This Sunday, October 4, is the Los Angeles Pagan Pride Day. Click on the previous link (the name of the event) to visit their website. They have a map so you can get there, too. The event is free, but please consider bringing a non-perishable food item as a donation for the food bank. It's a great cause to support. (Although the event is free, parking costs a few dollars.) At PPD you'll have a chance to meet with lots of magickal people, see vendors of Pagan and occult-oriented items, watch or participate in rituals, listen to good music, network, and have a great time. There will also be workshops and book signings. I'll be giving a workshop on Possible Future Directions in Magick.

I really enjoyed the experience in (The Queen, The Tower, and Me) and decided to have another. This time I changed it up a bit by picking a deck I love but that isn’t based on the Rider-Waite tradition (by that I mean decks with cards that are recognizable to those familiar with the Rider-Waite deck). I selected another court card with which I don’t have a great relationship: the Knight of Cups. The card that the Knight and I will interpret is the 3 of Pentacles (just because I took a fancy to it). These cards are from the Tarot of the Sweet Twilight. For me, one of the hardest aspects of working with a non-Rider-Waite clone is letting go of the ingrained meanings I have for