{"id":1031,"date":"2008-06-07T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2008-06-07T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-07T23:40:00","slug":"gallimaufry-with-native-spirits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1031","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry with Native Spirits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boppin’ aroung the Pagan blogosphere in lieu of getting real work done . . . <\/p>\n

¶ Lessons about getting spiritually comfortable in new ecological landscapes<\/a>. I am not sure that I buy all of the writers’ asumptions, but it is a good topic to bring up. And as all good Phil Rickman fans<\/a> know, there are things that can “kill you and eat you” right there in the Celtic homelands.<\/p>\n

¶ Still on the Celtic spirituality “over here” theme, Fiacharrey at the Cypress Nemeton thinks about encounters with Christian apologists in two posts, one<\/a> and two<\/a>.<\/p>\n

¶ John Yohalem’s perspective on attending a Passover seder this year<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But if there\u2019s only one god (let\u2019s call him El, the Genuine Article, as in a train high above the streets, or a box of exploding cigars), then he either rolls over and ignores us (the Red King a-dreaming) or he enters history, stirs the pot, tastes it now and then and adds spices to taste. (God-in-a-toque and the divine (Julia) child.) Jewishness is predicated on this interfering god, and interpreting reality through his interferences. (E.g.: Sodom means he\u2019s anti-gay or something else that was done there.)<\/em><\/p>\n

¶ Anne Hill is anticipating a central listing of Reclaiming-tradition bloggers<\/a><\/p>\n

¶ The Nine Noble Virtues in LOLCat-ese.<\/a> Eventually we will be tired of it — the LOL-speak, not the virtues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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