{"id":1674,"date":"2010-06-14T20:02:29","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T02:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1674"},"modified":"2010-06-14T20:02:29","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T02:02:29","slug":"is-your-teen-involved-in-shamanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1674","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Teen Involved in Shamanism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been out in the woods the last few days, so meanwhile, here&#8217;s something on the worrisome increase in teen shamanism.<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/fc9JzvuvNkA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasclifton.com\/columns\/retriever.html\">Your dog could be a shaman&#8217;s helper too.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been out in the woods the last few days, so meanwhile, here&#8217;s something on the worrisome increase in teen shamanism. 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