Yep. My bookcase…well one of my bookcases…collapsed. I was trying to move it. It was cheap and several years old. There was a "cracking" sound and one side came off. The shelves slid out to the side and forward to the floor. Chunks of cheap "chipboard" made sharp piles under the corpses of a hundred or more books, many of them now half open. I felt rather blocked and unable to think or move. What could I do? Where should I start cleaning them up? Well, it gave me an excuse to go through those books. I found what I thought was a surprisingly rare item, a copy of The Lost Scrolls of King Solomon by Richard Behrens. I looked it up on the internet to find that copies of it are selling

This weekend is going to be very busy for me. I hope to see lots of Southern California people at these events: Antelope Valley Pagan Pride Day Saturday, October 20 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. LOCATION: George Lane Park in Quartz Hill Just north of Los Angeles, CA Antelope Valley Pagan Pride Day This is going to be a great day with lots of family activities. It’s a smaller event and you’ll have a chance to meet and get to know new friends. There are free workshops on Magic Squares, Easy and Powerful Spellcrafting, Divination, a Guided Meditation to help you connect with your Inner Warrior, an Introduction to Druidry, and lots of special activities for kids. AVPPD is free, but

Last Saturday morning my wife Holly and I drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to attend the Pagan Pride day celebration. It was small, but diverse, and there were some great workshops. The area was covered for shade, but still hot and very dry. I hope next year the attendance will be even better. After the event my wife and I went to a party being held by some friends we hadn't seen in years. Sunday morning we got up early and took the drive home. As I wrote, the weather was incredibly hot and dry, and with stops (such as in the city of Baker where one shop is decorated in an alien—from outer space, not terrestrials from outside the U.S. borders—motif and they sell a wide variety of

This Weekend, September 16–18, I’ll be coming out from L.A. to visit all of my friends in Las Vegas. I’ll be giving three workshops at: Well of the Moon 2650 S. Decatur Blvd., Ste. 2 Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-666-7200 Topics for the workshops: Talismans and Amulets: Saturday, September 17, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Participants will learn to design and make and charge their own amulets and talismans. The focus here is on both Natural Magick (sometimes called “Wiccan”) and High Magick (ceremonial magick) techniques. Discussion will includes aspects from the Golden Dawn, from Wiccan systems, using the Hermetic Rose Cross, the system of A.O. Spare, and chaos