SEXIEST OCCULTIST ALIVE* 2008: Congratulations To Our Runners-Up.

2008 Runner-Up, Cleve Backster.

Occult Accomplishments: Featured in The Secret Life of Plants. Founder, Backster School of Lie Detection.

What Put Him Over The Top: Perennial crowd favorite. We get five dozen votes for this guy every year. Truly "The People's Choice."

2008 Runner-up, Kara Rae Garland
aka Soror Ceilede

Occult Accomplishments: The first second-generation chaote we've ever heard of. Also writes.

What Put Her Over The Top: Apparent well-adjustedness.

STAY TUNED.
OFFICIAL WINNERS TO BE
ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY.

SOA* 2008 JUDGES:
Dr. John Dee - Ascended Master, mostly.
Dr. Sherwood Kenning - Occultist, Qabalist, world-traveler, world-renowned Pan flautist. Foremost collector of erotic daguerreotypes in the Western world. Has returned from dead six times.
M. Silva - Agent-on-remote.
Gen Galloway - Part-time curator of The Kenning Collection. Editor-in-chief of The Galloway Chronicles.
Whaley - Deep sea animal ally.