For those of you reading this who don't know it, I'm certified as a hypnotherapist and I'm certified to teach hypnotherapy. I'm tentatively scheduled to be teaching some of the basics of hypnotherapy at Pantheacon in San Jose, CA, February February 15–18, 2013. Many authors and speakers, including several from Llewellyn, will be there. Hypnosis and hypnotherapy have been known for a long time. There were "sleep temples" in ancient Egypt where people who were ill would be put in a trance, receive some sort of suggestions, and later leave the temples healed. In ancient India, one of the oldest books, the Mahabharata (which dates back to at least 4,000 years ago) makes statements about

I am very honored to present the following guest post by Jean-Louis de Biasi. In a recent post I described a meeting with him and our sharing of ideas. One of his goals is to take the practices and ideas of Freemasonry and make them available and usable by anyone. He wrote to me sharing his motivation for this article: "I am always amazed when I listen [to] people in Freemasonry and elsewhere saying that a text is symbolic…even when such texts are violent and dangerous." I hope you enjoy this…   IN THE NAME OF SYMBOLISM! By Jean-Louis de Biasi It is commonly understood that symbols are a necessary part of the spiritual path. In ancient and modern texts, you can find many

That's right! As a gift to all of my readers, the electronic version of Modern Magick is available this week only for just $1.99. You can get it through Amazon. This is a great way to have an electronic version of it to carry around with you. But this special offer ends after November 19, 2012. So don't delay. Get your copy now.

This last weekend I drove from Southern California to Las Vegas where I gave workshops on experiencing past lives and techniques of Tantra at the Well of the Moon shop. I'd like to thank Vicki and all of the people there for their kindness and generosity. I'd also like to thank all of the people who attended and made both workshops a success…and lots of fun! While I was there—doing double duty as an acquisitions editor for Llewellyn—I had a chance to meet with two authors. The first was a potential author who has unique approaches to magick for children, teens, and adults. I originally met her at the Las Vegas Pagan Pride day I attended a few months ago. We talked about the book