{"id":1249,"date":"2009-11-08T21:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2009-11-08T21:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T21:18:00","slug":"montreal-magical-mercantile-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1249","title":{"rendered":"Montr\u00e9al Magical Mercantile Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chasclifton.com\/graphics\/waterhousebanner.jpg?w=625\" \/><br \/>A group of Pagan Studies scholars started Friday at the big <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbam.qc.ca\/en\/expositions\/exposition_129.html\">John Waterhouse exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.<\/a> It offered the largest selection of his paintings ever, plus sketches, drawings, and letters. When the docent suggested that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/images?hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;q=john+waterhouse+magic+circle&amp;gbv=2&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=&amp;aqi=\">The Magic Circle<\/a>&#8221; was not really about religion, she was quickly corrected. Poor, well-meaning, volunteer docent!<br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chasclifton.com\/graphics\/magiquemelangedoorsm.jpg?w=625\" \/><br \/>Then off to the first magical establishment, where we also got a presentation on the work of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paganuniverse.com\/mprc\/\">Montr\u00e9al Pagan Resource Centre<\/a>.<br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chasclifton.com\/graphics\/cabotwaterhousesm.jpg?w=625\" \/><br \/>And what&#8217;s this? Another Waterhouse painting on a book cover! Extra points if you know which of his paintings has served as cover art for which book.<br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chasclifton.com\/graphics\/melangecat.jpg?w=625\" \/><br \/>The shop cat stood guard while someone behind the curtain received a Tarot card reading.<br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chasclifton.com\/graphics\/magicmenu.jpg?w=625\" \/><br \/>Elsewhere, the price of gri-gri was $9.95 per sachet.<br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chasclifton.com\/graphics\/templestairs.jpg?w=625\" \/><br \/>The door to the basement temple promised mysteries underground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Pagan Studies scholars started Friday at the big John Waterhouse exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. It offered the largest selection of his paintings ever, plus sketches, drawings, and letters. When the docent suggested that &#8220;The Magic Circle&#8221; was not really about religion, she was quickly corrected. Poor, well-meaning, volunteer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[94,5,29],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-canada","tag-paganism","tag-witchcraft"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-k9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=74","url_meta":{"origin":1249,"position":0},"title":"Lose Yourself Here","author":"Chas S. 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