Dr. Steven Muir is a Professor of Religious Studies at Concordia University of Edmonton (Canada). He received his Ph.D. in Early Christian Studies at the University of Ottawa (1998). He has published in: New Testament, early Christian history, Classical Greece and Rome, ritual in the ancient world, pilgrimage and sacred space. He has a lively interest in the Tarot, the history and practices of magical and occult groups, and New Age Spiritualities.