I'm coming to the end of a week in London. I gave a talk at St. James church in Picadilly last Monday evening to a large crowd. It's the church where William Blake was baptized, a good venue for me. People who read Writing in the Sand are enjoying it and appreciating my ideas. I'm considering going further with this project by publishing a translation of the New Testament Gospels in a way that reflects the ideas in the book. Then I've been considering a more extended reflection on the teachings and stories.

I went to the British museum today for the second time this week. I'm going to be talking about magic and Robert Fludd and John Dee on the weekend, proposing that therapists consider the dimension of magic in their work. I asked an official at the museum if they had any alchemy exhibits today, and she said, "All we have is some John Dee stuff." I was able to see the actual obsidian circular stone that Dee used to conjure spirits, a stone that I already referred to in my notes for the weekend talk. Quite magical.

At the museum I also enjoyed seeing images of Dionysus, Hermes, and the triple goddesses from early Britain. I asked a passerby to take my photo next to an ancient image of Asklepios. So it was a good day in London.