{"id":4539,"date":"2012-08-19T21:05:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T03:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4539"},"modified":"2012-08-19T21:05:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T03:05:42","slug":"water-temples-of-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4539","title":{"rendered":"Water Temples of California"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sunol, California, water temple, built in 1910. (From the BF Photo blog.)<\/p><\/div>\n

At the BF Photo<\/em> blog, via Roberta X,<\/a> a photo essay on California water temples<\/a>. Bay Area readers, does anyone use these temples for bioregional ritual purposes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the BF Photo blog, via Roberta X, a photo essay on California water temples. Bay Area readers, does anyone use these temples for bioregional ritual purposes?<\/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":[186,75,187],"class_list":["post-4539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bioregion","tag-california","tag-water"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1bd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14024,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=14024","url_meta":{"origin":4539,"position":0},"title":"Communitas Populi Romani, a New Roman Pagan Group","author":"Chas S. 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