Comic book genius Alan Moore talks about his worship of an ancient cult snake god and glove puppet Glycon, founded by Alexander of Abonutichus in the mid-second century.

He also gives his thoughts on religion, which are the sort of cheerful and reasonable opinions on the subject you so rarely hear from followers of the big three: given the amalgam of emotions, thoughts and beliefs that define each of us, there is nothing wrong with men making sense of the universe in their own way. I'd agree: it doesn't mean they'll be right but belief should function under the same philosophy as medicine: first do no harm.

And though Moore characterizes himself as a magician, his thoughts on magic are similarly reasonable: "Everything everyone says about magic is true as long as you understand it's all in their mind." Which is a pleasant change of pace from my only encounter with magic, in which a girl I was interested in at college demanded that I ejaculate on a dung heap under a harvest moon to conjure a wind spirit, yet was completely unwilling to help me along with the process.