If you're in the Southern California area, come see me live, tomorrow, Saturday the 11th, at the San Diego Pagan Pride Day event. I'll be giving a workshop. It's free, but please bring a non-perishable food item to donate. See their website or my website for more details. At 2:00 p.m. I'll be giving a workshop entitled: Easy Magick That Works. Please say hello!.

Recently, I received this question: I work with somebody who is my best friend, but I'd like him to be my boyfriend. If I make a picture of us together, and focus on it, will it manifest itself in this reality? In other words, does the LOA work with people? The LOA or Law Of Attraction is an occult concept that goes in and out of fashion. It was recently (re)popularized in the book The Secret and the industry that has developed around that superficial treatment of the subject. Here is the response I sent to the questioner: Dear__________ I know that sounds like a very easy question, but it actually has a LOT of issues to it. Does the LOA work with people? The simplest answer is "yes."

In the blog Gleamings from the Dawn, Morgan Drake Eckstein seems surprised to hear that on another blog, a person wrote that you shouldn't use the term "cult" to describe "Golden Dawn groups." Eckstein writes, "If we cannot use the word 'cult,' especially in its technical sense, then what word are we supposed to use?" Using a simple term to describe an organization (or individual) is a great advantage. After all, rather than give a list of characteristics, I can simply use that term, a label, and not have to describe all of the qualities I like or dislike. The problem, however, is that your definition of the label may not be the same as my definition. Let's use this highly charged

For many years I lived in the San Diego area. It was while living in Encinitas, part of the North County area of San Diego, that I began teaching classes on occultism and magick, and where I learned Oriental Massage. Later, I moved to the city itself, sharing an apartment with Scott Cunningham. It was while I was there that I took all of my notes and experience from the classes I taught and wrote Modern Magick. As part of my thanks to the people in the community, I am returning to San Diego this coming Saturday, the 11th of September, to participate in the San Diego Pagan Pride Day event. The event is being held in beautiful Balboa Park. It will be at the corner of 6th and El Prado on