I was pleasantly impressed with a new book purchase...it's The Urban Primative by raven kaldera and tannin schwartstein.

With a triple goddess of squat(for parking), skor(finding used things) and skram(warning of danger) and a triple god like slick(smooth talking), screw(for carnal pleasures)and sarge(for inititive) it's a very practical and modern approach to the traditional witcheries i adore....it has a lot of the same general open belief system, but altered for a more urban lifestyle, focusing on commonly found weeds, rather than the traditional herbs...city totems(includes silverfish, cockroaches, pigeons, feral cats and other city animals)ritual piercings, and even suggested uses for such choices, meanings of the various areas and even adornments to exude what you want to express....i know this sounds more like a book report than and actual discussion, but it was a very witty book with a nice open approach to a craft that...needed a little updating...the city folk need a chance at being able to revel in their worship choice rather than spending time and money searching for more traditional approaches to witchery...even dealings with spirits and cyber magick!

I like it!!! I'll have to go find that book! Sounds very chaotic, actually... Magic (and religion as well) is adaptable by its very nature, and much power can be found in unconventional forms... I've had a lot of problems with asthma, mold allergies and infections in the past and I also work with immunosuppressed cancer patients and beat my head against the wall for a long time trying to fight the bacteria, viruses and fungi... After a very intense spiritual experience I recently had, I've started to think of agents of infection as my allies and familiars, and have had very good results in dealing with them since.
I also make invocations to Caroll's invented godform Goflowolfog (a god that looks like a cat on a skateboard and gets you through traffic quickly) almost daily with great results.

what i think i liked most about it was that it's not the usual wiccan dribble, but a good example of how earth religions should be...something that works for you and brings you peace among insanity...even if you need a fetish and poem

I just ordered it a few hours ago... It sounds like it hasn't been washed out by all the happy-sappy fluffy bunny attitude that plagues so much of today's pagan writing.
Somewhere on chaosmagic.com there's another modern ritual that I plan to do someday, the summoning of the nuclear elemental... There's also an excellent essay about Atheist Gods, very useful to say the least. I love the idea of more modern magic and created elementals (they cooperate sooo much better than the usual kind...) Some friends of mine from Veelist also told me about a computer-god named Xa they created, who brought them many, many new electronic gadgets...

I got the book and it looks very interesting... My urban totem would be the Feral Cat.... What's yours???

naturally the kitty...i'm a pampered pet type of girl...just ask my hubby