{"id":3774,"date":"2012-02-02T09:36:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T16:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3774"},"modified":"2012-02-02T09:36:49","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T16:36:49","slug":"being-a-wizard-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3774","title":{"rendered":"Being a Wizard Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

This link will take you to six-minute video<\/a> wherein Oberon Zell of the Church of All Worlds and the Grey School of Wizardry <\/a>discusses the school and role of the wizard in the modern world, with cameo appearances by two of the students.<\/p>\n

There is also brief mention of the “unicorn” era of the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Although he cannot help being labeled a “real-life Dumbledore<\/a>,” I do think that Oberon and his partner Morning Glory deserve some kind of Pagan Lifetime Achievement award. They have lived the life of priest and priestess, author, editor,<\/a> teacher<\/a>, artist<\/a>, etc. for more than forty years, with a little help from their friends but while remaining firmly “alternative” the whole time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This link will take you to six-minute video wherein Oberon Zell of the Church of All Worlds and the Grey School of Wizardry discusses the school and role of the wizard in the modern world, with cameo appearances by two of the students. There is also brief mention of the “unicorn” era of the 1980s. 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