Being an acquisitions editor is pretty darn cool... being an acquisitions editor at Llewellyn is even better! I thought I could say that after week one, but held my tongue so I'd have a little more credibility and hopfully wouldn't sound false about it. For anyone interested in an insider's peek, here's a little nugget: Beyond the stellar company (business and people) it's the writers that keep this place ticking. I am constantly made aware of new interests that unknowingly live on the outer bourndaries of my already existing passions. As the typical Llewellyn-type audience, I crave growth and have entered into a free-fall of knowledge. Some days are crazy juggling acts of managing

[Part One of this Series: Click HERE] [Part Two of this Series: Click HERE] [Part Three of this Series: Click HERE]   People make a big deal over meditation. Unfortunately, there is more bad information about meditation than there is good. This is a shame, because it is a valuable and important technique for people learning magick. A levitating gnu, deep in meditation, wrapped snuggly in a gold robe. Both he and his computer float gracefully above the floor—only his tail lightly touches the ground. He gently holds a recorder between his front hooves, as if he has just gotten the inspiration to play music. There is a gleam in his eyes as he gazes ahead at his computer

This Full Moon in Aquarius occurs Saturday, August 13 at 2:58 pm Eastern (6:58 pm GMT) at 20 degrees. Full Moons represent the culmination of those things that were begun with the New Moon (in this case the July 30 New Moon in Leo).  This Full Moon represents the work we’ve done in the past weeks to pay attention to ourselves and our personal gifts/talents, and cultivating those gifts to which we'd like to give more attention. With the Aquarius Moon opposite the Leo Sun, we are called to see how the air and fire elements, respectively, work together (air fanning flames) as opposed to fighting each other (air blowing out a flame). This Full Moon is a time when hot fights cold,

What is the Saturn Return? I must admit that my interest in the subject has been highly piqued, being that my 27th birthday is in just over a week; over the past few months I've noticed changes in my life, in my emotions, and in my thinking patterns. I've heard many people discuss a "quarter-life crisis," occurring roughly at age 25 as an individual leaves the ideals of youth and struggles with ideas of marriage, children, and careers. I never put much stock into the idea, but the more I learn about the Saturn return, the more I wonder if the "quarter-life crisis" isn't merely another term for a person's first Saturn return. In 2000, rock band No Doubt released an album titled