{"id":933,"date":"2007-09-26T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=933"},"modified":"2007-09-26T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-26T15:42:00","slug":"gallimaufry-in-italiano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=933","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry in italiano"},"content":{"rendered":"

¶ I have nothing against the Good People, but I don’t think they belong in law courts.<\/a><\/p>\n

¶ Wicca: it really is a fashion statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

¶ Francesca Howell, author of Magic with Gaia<\/em><\/a>, speaks at an Italian Paganism conference<\/a> (YouTube). Crappy video, probably from a cell phone, but interesting English and Italian soundtrack. How do you say “public outreach” in Italian, anyway? She was formerly at Naropa University<\/a> but currently is living in Milan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

¶ I have nothing against the Good People, but I don’t think they belong in law courts. ¶ Wicca: it really is a fashion statement. ¶ Francesca Howell, author of Magic with Gaia, speaks at an Italian Paganism conference (YouTube). Crappy video, probably from a cell phone, but interesting English and Italian soundtrack. How do […]<\/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":[],"tags":[67,6,12],"class_list":["post-933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-elves","tag-wicca","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-f3","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":873,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=873","url_meta":{"origin":933,"position":0},"title":"Wicca and Christianity","author":"Chas S. 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