Richard Smoley’s Seven Games of Life: And How to Play
By Ronnie Pontiac
Once upon a time there was a mystical shrine called the Bodhi Tree Bookstore. I visited often to browse what was more a curated collection than stock: new tarot decks, exotic crystals, incense from around the world, handcrafted sacred objects, and books that changed lives. One of the highlights were the long shelves of magazines and journals. The one I most looked forward to every month was publisher Jay Kinney’s Gnosis: A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions. Richard Smoley began writing for Gnosis in 1986, became managing editor, then served as editor for eight years until the magazine folded in 1999. I remember seeing those names, Kinney and Smoley, and thinking what giants they were for providing a forum where the esoteric was treated with both profound intelligence and an eye for beauty...
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Nothing comes from nothing. Manly Hall’s vision for the All-Seeing Eye was entirely supported by contributions from its readers who paid for their subscription with gifts made according to their means. Manly Hall wrote,
“This magazine is published and distributed privately to those who make possible with their financial support its publication. The magazine cannot be bought and has no fixed value. Like all of the ancient teachings which it seeks to promulgate, it has no comparative value, but the students must support it for its own intrinsic merit.”
