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Aline O’Brien, known among her co-religionists as M. Macha NightMare, is an internationally published author (Witchcraft and the Web, and Pagan Pride: Honoring the Craft and Culture of Earth and Goddess, and, with Starhawk, The Pagan Book of Living and Dying), ritualist and all- round Pagan webweaver. A member of the American Academy of Religion, the Marin Interfaith Council, the Nature Religion Scholars Network, the Covenant of the Goddess (CoG), and the Advisory Council of the Sacred Dying Foundation, Macha speaks on behalf of Paganism to news media and academic researchers, and presents at colleges, universities and seminaries, and teaches on the broomstick circuit. She is Adjunct Faculty at Starr King School for the Ministry and currently chairs the Board of Directors of Cherry Hill Seminary, the first and only seminary serving the Neopagan community. www.machanightmare.com

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The Jerk Unchained

And now for an occasional feature, The Jerk. He is not Simcha.... read more

The Jerk Returns!!!!!!!

Oh, but first, come see my post at the Register: "Not like... read more

I am wearing pants.

Hi, I'm the Jerk. I'm allowed to write movie reviews on Simcha's... read more

In which our hero admits defeat.

Hi, I'm the Jerk. You may remember me from that time I... read more

So, love is not a battlefield?

Hi, I'm The Jerk. You may remember me from such blog posts... read more

Pasty vampires and greasy musclemen a go go!

So far this week, I've talked about cute shoes, not-cute shoes, Burl... read more

Greatest Movie Ever

(Note: The Jerk swears a lot. What do you want? He's The... read more

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