There is a new article on Wired Magazine's website that draws my attention to the difference between real science, scientific writing, and pseudo-science masquerading as science. The article is written by Nathanael Johnson, author of a new book entitled All Natural. I haven't read it yet, but please don't hold that against me—it's not going to be released for another week. The cover of the book identifies the author as a "skeptic." Those of you who regularly read my blog know that I am very skeptical of self-identified skeptics. It turns out that many are not skeptics at all. Rather, they have in their minds a long-obsolete notion of what science includes and will do just about

This is the concluding part of a three-part series discussing the pendulum and how to use it for magick. For information on the contest to win a free pendulum, read on to the end of this post. In the first post of this series I described a little of the history of the pendulum as well as how it works. In the second post of this series I described the basics of using a pendulum, including how to hold it, how to calibrate it, and how to get answers to questions you ask it. Before going on I would suggest that you read those two posts again (or for the first time). The key to using a pendulum for magick is to understand how it works. And that means first understanding the difference