Pizza Boxes on the Floor: The Collected 2010 Hearthstone Articles

Can magical ritual and initiation improve one's ability to use positive affirmations? Why is secrecy in the esoteric Orders so important? Are astrological energies present in Wiccan and Golden Dawn rituals?

This collection of articles about Wicca, paganism, and Golden Dawn addresses these issues and others. Contains all twelve of the monthly columns written by Morgan Drake Eckstein in 2010 for the Hearthstone Community Church's newsletter, plus a new introduction and essay about the astrological floor diagram used in Golden Dawn.

Table of Contents:

Introduction--Regarding this collection of articles
The Use of Positive Statements in Ritual
Secrecy and Listening to Yourself
What are you really saying?
The Impact of Initiation on Positive Affirmations
Looking at Esoteric Diagrams
The Effect That Diagrams Have on Rituals
Does Wicca and Golden Dawn have an Ethic Code?
Why do the initiated traditions require students to be initiates?
What is Lineage Anyways?
How much astrology does a Wiccan need to know?
Clarifying my definitions of ‘Wicca’ and ‘Should’
The Four Cardinal Points of the Sun’s Journey through the Seasons
About the book cover and floor diagram