{"id":8498,"date":"2017-04-22T14:40:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T20:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8498"},"modified":"2017-04-22T15:07:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T21:07:35","slug":"books-and-movies-for-a-pagan-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8498","title":{"rendered":"Books and Movies for a Pagan Mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 625px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-8498-1\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Captain-Fantastic-2016-IMDb.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Captain-Fantastic-2016-IMDb.mp4\">https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Captain-Fantastic-2016-IMDb.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>I have been thinking that I needed to add a new category of reviews \u2014 not just books etc. deliberately focused on Paganism (which to my mind automatically includes polytheism), but those that promote a Pagan mindset without coming out and saying it.<\/p>\n<p>Go ahead and say it: Pagan-<em>ish.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My first candidate is a movie from last year, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3553976\/?ref_=ttgf_gf_tt\">Captain Fantastic<\/a><\/em>, starring Vigo Mortensen. Oh, there some hints \u2014 check out his necklace. But it is all done in a low-key, positive way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been thinking that I needed to add a new category of reviews \u2014 not just books etc. deliberately focused on Paganism (which to my mind automatically includes polytheism), but those that promote a Pagan mindset without coming out and saying it. Go ahead and say it: Pagan-ish. My first candidate is a movie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[36,296],"class_list":["post-8498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-movies","tag-pagan-ish"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-2d4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11613,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=11613","url_meta":{"origin":8498,"position":0},"title":"Pagan-ish: &#8220;Akira Kurosawa&#8217;s Dreams&#8221;","author":"Chas S. 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Set in the 13th century, when the Baltic peoples were to be the last Europeans Christianized at sword's point, it is the story of a young man named king of Semigallia,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Latvia\"","block_context":{"text":"Latvia","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=latvia"},"img":{"alt_text":"Medieval Pagan Latvians","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/medieval-latvians.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/medieval-latvians.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/medieval-latvians.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/medieval-latvians.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11375,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=11375","url_meta":{"origin":8498,"position":3},"title":"&#8220;These Are Dangerous Books&#8221;","author":"Chas S. 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