In 1980, a curious little newsletter was started called Lightline. In it, questions sent in by subscribers were answered by the disembodied source, Hilarion, writing through Maurice B. Cooke. The material must have struck a responsive chord for many people, because by mid-1982 when publication was suspended, the subscription list had grown to over 700 people. At that time dozens of inquiries were coming in every week. Initially, back-issues were made available. But these gradually became exhausted one by one, and by June of 1983 this service could no longer be provided. Because of the popularity of the newsletter, Marcus Books has undertaken to make the material available in paperback format. This book is the first of two, and contains Lightlines 8/9, 10/11, 12, 16, 17 and 18.