Last night, I had a dream. In it, I was observing a friend as she astral projected. Now, that was interesting enough, but suddenly, I saw, superimposed, the backs of Tarot cards. I immediately knew what this meant: a design for a new Tarot spread. First, here was something like the image I saw: This image is a modification of a photo I took as a design basis for illustrations in the latest edition of Modern Magick. My model was Regan, known as High Priestess, who is a talented dancer, actress, composer and musician. In this style of astral projection you visualize your astral self turning to face your physical self and pushing up and away from the physical body. This method is

Jesus is always pissing someone off! Back in his day he was a controversial, anti-establishment Jewish teacher, and today he’s getting Pagans all riled up about a little book called Jesus Through Pagan Eyes. I worked with the Reverend Mark Townsend on this book from its inception in 2009, and it’s really an exciting premise: looking at the figure of Jesus (both historical and mythical, which must be teased out from each other and examined separately) outside of the confines of the Christian church, and seeing whether there is anything Pagans can take away from this vision and apply to our own paradigm, or rather framing Jesus according to our own understanding and worldview. Not as a

If you've ever seen a "slasher" film, this scenario is going to be familiar to you: The mad, "pure evil" slasher comes after his victim with an axe. There's a loud "thump!" and a scream. The victim looks in horror at his shoulder, now issuing copious spurts of fake red blood. Jason Voorhees character from the Friday the 13th Movies © 2003 New Line Cinema There's no doubt. The mad monster is evil. Pure evil. There's no way he or his actions could be described other than calling him evil. *   *   *   * Let's move to a different film, a Western. It's been a long cattle drive. Curiously, the never-shoot-first hero's clothes are still white while everyone else's are dusty and dirty.

Cancer, The Crab June 20 to July 22   Modality: Cardinal Element: Water Ruler: Moon Keywords: Receptive, patient, intuitive, nurturing, sensitive, imaginative As a Cancer, you are known for your nurturing nature; you will do your best to make others feel secure, and will go to great lengths to ensure that you have strong family relationships and a warm and welcoming home. You are often very emotional, being ruled by the watery moon; you must be careful, as you are very intuitive and can pick up on energy and vibes (both positive and negative) from others around you. You are devoted to those in your inner circle of friends; while that circle may not be that wide, you