{"id":187,"date":"2004-05-12T23:46:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-12T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=187"},"modified":"2004-05-12T23:46:00","modified_gmt":"2004-05-12T23:46:00","slug":"more-wiccan-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"More Wiccan History"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Founding Fathers of Wicca,” a graduate-school paper by Susan Young, currently at the University of Alberta, explores Aleister Crowley’s liturgical and other influence on Gardnerian Wicca. It was published in Axis Mundi: A Student Journal for the Academic Study of Religion<\/em>, whose article index is here<\/a>. The paper is in downloadable PDF format, about 180 KB.<\/p>\n

Paganism on National Public Radio<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week, National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”<\/a> program has been running a series on new religious movements, including Paganism. The initial segment, which includes an interview with J. Gordon Melton of the Institute for the Study of American Religion<\/a>, can be heard online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If I am able to hear Thursday’s segment on Wicca live, it will be picked up from KRCC’s <\/a>repeater somewhere on the highway around Wagon Mound, New Mexico. <\/p>\n

That’s right, the notorious M.C. and I are going on the road for a few days. Blogging will resume around the 19th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Founding Fathers of Wicca,” a graduate-school paper by Susan Young, currently at the University of Alberta, explores Aleister Crowley’s liturgical and other influence on Gardnerian Wicca. It was published in Axis Mundi: A Student Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, whose article index is here. 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