{"id":7253,"date":"2015-05-28T16:20:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T22:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7253"},"modified":"2015-05-28T16:20:57","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T22:20:57","slug":"gentle-whispering-meets-the-triple-goddess-or-the-three-fates-or-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7253","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Gentle Whispering&#8217; Meets the Triple Goddess or the Three Fates or Something"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rmxStVar3AA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This post goes here because (a) a Pagan blogger, <a href=\"http:\/\/moma-fauna.blogspot.com\/\">Moma Fauna<\/a>, introduced me to the whole concept of &#8220;autonomous sensory meridian response&#8221; and (b) three women in hooded robes? 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Videos of whispery women carefully opening packages and greeting cards do not put me into a trance state, but I will [&hellip;]<\/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":[252,22],"class_list":["post-7253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-trance","tag-weirdness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1SZ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1202,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1202","url_meta":{"origin":7253,"position":0},"title":"Steampunk Challenge","author":"Chas S. 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