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'To d,earest Angelique,who tumed 4 learsold on October5, ^J 1999, granddaughter. I loue1ou,mJ sweet. One dny in thefuture, when you've grbwt, I tuill recall the mury times1ou stoodat my door with a stor'"lbook in lour hands and an expecwrltlook on lour face. k was alwals hard for me, dear, not to stopwhateqter '!.was doingand read \ou a storyeuen when I was slu,eDJ or tired or working on sotfteproject.I knew that 'b1 openingthosebooksI would open doorwaJsn other worldsfor yu. Thosewere preciousmoments,my little angel.I will keep them with me always. :, Angelique,I have no idea how old yu wiILbe when yu read thisLetteraII fo purself a lefier that is in yet anotherbook, one that I have alsowritten. I haveno idea haw old you will be when God takesme, when Grandpapamust saygood-foeand hopefor rhe bestfor those whomI love and whomI wiII leavebehind- that you will not weep, thnt yu will be svong that 1ou wiII be able.to face a full and happl lfe aheadof you. I lwve no idea whetherI will be around to explainrc all to 1ou whenJou are old enoughto wtderswnd. I haveno ideahaw you will react whenyou realiqethat Grandpapawas a witch. And so, I havedecidedto write this lener. You ma1 aireadyhavereadin The Calling, d.ear,how Papa ran away from homeat 16, after his high schoolgraduation, and how, with the help of Papa'shomeroomteacher,your Uncle Nelson cameupon a smallapartmentin Makad, wherePapawas - with Mana and their six-month-oldbabl: yan.

That's lrou, old pu were wlrcn Papaand Mama brought you hone to nv ht 1996.Youcriedc,L,hen I tried to takeyou hr my ttrmsbecauseI ruas thena total sn'angerto "tot.(.Three lears tater, you would alread"yplat ^tourfavoritegameol peek-a-boowith me and hide under tlv stairswheneuerJou heard ne comlrrgin from work, then leap out and rush hto m\ arms. And showme aII the pages work tou had done that clal at pre-school:Iittle dra+uirtgs, frorn a coloringbook, tlw alphabet,nurnbers,"lour natne scribbled on a writirrgcxcrcisesheet.It often occurredto me tltat pu would be a writer sone da1,or elsea uoTacious reader. I ruantto make it clear to Jou, dear, that whileI haue labeledal| of my booksand magickalimplet"tents Ln\our r,ome,I do not obligeJou to read them,or makeuseof them,or follow the scrnepath that I have chosen.,\lI of these.aremerell materia"I things.What countsrnos[is what is in your heart, what is in your inrter self. Tb beginwith,I am sending Jou to a Catholicschoolbecausel u,errtro one mysefl I furve alwaysbeenbicisedin favor of Chrlqrianitl, believntgit is rnosacompatiblewitlr democracy.How, ever,I quicklyLearnedthat no religtonls completell compatiblewich \Wiccaany sociopolitlcal systernof democracy. Uncil I discovered which I practicettot 65 cLreligtonbu simplyas a path nwards Truth. I learnedthat to be Wiccan is to be Christlike.I learnedthat rc be Christlikeand co be Christianlikeare not the same thing. much d.isctiminationfrommy fellow ChrisI experienced . tians becauseof this, and beccntseof all the things that I thoughtand. saidand wrote ubout. A monthafter (JrrcleNelson passedaway lastyear, for instance,I was ina,)ited to a local TV talk showto grcst on a panel with a fundamentalistpreacher,a Catholic priestand threebomagain, Protestante.l,tertainers. Sfirce the sltow'sdit'ectorbelongedto the samereligtousgroup as thepreachcrand the three entertctiners, shcnwde it a point to ntakemf resporriesinaudibleon the videotape. Actual\ I didn't ntind that so rnuch,for I was then still terribly

lvr.rtingfrom L)ncleNelson,s.untimSb deatlr,Afcer tlu shbru,I eucn usked thepreaclwrif he could t.r.al ii.e. . He said,"Yes,I can lteal.tou,But frsr )ou musrgruerrp your interestin comrnunicating " with spirics. Until that moment,I had never met a douor who would . hea| a patient onh on condidon that the patient con4rertro his religiou.sbeliefsI myselfhad healedorherswithout ever askingthem what tlwv were or v,hat faith thel practiced.I realizedhoo,u, ctfter nearly two thousandyears,Chriscianssubliminall"'t stil| reserrrlrow much tluy lwd been persecuted in the past,so tlrat now thel seekto persecurcothers',fellow Chrisciansincluded. NecrerfaII intothat n'ap,dear. Foras the1judge,so *ili judged. theybe

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. Altuaysbefree n be what'tou want to be,and n balievein whatever1ou chooseto belieueirt, and to sDeakup and standfor it. Yourfreedomis a glft. Yourfreedomis a fteasure.I-et no other persontake tlvt away from you. And never be coercedinto believingwhat othersbelievein simpiy becausethel are the majoritl. That is what this letter is all abou, dear. Freedor..As God gave His childrenthegift of freedom,so do I wl'tclehearted\gle ir to Jou. Tlis includesthefrecdomn choosewhiche+ter religlonlou prefer, whetherit be Christianitl, Taoism, Buddhism,Islan, or the Jewishfaith. Whateverit is or whiclvver tt is, Grandpapawill never Ioveyou lessfor it. I will alwayslove1ou. It is the truestmeaningof unconditionallove - to love anotherdespitetheir lifestyleand theit rehgion- to loue theworld despiteits man\ onluesand its man] religtonswhiclt haq.rcexistedoqterthousandsof yars and which will continue to exist over moinymore Llrcusandsof yars. DearescAngelique, whereuerJou are right now,whereorcr Grandpapais righr now, as you hold this book,as Jou read this lener that he has written to \ou, remember:

