Carl Llewellyn Weschcke Publishing Pioneer, Visionary, The Father of New Age It is with profound sadness we share the news of Carl Llewellyn Weschcke’s passing. He passed peacefully on Saturday, November 7 surrounded by family. He was 85. Carl Llewellyn Weschcke was Chairman and the driving force behind Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd., the oldest and largest publishers of New Age, Metaphysical, Self-Help, and Spirituality books in the world. Weschcke was a life-long student of a broad range of Metaphysical, Spiritual and Occult subjects which led him to the purchase of the Llewellyn publishing company in 1961. He relocated the company to his home on Summit Avenue in St. Paul. The

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Tisha Morris, author of Mind, Body, Home and the new Decorating with the Five Elements of Feng Shui. In the book, The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho inspired us all to turn simple metals into gold. In our more modern culture, it can be thought of as turning lemons into lemonade. Alchemy, which is an ancient tradition, has survived due to the power and prestige of metals, such as swords, armor, and jewelry. It is no wonder that Metal is also one of the Five Elements in Feng Shui. In Native American traditions, there are four elements—fire, water, earth, and air—that make up the Medicine Wheel, and thus Metal often gets overlooked. In Feng

Temperance Spread The spread for October 21, from Sasha Graham’s 365 Tarot Spreads, is based on the Temperance card because: On this Day Today in 1925, the US Treasury Department announced it had fined 29,620 people for alcohol violations during prohibition. The spread is designed using one of my favorite techniques: pulling symbols from a card to create spread positions. This is a great way to further explore any card. I find it useful to do when I feel like a card is stalking me or if I am having a disproportionate emotional reaction to a card. Use this spread to answer any question. Format your questions before casting the spread or simply let the cards answer the

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Alex Matsuo, author of the new Haunting of the Tenth Avenue Theater. Imagine that you are sitting in your living room, quietly watching television or enjoying some reading. All of a sudden, three or four intruders burst in and demand that you communicate with them, yelling, questioning your humanity and even your manhood in order to provoke a response from you. Your reaction? Get out! Ironic that this is one of the most commonly caught EVPs in ghost hunting history. And yet, we wonder where it comes from without considering what we might have said or done. When it comes to spirit communication, it has become easy to perceive the dead as