Last week, everyone pulled out their 2011 Witches’ Datebook and started thumbing through it. In the process, some of you have noticed that Llewellyn included a recipe for “Ostara Rabbit and Baby Vegetables” by Elizabeth Barrette in March. We’ve gotten a few letters from people disgusted by this inclusion, so obviously this has pushed some buttons. We certainly didn’t mean to upset anyone with this recipe; that was not our intention. We apologize to those of you who took this as a personal affront. However, all Pagans have very different values when it comes to meat consumption, and we feel we can’t dictate what everyone should or should not avoid eating. Our role as a publisher

Today we call her the High Priestess, and she is one of the most favored cards amongst tarot readers. The High Priestess represents what we often call “other ways of knowing.” That is, she employs methods that are not logical or rational. Instead, she is a practitioner of the intuitive and psychic arts. While the Magician illustrates the external expression of our magical and creative abilities by manifesting our will in the world, the High Priestess illustrates an inner connection with the Universe and a different sort of magic. She is often an enigmatic card, sometimes frustrating, because we often say of her that she “knows but doesn’t tell.” She keeps silent. She represents

Wow! The next two months are going to be very busy for me. I have several appearances in California, both in the south and the north. I hope to meet some of you at them. Saturday, January 15, 2:00 p.m. That's just a few days away! I'll be in North Hollywood, at The Green Man, giving a workshop on Instant Tarot Power. Great for beginners and experienced alike. Phone them at 818-985-2010. Thursday, January 27, 8:00 p.m. I'll be in San Francisco at Fields Book Store for a free talk about the new edition of Modern Magick, a question and answer session, and book signing. Phone them at 415-673-2027. Friday, January 28, 4:00 p.m. I'll be moving inland to Nevada City. There is a

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Andy Baggott, author of Blissology. Every once in a while, in the field of human endeavour, there emerges a human being who is truly exceptional. They outshine all their rivals with consummate ease and appear to stand in a class of their own. One such person is former American sprinter Michael Johnson. He won four Olympic gold medals, was crowned world champion eight times, and his 1999 world record in the 400 metres still stands today. Whenever I watched him compete I was always particularly taken with aura of ease and relaxation he showed throughout each race. As the finishing line approached, the faces of the other athletes would show