{"id":10584,"date":"2019-05-30T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10584"},"modified":"2019-05-29T17:05:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T23:05:11","slug":"in-ireland-fairies-and-demons-are-almost-interchangeable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10584","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;In Ireland, fairies and demons are almost interchangeable&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HCwQgxK9uNA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video is worth ten minutes of your time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0143109502\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0143109502&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=soutrocknatub-20&amp;linkId=ee202154a5361b4806e549acc770694e\">Again we&#8217;re in Jeff Kripal territory here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video is worth ten minutes of your time. 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