Remembereverything. RememberGrandpapawith kindness. And rememberthnt I lovedyoi from the very monrcntJou were bom. Much lbve always, Grandpapa

P "* bu nqad Ano ang Wicca? Ang'Wicca ay isang pananawsa buhay na higit na nrasalimuotat higit na mataassa antasng shamanism,o sa Kalikasan.Ito ay isangpamamaraanng 1;akikipag-ugnay pagbibigay-puri at pagpapasalamar sa Maykapal,ng pagdiwang sa rananglikha ng PanginoongDiyos,ng pagpapalipana at pagoapalaganap ng tunay na pagmamahalsa kapwa,ng i panananggalang sa sarili at sa kapwa laban sa mga negatibong puwersa,ng pagpapagaling sa maysakit,ar ng pagpapatotoo sa A ) nrabubutinghangarin sa pamamagitanng pagsasagawa ng kahilingan,o obra magica, Bagamatang'Wicca ay nagrnulaat patuloy na umiiral sa Europaat sa Amerika, ito ay maituturingna unibersal,o may kabuluhansa bawat nilalangsa sansinukuban. Sa Pilipinas,halirnbawa,ito ay makikilalasa'laranganng kulam, ng tawas,ng panggagamorat ng pagsanggunisa orakulo. Sa Kanluran, kung inyong sasaliksikin,ang Wicca ay itinuturing na isangalternaribongrelihiyon.Sa iibrong ito, .at para sa Spirit Questorsna ginagabayanng may-akda,ang . Wjcca ay isa lamangsaloobin,isang uri ng pagringinsa kapaligiran,isangkaragdagang kaalamansa pamllmuhay-at gayon lamang, S"*ak"tu*id, sinuman ay maaaringmakibahagisa Wicca, anuman ang kaniyangpaniniwalao relihiyon.

Ang Spirit Questors Ang Spirit Questorsay isangpangkarng volunteersna nakikipag-usapat nakikipag-ugnay sa mga nababagabag na espiritu upang mag-abotsa kanila ng tulong at ng pagm.arnahal upang mamayaniang kapayapaanlalo na sa mga nabubuhaysa larangangpisika[.

May anim na samahanna naullgnaysa pangkalahatar-rg parrgkatng Spirit Quesrors:ang Luna y Sol, isangsamahang Wiccan; ang The Magesof the Dawn, isangsarnahang ng rlagica cantadaat rnagicaalta, o high magic, nagsasagawa ayon sa mga panamaraangitinatagng Hern'reticOrder of the Colden Dawn bandang1888i ang Skywatch,isangsarnahang rrananaliksikhinggil sa alien irrtelligenceat n'rgaextraterresisangsamahang nananaliksik trial; ang Zarabanda, hinggilsa magicanegra,o black magic;ang Successor Generation,isang sarlahanng ulga batangpsychicmula sa mga mababaat mataasna paaralan;at al'rgBrothers of the PeachGarden, isangoutreachat workshopunit. .

Ang Luna y Sol Unang tinipon ang mga miyembrong Luna y Sol noong itatag ang Spirit Questors taong 1998,dalawangtaon n'ratapos noong Pebrero13,1996.Ang mga miyembroay pinadaansa ilang mga workshop,kabilang ang "Developmentof Psychic Powers",'lShamanismI", "Shamanismll", "lntrodr-rction to Magic", "Color Magic", "Love Magic" at "The CreativeUse of Emotions".Pagkatapos, sila ay nagsanaysa pagsasagawa ng magicabaja, o low magic,na kinailangansa pagsasaganap ng quest ilang spirit nd may kaugnayansa pagsangguni ng ilang maysakitat sa ilang konsultasyonhir-rggilsa urga kasongrnay kinalarnan sa nasamang kulam, Noong Abril 25, 1999,ang samahan-ay unangnaghugis ng Bilog bilangpaghahandasa'pagdiwang ng Pagbinhi.May 20 pahina pa lamang ang librong ito, adg mga napiling isasagawang ritwal batay sa ilang mga tala ng may-akda. Lumawak na ang saklawng librong ito pagkat ngayon ay matutunghayanang mga kasangkapanat ritwal na halaw sa iba't ibang samahangWiccan sa iba't ibang lugar.Sa katunayan,arrglibro ay nrairuturirrgrra rnanualna siyang ginagamitng ilang sarnahangWiccan, lalo na sa Quezon City at sa BaguioCiry. Gayurnpaman, ang pagsasadiwang-Filipino ng Wicca sa librong ito, at ang pagiaiarnanng mga bahaging

r ritwal na pawang orihinal, ng mga tala at ilang pagsasalarawan,sampu ng anumang mga pagkukr-rlangat p a g kak aur ali,ay s a m a y -a k d a l a ma n g .

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, SamahangLuna y Sol brtl25,1999

Eloisa San Juanffanod.AIab EIo RebollidolApo Banaag Mikah Gbios/Bulongng Mala Moose MaravillalPulot Michael Duque/Manlalakbay Rey Ramos/Liwanagng Araw Don Reyes Ian Opena/Kidlarng Apoy Connie Allones Tina Thyag Rhea Bihis Luna/Ulang Buglww Jay Remiel Acosta Sheila Medallon/Punlang Liwanag . Red de LeonlPulang Mandirigma Marlon Lacsamana/NagbabagangBab aylan George BregendahlI Abraham Bahaghari Tommy Latina/SweeTrong Cathy Choachuyllalayan ng Lunas Wek de Guzman/Haring Araw

Tony Perez 1'Tagalil