{"id":2596,"date":"2011-04-26T19:48:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T01:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2011-04-26T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T19:50:08","slug":"practical-magic-a-blogging-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2596","title":{"rendered":"Practical Magic, a Blogging Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 From Lupa at Therioshamanism<\/em>, “How to Talk to Dead Things<\/a>.” Dead animal things, that is.<\/p>\n

\u2022 From Strategic Sorcery<\/em>, on why setting goals is not the same as accomplishment.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 From Gangleri’s Grove<\/em>, thoughts on working with ancestors<\/a> and a ritual for “elevating” them.<\/p>\n

\u2022 From Witchful Thinking, <\/em>a reminder about the basics of Moon phases in practical magic.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2022 From Lupa at Therioshamanism, “How to Talk to Dead Things.” Dead animal things, that is. \u2022 From Strategic Sorcery, on why setting goals is not the same as accomplishment. \u2022 From Gangleri’s Grove, thoughts on working with ancestors and a ritual for “elevating” them. \u2022 From Witchful Thinking, a reminder about the basics of […]<\/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":[68,96,29],"class_list":["post-2596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-animism","tag-death","tag-witchcraft"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-FS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5147,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5147","url_meta":{"origin":2596,"position":0},"title":"On Bringing back the Olympian Gods","author":"Chas S. 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