Grandmother Spider's SpiritWeb

There is an new book I am reading. It teaches how to open your spirtual channels using a secret code. Once this is done your Soul can speak Soul Langauge.

I have been trying to find a copy of the Michelsen Ephemeris for the complete 21st century. I have heard a rumor that it is being reprinted? Can anyone verify the story?

Note of the Day reads "Wicca's Charm" so you don't have to:

I found the book, Wicca’s Charm, written by Catherine Sanders and subtitled “Understanding the Spiritual Hunger Behind the Rise of Modern Witchcraft and Pagan Spirituality,” in the Pagan/Wiccan section of the bookstore — which is most certainly where it does not belong, as it’s not truly about Wicca or Paganism. It’s about the reasons why some Wiccans had become disillusioned with Christianity, and a primer on how Christians can understand and convert Pagans to Christianity. ...
A sad and startling aspect of the disrespect shown to Pagans in this book is that our beliefs are highly misrepresented. In the first chapter, the author states that the following four tenets are the most common Wiccan beliefs:

1. “Wiccans hold the monistic and pantheistic beliefs that all living things are of equal value… humans have the same value as flowers, trees, or grass.”
2. “Wiccans believe they possess divine power within themselves and that they are gods or goddesses.”
3. “Personal power is unlimited — Wiccans believe that their power is not limited by a deity.”
4. “Consciousness can and should be altered through the practice of rite and ritual.”

With the exception of the fourth “tenet” on that list, this is totally inaccurate. Wiccans do not believe that human life is equal to plant life, and the vast majority of Pagans do not believe humans are equal to animals. Wiccans do not believe they are gods or goddesses, except in the figurative sense of honoring the divine spark within all people. The issue of personal power (which is left conveniently undefined in this book) being unlimited or not is simply not a Wiccan tenet or teaching. As for altering one’s consciousness, worship in Christian churches does the same thing, through prayer, hymns, and focusing one’s attention on sermons & their meanings. Altered consciousness may possibly be the only constant found in all religious practices!

Avoid. And if you find this book misfiled in the Pagan section at your bookstore, tell the store staff to move it. Or, just move it yourself. Fiction seems a good spot.

Howdy folks! I have been Wiccan for the last 8 years and regretfully confess I haven't practiced the belief for approx. 3 of them. Now I come to the table in need of assistence and (gulp) help. My fiance' has a brother who for as long as he can remember has been "haunted" by visions and dreams influenced by a being that (from my understanding) calls itself "Archaos" (Ark-a-o-is).

http://www3.addall.com/Browse/Detail/1878327461.html

This is the link for an online bookstore selling "Overcoming Witchcraft" by Rick Joyner. Very nice. I spotted an ad for it on late-night Christian tv. My special favorite was that, when I looked at other bookstores, at THREE DIFFERENT BOOKSTORES, there was the same customer review, by someone who claimed they were Wiccan, saying that this book "wasn't so bad" and that we all "think we're more important than we really are" and tries to defend the book by saying it's against the SPIRIT of witchcraft. In capitals, three times, just like that. Huh? I would go so far as to say that review is a plant and not written by a wiccan at all.

I'm attempting to create a formal Book of Illumination.
This is a pretty big deal to me.
The biggest thing I'm going to have to figure out is how to organize all this stuff.
Anyways, I got this really big, thick spiral journal thing that I'm going to soak in coffee tommorrow. That'll give the pages a neat colour and texture.

A collection of all the bibliographies and reading lists for many different traditions, from the useful Lysator archive.