{"id":1152,"date":"2009-05-07T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T22:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2009-05-07T22:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T22:23:00","slug":"gallimaufry-with-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1152","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry with Confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 The latest weird search query to bring a visitor to this blog: “Is New Mexico a polytheistic, monotheistic, or animistic religion?” Hello? New Mexico is a state<\/span>. No wonder that for years New Mexico Magazine<\/span> has had a standing column on geographical confusion called “One of Our 50 is Missing<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

\u2022 Annyikha locates a series of podcast lectures on ancient Mediterranean Paganism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Christian apologist John Morehead interviews film scholar Carrol L. Fry, author of Cinema of the Occult: New Age, Satanism, Wicca, and Spiritualism in Film<\/a>\"\"<\/em>. An excerpt:<\/p>\n

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TheoFantastique [Morehead] :<\/strong> Cinema has also changed in its depiction of the witch. Are fairytale depictions as in Harry Potter<\/em>, as well as those which depict the empowerment of the feminine perhaps the most common modes of expression in contemporary film?<\/p>\n

Carrol Fry:<\/strong> Yes, the empowerment of the feminine is the most popular adaptation, whether the film is supportive of critical. I\u2019m sure this has to do with attracting an audience for the film. But Pagans might well feel that Hollywood slights their spiritual paths by concentrating nearly exclusively on feminist Wicca, and then just on the most sensational elements. By the way, there\u2019s a strong subtext of feminist Wicca in