Let's face it. If I went by what most media outlets—newpapers, magazines, radio, TV, movies, books—said about magick, I'd hate us (or be afraid of us), too. Even movies that are supposed to be pro-magick or pro-Pagan are usually barely—and I mean just barely—positive. As occultists, mystics, Pagans, and magickal folk, we just don't have a positive media image. Interviews in the news media are often not very good. The reporter has usually determined the story he or she wants to tell, and the questions lead you in the direction that supports their story, no matter how silly, how wrong, or how inflammatory it may be. If you don't give the answers the reporter wants, your segment

If you are reading this, I assume you are a tarot reader or at least a tarot enthusiast. (Or perhaps you were lured in by my clever title for this entry.) If you are a tarotist, do you use only tarot cards? I suppose we could take that further…do you use only one deck? If so, which one and why? But actually, what I really want to know is if you use other divination tools. I have played with oracles and like them just fine every now and again. Mostly I like them as an accessory for a tarot reading. My collection of pendulums is frighteningly large, and yet I never have felt comfortable actually using them. Crystal balls (I have a small one), a scrying mirrors, and gazing bowls enchant