{"id":6038,"date":"2013-10-22T16:15:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T22:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6038"},"modified":"2013-10-22T16:15:19","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T22:15:19","slug":"its-october-and-you-know-what-that-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6038","title":{"rendered":"It’s October\u2014And You Know What That Means"},"content":{"rendered":"

It means incoherent news stories <\/a>about “the occult.”<\/p>\n

On the other hand, here is something genuinely cool: Oxford Journals are offering free downloads on a group of articles that have some connection or other to historical witchcraft, horror stories, or the just plain spooky. <\/a><\/p>\n

The offer is good only through the 31st. I am off to read “Buffalo Bill Meets Dracula” myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It means incoherent news stories about “the occult.” On the other hand, here is something genuinely cool: Oxford Journals are offering free downloads on a group of articles that have some connection or other to historical witchcraft, horror stories, or the just plain spooky. The offer is good only through the 31st. I am off […]<\/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":[66,4],"class_list":["post-6038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-halloween","tag-scholarship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1zo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3364,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3364","url_meta":{"origin":6038,"position":0},"title":"Ghost Tales of Cripple Creek, &c","author":"Chas S. 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Aside from these literary work [sagas], Professor Price suggests that the grave assemblages of the Viking Age may be used to tell stories and provide an insight into the Viking conscious. There is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"archaeology\"","block_context":{"text":"archaeology","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=archaeology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heritagedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/viking111.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heritagedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/viking111.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heritagedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/viking111.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3673,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3673","url_meta":{"origin":6038,"position":5},"title":"Top Pagan New Stories of 2011","author":"Chas S. 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