{"id":13593,"date":"2024-04-06T16:56:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T22:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13593"},"modified":"2024-04-06T16:56:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T22:56:44","slug":"spiritual-drama-and-the-april-8th-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13593","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Drama and the April 8th Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Religion scholar Bron Taylor, University of Florida who has worked mostly in the non-theistic side of nature religion, a.k.a “dark green religion,” is interviewed about spiritual interpretations of the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse.<\/a><\/p>\n

To him, it’s partly about re-enchantment:<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are on their own pilgrimages, and they\u2019re trying to work out their meaning systems,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cThis widespread fascination with the eclipse is a prime example of a turn toward the re-sacralization of nature.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read it all here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe wild world has something to say to us,\u201d Taylor said, \u201cand we should be listening.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Religion scholar Bron Taylor, University of Florida who has worked mostly in the non-theistic side of nature religion, a.k.a “dark green religion,” is interviewed about spiritual interpretations of the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse. To him, it’s partly about re-enchantment: \u201cPeople are on their own pilgrimages, and they\u2019re trying to work out their meaning systems,\u201d […]<\/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":[1],"tags":[80,451,48,452],"class_list":["post-13593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-astrology","tag-eclipse","tag-nature-religion","tag-reenchantment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-3xf","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2222,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2222","url_meta":{"origin":13593,"position":0},"title":"‘A Ritual of Transformation’","author":"Chas S. 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I will never forget the first one I saw as a boy, so\u00a0 get the kids outdoors to see it, if you can.","rel":"","context":"In \"Moon\"","block_context":{"text":"Moon","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=moon"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1436,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1436","url_meta":{"origin":13593,"position":2},"title":"Thinking about ‘Nature Religion’ in the Snow","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"March 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I spent about an hour today on the snow shovel after fifteen inches fell yesterday, laughing a bitter and sardonic laugh at people who associate flowers and bunny wabbits with the spring equinox. (At least the Sun is stronger now than in midwinter.) 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