{"id":8856,"date":"2017-11-07T11:20:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8856"},"modified":"2017-11-07T11:20:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:20:26","slug":"pentagram-peach-and-other-good-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8856","title":{"rendered":"Pentagram Peach and Other Good Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. From a regular reader in Kyoto comes the link to this giant bronze peach marked with a pentagram. It is part of the Seimei Jinja Shrine, dedicated to a tenth-century wizard and astrologer<\/a>\"\"<\/a>. Pentagrams everywhere!<\/p>\n

2. John Beckett writes on the “aesthetic of witchcraft<\/a>,” which has cycled around again as fashions do:<\/p>\n

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For the most part, these pieces aren\u2019t about witches who cast circles, brew potions, and worship The Goddess. They\u2019re not about witches who summon spirits or make pacts with the devil. They\u2019re about young women who adopt the mythology and especially the fashion of witchcraft without any of its magical or religious elements.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
It’s easy to dismiss this as “witchcrap” or “consumerism,” but Beckett makes a point that I have thought about too \u2014 let’s keep those symbols out there in the public view. “So when someone else promotes witchcraft \u2013 even if they\u2019re only propagating the aesthetic of witchcraft \u2013 they\u2019re providing publicity for all of us under the Pagan umbrella.”<\/p>\n
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3. I liked Elizabeth Autumnalis’ blog post “Missed Call from Your Local Spirits<\/a>.” She begins,<\/div>\n
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Something that has always struck me as particularly odd about the pagan community is the fascination with the spirits of far off places when local spirits are standing right in front of us\u00a0and staring us\u00a0in the eye. I have a couple of ideas as to why this is, but when it comes down to it you are a product of the energies and spirits that you were raised around and those spirits are a product of the people and land that they inhabit as well. Chances are you probably have more in common with your local spirits than you think.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Read the whole thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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