news) | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | November | p32 |
| (3000 copies were printed of this issue, the "Crusade Number"; see p3 Nov 1897 issue for this figure) | (index editor, circa 1997) | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p32 |
| The Theosophical Crusade | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p33 |
| Who the Crusaders Are | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p35 |
| The Mysteries & Their Revival | Skjold | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p36 |
| Now (vf) | Coo-E-E-E-E | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p41 |
| The Crusade (3) | EI Willans | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p41 |
| Magic Crusade Fund | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p44 |
| Mr AA Smith leaves for Melbourne | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p44 |
| On Toleration | Alphas | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p45 |
| Theosophy | TWW | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p46 |
| (Ring out the old, ring in the new) (vf) (In Memoriam) | Tennyson | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p48 |
| The Theosophical Society in Australasia (lodge news) | anon | y1896 | v1 | - | December | p48 |
