Acknowledgments
I am extremely grateful to the people in my life who make it possible for me to live my dreams. These includes my family, my friends, and my students. I want to thank some of them by name: Richard, who regularly makes my life ridiculously wonderful (and wonderfully ridiculous); my mother, Joyce, who taught me more than I can possibly enumerate and always encouraged my dreams; Chris, Ryan, Pete, Eric, who argued, discussed, debated, listened, and talked me through graduate school. I also want to thank my teachers, both those who taught me mundane things and those who taught me magical things (as if there’s a difference). Some I had as a teacher for one day, some for years: Jason, John, Karen, Betty, Gustav, and many others. I also want to thank John Michael Greer, whose workshop on sacred geometry gave me the oomph to finish this book. I must, in addition, thank Lon Milo DuQuette, who several years ago said a single sentence that totally blew my mind and changed my view of magic forever. It’s also fitting that I thank my editor, Elysia, for her extremely helpful suggestions. She has a tremendous eye for detail, and has prevented me from embarrassing myself in print more times than I care to count.
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