Like the new wizard? Thought I might go global for a bit.

Especially as today brings us a total solar eclipse. It won’t be visible in London but these funny shaped heads should totally get a good view.

Blasted eclipse. Blasted absolutely-spot-on-freakish monthly horoscope. (Looks like the stars are going to win it again this month. ) Anyway, The planets in general are probably a good place to start this week.

Jason speculates as to the implications of heliocentricity and its use in magic

I like this muchly. It broadly aligns with my interest in, for whatever reason, magic’s disinclination to keep pace with modern scientific achievement.

RO picks up the thread here and then more hilariously here. Robert (see below) also responds to this.

Dave gives a positive review to Freakonomics

At which point I rub my hands with glee. Have socioeconomic theory pique the interest of an extremely accomplished chaos magician and then wait in a state of cat-like readiness to pounce on whatever gems subsequently arise.

I will get you all to eventually join Ye Ancient Order of Ye Black Swanne. Just you wait and see.

Jow wins lesson of the week

Great post about lessons in general and one in particular. Definitely worth a read. Definitely.

Fine tuning gets a looking over

Actually, Jow makes it onto the list twice, this time for a really helpful comment on a really great post. ‘Fine tuning’ is also called ‘emergent strategy’ if you spend as much time in conference rooms as I do.

Morality is a magical cornerstone

I know, this is my second double-reference and I really should spread them out but I don’t want to risk forgetting this one. Because, honestly, if Jason hadn’t gone and written something really fucking interesting about the planets then this would have been WWTM link number one for the week.

Megabookstores can cause ranting

A rather fun piece on altars and books about altars over at Magick for the Real World. I disagree on the point that the priests of old wouldn’t use mass produced items -especially as modern day ones certainly do- and humans of any age economically respond to incentives and ease. But still. It’s a good rant.

Everyone got to meet Robert

Hooray for real names! The Artist Formerly Known As Frater POS marks a shift by going ‘first name only’ in the magical internets. As you can probably guess, I’m a fan of this. So say hi to ‘Robert’ for me. Or -as Blogger likes to call him- ‘About Robert’.

The number of POD titles continues to grow

This time it’s a Lilith devotional, which is a really neat idea and exactly the kind of ultra-niche stuff I hope to see people play around with.

Jordan comes down on the side of history

But oh how I like this post! And that is coming from someone who is seriously considering a second career as a mythologist. (Well, I say “career” but I really have to use the two-fingered speech mark action when it comes up.) This is another must-read for the week.

Cold Albion went live this week

Okay, this is a nice looking blog. It also helps that it has some really great content on it as well. Lengthy posts are perfect for reading in my offline RSS reader on my HTC Desire whilst commuting to work in the morning. Subscribe.

7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People

I have posted a couple of videos of Dan Airely giving presentations on how we’re all irrational meat sacks. He also blogs and this post in particular is worth a look.

Adult stem cells can be reprogrammed

Neat. Not that I have even the slightest issue with stem cell research at the moment. But this is still neat.