{"id":563,"date":"2005-11-25T23:20:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-25T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2005-11-25T23:20:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-25T23:20:00","slug":"563","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The White Goddess<\/span><\/p>\n

Lee Gilmore writes of synchronistic experiences<\/a> involving Robert Graves’<\/a> “historical grammar of poetic myth,” The White Goddess<\/span>.<\/p>\n

First published in 1948, it was for many people a “gateway book” to Goddess religion<\/a>–it certainly was that for me. (Maybe we should devote a Pagan Studies session to it.)<\/p>\n

Lee also reports on her own experiences<\/a> at this year’s AAR-SBL.<\/p>\n

Tags: White Goddess<\/a>, Robert Graves<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The White Goddess Lee Gilmore writes of synchronistic experiences involving Robert Graves’ “historical grammar of poetic myth,” The White Goddess. First published in 1948, it was for many people a “gateway book” to Goddess religion–it certainly was that for me. (Maybe we should devote a Pagan Studies session to it.) 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