{"id":1293,"date":"2010-01-25T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2010-01-25T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T15:30:00","slug":"around-the-pagan-blogosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1293","title":{"rendered":"Around the Pagan Blogosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"

• “Hard versus Soft Polytheism is a False Dichotomy<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

• A recently discovered statue described as the god Odin and welcomed by some reconstructionist Norse Pagans<\/a>, is–by Viking Period artistic conventions–either a woman or the goddess Freya, says a Swedish archaeologist.  <\/a><\/p>\n

• The Necronomicon<\/em>: “It’s like the Bible but different” (YouTube video<\/a>). Via Plutonica.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

• At The Soccer Moms’ Guide to Wicca: Unintentionally outed by the school district<\/a>.<\/p>\n

• Something that I wish more people would think about about: When is a wild animal an omen, and when is it just a wild animal<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

• “Hard versus Soft Polytheism is a False Dichotomy.” • A recently discovered statue described as the god Odin and welcomed by some reconstructionist Norse Pagans, is–by Viking Period artistic conventions–either a woman or the goddess Freya, says a Swedish archaeologist.  • The Necronomicon: “It’s like the Bible but different” (YouTube video). Via Plutonica.net. • […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":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":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20,5,6,81],"class_list":["post-1293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-archaeology","tag-paganism","tag-wicca","tag-wildlife"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-kR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":873,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=873","url_meta":{"origin":1293,"position":0},"title":"Wicca and Christianity","author":"Chas S. 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There are a number of separate posts, and I have not read them all. 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