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When it comes to what we eat, this country is in something of an interesting mess. The convenience and efficiency of the big stores seems to have triumphed over nutrition and taste, making food just another colorful package we shop for alongside toiletries, lampshades, and clothes. At the same time, something else is happening, proving that food means much more to us on a deeper level. Memoirs celebrating food and gardening are taking center stage in the bookstore. Enthusiastic chefs are glorifying food and becoming national celebrities. Organic, natural, and local are the new, chic pursuits, and they are winning us over—so much that we don't always know how to shop for food ...
There are two people more responsible for the rebirth of magick in the second half of the twentieth century than anyone else. The first is publisher Carl Llewellyn Weschcke. His publication of classic and new books on magick and astrology, as well as some of the first accurate books on Wicca and Witchcraft, literally changed the world. One of the things he did was purchase the copyrights to books written by a contemporary author who, for the most part, had been forgotten. Francis Israel Regardie had written some of the clearest books on magick ever published. He also dared to publish the complete teachings of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn at the start of WWII. The war, combined ...
There are many things to gripe about when it comes to looking back on the 2004 presidential election, but I always felt my temperature rise most sharply when one particular insult was being gratuitously, and by both parties, used—the comment that someone was a "waffler." It made my skin crawl, partly because it's such a silly word for both a candidate and a party with which to associate themselves, but mostly because the insult turned a valuable set of traits into a small-minded and negative thing. Rather, I think this "waffling"shows that a candidate has compassion, versatility, and an open approach that responds appropriately to the challenges at hand. It shows an understanding of ...
You always know when Pluto decides to stop by for a visit, since there is no mistaking his calling card; this applies whether he is considered by astronomers to be an official planet or a mere dwarf. Pluto is a planet that is aptly named, since the symbolism and mythology behind him are all about the darker and deeper issues of life. After all, Pluto is (above all) the planet of transformation and of deep inner searching, among a myriad of other profound qualities. Pluto is still the ruler of Scorpio, a very deep and intense zodiac sign, and is still the planet that guides our most potent and radical transformation. On January 27, 2008, Pluto entered into Capricorn for the start of his ...
