With the new year comes lots of new things. I'd like to draw some of them to your attention and also ask you to share something with readers... 1st Up: Prediction Contest Yep. I'm going to be announcing this for some time to come. In my last blog post I announced a prediction contest. It's very simple: make a prediction for this year. The contestant with the most accurate prediction wins his or her choice of any Tarot deck published or distributed by Llewellyn. For full details click on this LINK. 2nd Up: The Latest Issue of Hermetic Virtues Magazine Hermetic Virtues is rapidly becoming the premier journal of traditional ceremonial magick, following in the great tradition of magazines

Photo by b r e n t A few years ago I saw an article on the internet that discussed "the best colleges." From that time on it has seemed like every few months I've seen articles on the same subject. Most colleges require some effort by prospective students to get accepted for enrollment. It makes sense to me that articles such as these should appear many months before the new college year begins. However, almost inevitably, there is a crush of articles like this just as colleges open for classes and the new freshman enter a world of new friends, new self-understanding, new responsibilities, dorm life, living away from home, and of course, psych 101 and "dumbbell" English. The photo