Despite bans, boycotts, arson, stolen projector parts and full-page attack ads, the film version of the Da Vinci Code has sold enough tickets to grab the second largest opening weekend in movie history.

And suddenly, Gnosticism is a household word, or well on its way to becoming one. The Denver Post looks into gnosticism without falling for the standard write-off. The Houston Chronicle explores the Gnostic gospels, and the SF Chronicle interviews Sophian Gnostic Bishop Tau Malachi.

A spell gone wrong gets a UK Pagan a jail sentence after she causes 100k in fire damage to her rented house.