From the editor: Magic has stepped out of the movies, morphed from the pages of fairy tales, and taken root in the modern mind. Soccer moms are getting voodoo head washings in their backyards, young U.S. soldiers send chants toward pagan gods of war, and a normal family has determined that they are elves. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are turning toward the supernatural in new ways, blending the ancient and the modern for a hyper-charged spirituality. They are reaching back in time to powers that have sustained the human imagination for thousands of years.

National bestselling author and award-winning religion reporter Christine Wicker leaves no talisman unturned in her hunt to find what's authentic and what's not in America's burgeoning magical reality. Her investigation leads her from the Voodoo Temples of The South to the Witches' Covens of Salem to a graveyard in Florida as she probes the secrets of an underground society and learns lessons she never dreamed could be taught.

Her new teachers are include: Myrna the Death Puppet, Tracy, Queen of the Vampires, and Siva, a tenderhearted Satanist, along with people who believe they are fairies, werewolves, and dragons.

Pages: 294
Special Interest: WitchCraft, Occult, HooDoo, VooDoo, Santeria, Magick, Ritual, Sorcery.