You know, in a context which *wasn't* selling her arse as wank material for a bunch of sexist old guys, it could've been a really interesting shoot. Wouldn't have been as lucrative though. I go euw when my religion is used to provide mere naughty exoticism. Horne is hardly the first to do that, though - sexy "omg nude covens!" books are a dime a dozen in any second hand book shop; the Playboy shoot is just part of a long tradition of exploitation. It's a challenge for Wicca trying to be pro-sex *and* pro-woman when there's so much anti-woman commercialised sex out there - trying to disentangle sexuality from sexism. Horne ain't helping by dropping trou for Hefner. That said, you have to hope the shallow end of Neo-Pagan culture, the endless money-making Books of Shadows, has a chance of leading a few people to the stuff that they need, that could change their lives.

Must get back to writing my best-selling Celtic Crystal Angels for Health, Wealth, and Success.