For those of you interested in the current health situation of Isaac, here is the word from his wife, Phaedra, as of June 11, 2010: "He is not well. He was in the hospital for about 10 days & came home Monday. They gave him an ostomy to relieve stress on his anal tumors, but for the tumors themselves, there really isn't much more they can do. "He's too weak to go back on chemo. If he fattens up and strengthens, they'll consider one more round with some new meds. But it would be very hard on him. "This morning we had a visit from the local hospice. Much to my relief, they will do a tremendous amount for us, including managing pain meds, ostomy supplies, visits from a nurse and a

Gordon at Rune Soup has presented a "game" that has been firing up the magickal blogosphere. Here is the idea: Let's say you would like to introduce someone to the world of magick using only books. This person is going to be in a deserted house with no outside communication for a month and they've agreed to read whatever you tell them, in the order that you tell them. Here, quoted from Rune Soup, are the rules: Fiction is allowed. You have to specify what brand of magician you want to build beforehand. (Hermeticist, chaos, etc.) You can’t tell the subject this. You must include books from at least three disciplines. (This is to stop you just giving the Complete Golden Dawn

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This Gemini New Moon occurs Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 7:16am EDT (11:16am GMT). The Moon joins the Sun in Gemini, making this a time focused especially on communication. But, since Gemini is the sign of the Twins, there will be two opposing forces that will need to be balanced, whether that be internal vs. external, masculine vs. feminine, introversion vs. extroversion, etc. Information will be fast and free-flowing, and it will be up to us to discern what we need and to balance that which is seemingly opposite. Perhaps you are still negotiating the information you sought out during the Full Moon in Sagittarius on May 27. There will be a Sun-Moon square to Virgo, which will give