{"id":2678,"date":"2011-05-27T16:58:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T22:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2011-05-27T16:58:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T22:58:05","slug":"gaulimaufry-with-pulleys-and-cables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2678","title":{"rendered":"Gaulimaufry with Pulleys and Cables"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 The force of Artemis is strong in this one.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Renaissance Faire as spiritual experience<\/a>: “These days I’m more inclined to find the spiritual in the secular, and to look for it in places you might not ordinarily expect to find it, than I am to go seeking out a prepackaged religious experience.”<\/p>\n

\u2022 A list of the “Pagan Mom blogs” that need your votes <\/a>at the Circle of Moms.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2022 The force of Artemis is strong in this one. \u2022 The Renaissance Faire as spiritual experience: “These days I’m more inclined to find the spiritual in the secular, and to look for it in places you might not ordinarily expect to find it, than I am to go seeking out a prepackaged religious experience.” […]<\/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":[5,22],"class_list":["post-2678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-paganism","tag-weirdness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-Hc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5836,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5836","url_meta":{"origin":2678,"position":0},"title":"UPG: An ‘Ugly and Misguided’ Term","author":"Chas S. 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Clifton","date":"June 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A friend in Poland sent a link to this music video, adding that it looks a lot like the Midsummer celebration in his village but needs the volunteer firefighters, more kielbasa, and more vodka, except, \"Our river\u2019s a fair bit wider, too.\" He describes the St. Nicholas Orchestra as \"Pagan-friendly,\"\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Paganism\"","block_context":{"text":"Paganism","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=paganism"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1093,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1093","url_meta":{"origin":2678,"position":4},"title":"Learning on the Ground","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"December 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This is what online \"learning\" cannot do.A writer from the Guardian accompanies some British secondary students on a field trip to Glastonbury. 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