{"id":10181,"date":"2019-01-24T16:33:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10181"},"modified":"2019-01-24T16:33:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:33:59","slug":"pentagram-pizza-with-milky-devotion-and-unlikely-polytheism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10181","title":{"rendered":"Pentagram Pizza with Milky Devotion and Unlikely Polytheism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4986 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/pentagrampizza.jpg?resize=154%2C181&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"181\" \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-46984569\">Is this a case of misplaced devotional offerings?<\/a> The Tamil Nadu Milk Dealers Association says yes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Live Science news site is not the place where you expect tor read about Norse (or any other) polytheism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/64529-vikings-gods-watching-them.html\">but this article strikes a reasonable note.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel\/story\/20181217-the-elusive-hidden-people-of-iceland\">Icelandic elves again, this time on the BBC.<\/a> I never get tired of reading this stuff though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Is this a case of misplaced devotional offerings? The Tamil Nadu Milk Dealers Association says yes. \u2022 The Live Science news site is not the place where you expect tor read about Norse (or any other) polytheism, but this article strikes a reasonable note. \u2022 Icelandic elves again, this time on the BBC. 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