{"id":1112,"date":"2009-01-13T02:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2009-01-13T02:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T02:45:00","slug":"gallimaufry-with-frankincense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1112","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry with Frankincense."},"content":{"rendered":"

¶ Burn more frankincense in your rituals: it is psychoactive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

¶ From this side of the pond, I would say that if not enough young people are not taking up Morris dancing<\/a>, they are not getting drunk enough first. (In England<\/a>?!<\/em> — ed.) Will it be only the Pagans and that sort who keep it going<\/a>?<\/p>\n

¶ Five top faked memoirs of recent years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

¶ Aiieee, it’s the end of the world! The solar storm will wipe out all our gadgetry<\/a>!<\/p>\n

¶ Aiieee, it’s the end of the world! The Ice Age is coming<\/a>!<\/p>\n

So learn some basic skills and have a plan, I reckon. And burn frankincense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

¶ Burn more frankincense in your rituals: it is psychoactive. ¶ From this side of the pond, I would say that if not enough young people are not taking up Morris dancing, they are not getting drunk enough first. (In England?! — ed.) 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