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\"pentagrampizza\"\u00b6 The Roman Catholic Church in the United States reports a shortage of exorcists, says a British newspaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I<\/span>n lengthy interviews with The Telegraph<\/em>, the two exorcists discuss how the increase in drug and pornography addiction, failure of the mental healthcare system and a rise in popularity of “pagan activities”, such as using a Ouija board to summon the dead, are among the factors contributing to the huge increase in demand for the Rite.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00b6 The title says it: “Why It’s So Damn Difficult to Discuss Occult Topics in the Media.<\/a>” Of course, if “occult” means hidden, then “media” means the opposite of hidden, and there could just be some tension there.<\/p>\n

\u00b6 “Grounding” or “earthing” is not just a magical exercise: it can actually heal your body when done with real earth<\/a>. Science!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00b6 The Roman Catholic Church in the United States reports a shortage of exorcists, says a British newspaper. In lengthy interviews with The Telegraph, the two exorcists discuss how the increase in drug and pornography addiction, failure of the mental healthcare system and a rise in popularity of “pagan activities”, such as using a Ouija […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,95,173,39,337],"class_list":["post-8278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-christianity","tag-journalism","tag-medicine","tag-occultism","tag-pentagram-pizza"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-29w","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4754,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4754","url_meta":{"origin":8278,"position":0},"title":"Pentagram Pizza: Buy It by the Slice in the Occult City","author":"Chas S. 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Clifton","date":"October 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00b6 At Pagan Square, Rebecca Buchanan rounds up children's books featuring Norse gods and heroes. \u00b6 Bright Spiral is an online comic about occult initiation. Trippy and complex. \u00b6 \"Chilled-out multitasking hipster psychics don\u2019t seem so eccentric anymore\" and \"We are in the middle of an occult revival.\" Again. \u00b6\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"childhood\"","block_context":{"text":"childhood","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=childhood"},"img":{"alt_text":"pentagrampizza","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/pentagrampizza.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4229,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4229","url_meta":{"origin":8278,"position":2},"title":"Pentagram Pizza for May 18th","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"May 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2022 Twelve words for for bloggers, pointed towards people in the medical professions, but likely appropriate for academia as well. \u2022 While we are in the workplace, some thoughts from a Psychology Today article on why \"diversity training\" is a waste of time. Or why good manners are better than\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"blogging\"","block_context":{"text":"blogging","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/pentagrampizza2-126x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4161,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4161","url_meta":{"origin":8278,"position":3},"title":"Pentagram Pizza for May 1","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"May 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Four toppings this evening. . . \u2022 This made me laugh. \u2022 Some occult-cult films from the past reviewed by Peg Aloi. \u2022 Teaching a course in \"world religions\" is not as simple as it looks, once you start sorting out \"religion,\" \"religious,\" and questions of group identity. \u2022 In\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"academia\"","block_context":{"text":"academia","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=academia"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/pentagrampizza-126x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8198,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8198","url_meta":{"origin":8278,"position":4},"title":"Pentagram Pizza at the Mongolian Grill","author":"Chas S. 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