DMCA sounds like a strange Enochian entity that can be evoked through the use of weird tablets and strange, almost Cthuloid Calls into the beyond world of the dark night. It's not. DMCA is short for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It was signed into U.S. law just before Samhain (hmmm), 1998, and basically strengthened copyright law enforcement and punishment. If you break copyright laws, it could be quite costly. This has upset lots of people for a variety of reasons. Copyright is actually one of the few laws set up in the U.S. Constitution. Copyright is "the power to secure for limited times to authors the exclusive right to their writings." (Wikipedia) In other words, if

Magic & Magicians I am a magician. I practice magick and I perform magic. I've been a "magician member" of  The Magic Castle, a world-famous club for magician entertainers. I have performed magic for all age groups and have entertained thousands of people. Magic, like magick, has several subcategories. Two such subcategories whose differentiation can be confusing even to magicians, are mentalism and mental magic. Mental magic is simply any trick giving the impression that some sort of psychic ability is being used or a paranormal phenomenon is being demonstrated. Many magicians, within their acts of cards and coins or boxes filled with assistants or large cats will include

110 Years of Spiritual Development Part 3 of a 3-part Series Read Part 1 HERE ...........Read Part 2 HERE Going by the Gut. Massive Growth. Unlimited Potential. Historic Overview of Growth of Occultism and Spirituality In my previous posts in this series I have associated historical events with the advancement of spirituality in the West and the growth of Llewellyn. I contend that to really understand what was going on requires this three-fold approach. Therefore, to fully comprehend the development of Llewellyn and its impact on worldwide (and especially U.S.) spiritual growth between 1961 and the present begins with understanding the changes over time in the numbers of people

110 Years of Spiritual Development Part 2 of a 3-part Series Read Part 1 HERE Preparing the Ground. Planting the Seeds. Nursing the Seedlings. In the beginning of my first post on this history, I mentioned the concept of The Enlightenment. Part of the concept of The Enlightenment was that people no longer needed kings or religious authorities. They could rule themselves. This was highlighted in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution which used the biggest words on the page to declare that the U.S. was being founded not for religion, not by kings, but by “We the people.” In 1901, 117 years after the Constitution was created, countries of the world were still controlled by kings