{"id":767,"date":"2006-11-21T00:54:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T00:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=767"},"modified":"2006-11-21T00:54:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-21T00:54:00","slug":"do-what-thou-wilt-mr-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=767","title":{"rendered":"Do what thou wilt, Mr. President"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story is funnier to me because I am blogging two blocks from the White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Could Aleister Crowley be George W. Bush’s grandfather?<\/a><\/p>\n

More later: I am too busy at the American Academy of Religion meeting. My trip here was 48 hours of chaos, but it is all truly worth it to be with the Pagan Studies crowd.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/b> I do not necessarily buy the Bush-Crowley connection, but as Eric Riley points out, it does put a different spin on creating your own reality<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This story is funnier to me because I am blogging two blocks from the White House. Could Aleister Crowley be George W. Bush’s grandfather? More later: I am too busy at the American Academy of Religion meeting. 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