{"id":7221,"date":"2015-05-12T11:59:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T17:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7221"},"modified":"2015-05-12T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T17:59:29","slug":"is-the-internet-killing-paganism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7221","title":{"rendered":"Is the Internet Killing Paganism?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have not been keeping up with my blog-reading, so I just encountered this provocative piece by Sannion at House of Vines<\/em>: “There\u2019s a reason why Zeus is king of the gods and Hermes isn\u2019t<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

He speaks of Hellenismos mainly, but what he says \u2014 as the commenters note \u2014 is broadly applicable.<\/p>\n

Briefly, his thesis is that the Internet privileges communicators \u2014 the “chattering classes” \u2014 over doers.<\/p>\n

Now I am a card-carrying member of the scribal class \u2014 somewhere in the house there should be an old Colorado Press Association ID card, and even rarer, in my desk is my Universal Life Church press pass \u2014 so should I be offended.<\/p>\n

Not at all. Sannion makes some interesting points.There is more to Paganism(s) than the blogosphere and Twitter. But often you wouldn’t know it.\u00a0 Read the whole thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have not been keeping up with my blog-reading, so I just encountered this provocative piece by Sannion at House of Vines: “There\u2019s a reason why Zeus is king of the gods and Hermes isn\u2019t.” He speaks of Hellenismos mainly, but what he says \u2014 as the commenters note \u2014 is broadly applicable. Briefly, his […]<\/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":[132,5],"class_list":["post-7221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-internet","tag-paganism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1St","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2467,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2467","url_meta":{"origin":7221,"position":0},"title":"Gallimaufry at Ostara","author":"Chas S. 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They are up to issue 45 and have a nice, straightforward navigation system.\u2022 Sannion links to a possibly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"American religion\"","block_context":{"text":"American religion","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=american-religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1232,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1232","url_meta":{"origin":7221,"position":2},"title":"Gallimaufry with Snow","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"October 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Snow has been falling all day, and I am working on a lengthy book review, so here are some links:\u2022 Sannion has the best idea for a New Testament zombie novel, and everyone wants him to write it. Already, I would not look at the book of Acts the same\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"England\"","block_context":{"text":"England","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=england"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chasclifton.com\/graphics\/shrineinsnow.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2436,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2436","url_meta":{"origin":7221,"position":3},"title":"Gallimaufry, But It’s a Secret","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"March 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2022 Is your religion playing secrecy games? Anne Hill asks, \"Does Your Religion Pass the Briefcase Test?\" This concept was explored in the magical religion of Candombl\u00e9 in Paul Christopher Johnson's Secrets, Gossip, and Gods. Read Johnson's book and see how much seems familiar. \u2022 Sannion rants about bad ritual:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"blogging\"","block_context":{"text":"blogging","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1058,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1058","url_meta":{"origin":7221,"position":4},"title":"Review: Written in Wine","author":"Chas S. 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