Taming the shadows
Venom to go and to stay
How does one explain the existence of evil in the world? Why do bad things sometimes happen to good people? Could the Zoroastrians or Gnostics be right in considering all matter to be corrupt and wicked? Frankly, we have no idea what the answers to those questions might be – but some forms of cosmic ill tidings can be avoided and there are ways to do this. Below we introduce the usual suspects, their ill-intentions for the year, and some suggestions for letting them pass you by.