I’ve become increasingly interested in learning more about my ancestral heritage. I know very little about it. My family has few documents in the US, I can’t access documents in Cuba, and nobody seems to remember more than a grandparent’s name. I have never even been able to figure out the origins of my surname. The best … Read more
In an ocean of introductory titles, Deborah Lipp’s The Elements of Ritual: Air, Fire, Water & Earth in the Wiccan Circle is a breath of fresh air. The Elements of Ritual is perfect for a beginning student moving into an intermediate level. It assumes that the reader has a basic understanding of ritual and is ready … Read more
If you’re looking for practical primer to Wicca, look no further than Lady Sabrina’s Exploring Wicca: The Beliefs, Rites, and Rituals of the Wiccan Religion. Exploring Wicca takes an eclectic approach. Lady Sabrina begins her book with a simple history of Wicca, breezing through years of Gerald Gardner, Alex Sanders, and even some traditions like Dianic and Strega … Read more
Did you ever read or watch The Wizard of Oz and wonder what the the Wicked Witch of the North’s story was? In Gregory Maguire’s Oz, Elphaba, better known as the Wicked Witch of the West, is not wicked. Instead she’s an insecure and unfortunately green political radical out to unseat the tyrannical Wizard. Wicked: … Read more
Guillermo del Toro’s latest film Pan’s Labyrinth is a fairy tale as dark, spellbinding, moving, and scary as fairy tales are supposed to be. Set against the postwar repression of Franco’s Spain, the story unfolds through the eyes of Ofelia, a dreamy little girl who is uprooted to a military outpost commanded by her new stepfather, Captain … Read more
Mel Gibson’s next display violent gore takes us to the jungles of Mexico for an exciting chase movie about why the savage Mayan people deserved to be conquered and wiped out. Apocalypto follows Jaguar Paw (aka Country Mouse), a member of one Mayan tribe, whose small ideal village is conquered by a more aggressive tribe (aka … Read more
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