Rick Assad is an award-winning sportswriter and editor and has degrees from UCLA and CSUN. He has been in the Burbank area for over 35 years and can be reached at rassad@myburbank.com.
Located in Burbank, California, the shop is part occult formulary, part classroom and part gathering place. At its center is Salvatore Santoro, a 62-year-old practitioner whose journey through witchcraft, ceremonial magic and the left-hand path stretches back nearly five decades.