{"id":3485,"date":"2011-11-12T19:27:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T02:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2011-11-12T19:27:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T02:27:36","slug":"extra-esotericism-at-the-aar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3485","title":{"rendered":"Extra Esotericism at the AAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is where I will be in a week, if all goes well: the Phoenix Rising Academy’s “additional meeting ” on esotericism in the academy at the AAR meeting in San Francisco.<\/a><\/p>\n

Seven or eight years ago, it was the Pagan Studies people holding our own meeting because we did not official program status. We got that status in 2005, and for a time had an “additional meeting” as well for grad-student presentations and other forms of discussion, but that is not happening this year.<\/p>\n

There is a Western Esotericism program unit now, so it is interesting that there is enough additional material for this meeting too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is where I will be in a week, if all goes well: the Phoenix Rising Academy’s “additional meeting ” on esotericism in the academy at the AAR meeting in San Francisco. Seven or eight years ago, it was the Pagan Studies people holding our own meeting because we did not official program status. 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