The actual, unedited, final reports from The Arizona Paranormal Research Society’s investigation of the RMS Queen Mary.

I give a little credit, where credit is due…to Mr. Stephen Colbert.

10 questions with Patrice Chaplin, author of “City of Secrets”.

I love the new Metric album “Fantasies”. If you want, I suppose you can skip reading the rest of this article, but if you like synth pop/rock influenced by the 80’s and Weezer, you’re going to want to read on.

Happy 100th birthday “Rider-Waite Tarot Deck”! Hmmmm…how do you celebrate the 100th birthday of such an important piece of occult history? Could I suggest with the purchase of the “Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative Set”?

Ellen Evert Hopman discusses Beech Lore.

I hope so far everyone has been enjoying The Wiccan Rede Project here at The Magical Buffet. Not to toot my own horn, but thus far, we have had an impressive bunch share their thoughts on the Rede: Raven Digitalis, Lady Passion, and Kerr Cuhulain. All leaders of their communities and published authors.

My hope has been to approach the Rede as a religious text to be studied and debated. It’s with that thought in mind that I realized although interesting to hear what respected well known individuals have to say, that it would be important to also hear what an average Pagan thought about the Rede. Someone that has nothing to lose, gain, or prove by offering their honest reflections on the Rede. And that’s when I emailed two friends of mine that have no books published, or in the works, and are not religious leaders.

What follows are the thoughts of one of those friends.

France has ghettos, there are projects in France. I know it sounds ridiculous to say that, as if you didn’t know. Here’s the thing, until the riots in Paris a few years back, I was totally unaware of this fact. Press reports would say the people involved were from the “deprived Paris suburbs”, but it’s true, that in that moment I realized that Paris is a large city and like most large cities, there is probably some equivalent of what Americans call the “projects”. It was also during this time that I learned that France has a vibrant rap scene. Oddly, the concept of French rap was less shocking than coming to grips with the idea that Paris had “deprived suburbs”. Want to learn more?

As you all know, this past Saturday I attended the 5th Annual Spiritual Arts Fair in Oneonta, NY.

Hola all! Just a few things to share that will hopefully amuse, inform, and inspire.