Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Nick Redfern, author of Chupacabra Road Trip and the new Nessie. The Loch Ness Monster: almost everyone has heard of it. More than a few say they have seen it. And many claim to have photographed or filmed it. But, what is it? Or, perhaps, more correctly, what are they? The answers are as controversial as the mystery itself. Loch Ness is a huge body of water situated along Scotland's Great Glen Fault, and is 22.5 miles long and 744-feet deep. Reports of strange creatures within the dark waters of the ancient loch date back to the year 565. And, although sightings of the monsters are rare, the enigmatic beasts show no signs of going away

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Natalie Zaman, author of Magical Destinations of the Northeast. One of my favorite sections of Magical Destinations of the Northeast is Magical Monuments. I've always loved cemeteries. They're museums and gardens, historical records and ancestor altars on a grand scale. If you know where your ancestors are buried and can visit their last resting places you can make a special memento to honor them at Samhain (and all year round). Gravestone rubbings are easy to make and require only a few materials. You'll need: Heavy paper on a roll, like butcher or mailing paper Crayons (The fat ones are best or, fun this, make your own unique wax

Today we sadly mark the passing of author Dr. Michael Newton, who authored several bestselling books, including Destiny of Souls, Journey of Souls, Destiny of Souls, Life Between Lives, and Destiny of Souls, Memories of the Afterlife. His knowledge will live on in his books, through his foundation (the Newton Institute for Life Between Lives Hypnotherapy), and for the countless people he enlightened through his work. Additional information can be found here.

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Aaron Leitch, author of several books, including Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires, The Angelical Language Volume I and Volume II, and Essential Enochian Grimoire. Greetings, Goetes! If you've been following my posts lately, you likely know I am in the middle (or, maybe, just the beginning) of an adventure into the realms of goetia. It is, to be completely honest, my first time exploring this side of things. That's not to say I haven't made a few scouting missions into the underworld—believe me, I have stories!—but I have always considered myself primarily an "angel worker." Frankly, my youthful attempts to engage the spirits of the