{"id":507,"date":"2005-09-08T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=507"},"modified":"2005-09-08T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-08T19:42:00","slug":"wiccas-charm-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Wicca’s Charm revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

I briefly mentioned<\/a> Wicca’s Charm<\/a>\"\"<\/em> earlier, but now Jason Pitzl-Waters links to an interview<\/a> with author Catherine Sanders that includes this priceless evaluation: <\/p>\n

It’s a great resource for parents trying to understand why their teenager has suddenly started to wear all black and dance in circles around the backyard trees.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wicca<\/a> Witchcraft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I briefly mentioned Wicca’s Charm earlier, but now Jason Pitzl-Waters links to an interview with author Catherine Sanders that includes this priceless evaluation: It’s a great resource for parents trying to understand why their teenager has suddenly started to wear all black and dance in circles around the backyard trees. Wicca Witchcraft<\/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":[],"tags":[6,29],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-wicca","tag-witchcraft"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-8b","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":457,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=457","url_meta":{"origin":507,"position":0},"title":"She Went among the Witches","author":"Chas S. 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