{"id":682,"date":"2006-06-28T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-28T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2006-06-28T17:55:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-28T17:55:00","slug":"682","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

In my hot, sweaty hands<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>Yesterday I had my first email from someone who was reading Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America<\/em><\/a>. That was great, but where were my<\/em> copies? I fired off a plaintive email to my editor.<\/p>\n

Today I came to the university, and there they were, sitting on a sofa in the departmental office. The secretary explained that she had needed a box. . . so she took mine. No problem. I had not come in last week because I was traveling.<\/p>\n

I came up for a new description of the book, meanwhile:”How British Wicca Met American Nature Religion.”<\/p>\n

It’s a good feeling, having it in my hands. Maybe now I can start concentrating on new projects.<\/p>\n

The paperback is only $20 and it’s available from all the usual online sources. But if you order online from the publisher<\/a>, you get 15 percent off, they say.<\/p>\n

Tags: Wicca<\/a>, Paganism<\/a>, Pagan Studies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my hot, sweaty hands Yesterday I had my first email from someone who was reading Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America. That was great, but where were my copies? I fired off a plaintive email to my editor. 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