{"id":2948,"date":"2011-07-27T09:06:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T15:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2011-07-27T11:16:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T17:16:24","slug":"on-the-norwegian-esoterrorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2948","title":{"rendered":"On the Norwegian ‘Esoterrorist’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Egil Asprem, a Norwegian scholar of esotericism and contemporary Paganism (he has published in The Pom<\/em>egranate<\/em> on Norse Paganism <\/a>and Kabbalah<\/a>) has a blog post up: “Counterjidhadist Templar Terrorism<\/a>,” on Anders Behring Breivik’s use of Western esoteric language and symbols. Worth reading<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is as if an ideological critique of (or revolt against) modernity which seeks to incorporate a religious dimension hardly ever escapes the esoteric \u2013 whether the revolt comes from the left or the right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egil Asprem, a Norwegian scholar of esotericism and contemporary Paganism (he has published in The Pomegranate on Norse Paganism and Kabbalah) has a blog post up: “Counterjidhadist Templar Terrorism,” on Anders Behring Breivik’s use of Western esoteric language and symbols. Worth reading. It is as if an ideological critique of (or revolt against) modernity which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-2948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-esotericism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-Ly","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1301,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1301","url_meta":{"origin":2948,"position":0},"title":"The World of Esotericism","author":"Chas S. 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