A Third Degree Wiccan and Adept Major (6=5) in Golden Dawn, Morgan Drake Eckstein had been involved in Wicca and paganism his entire life. He is a board member of Hearthstone Community Church (Denver, Colorado—the Open Full Moon People), as well as a former elected officer of Bast Temple (formerly Golden Dawn in the Outer; currently Evolving Order of Eclectic Ways [EOEW]/Ba Iset Order of the Rosy Cross [BIORC] in the Inner). Besides writing anything that strikes his fancy, MDE is also the star of the Mad Uncle Morgan videos. He holds two bachelor degrees from the University of Colorado at Denver (literary studies and history). He is happily married to a ceramic artist. He is owned by several cats who wish that he would make more money as a writer, so that they could eat fresh shrimp every night.