{"id":943,"date":"2007-10-31T02:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=943"},"modified":"2007-10-31T02:35:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-31T02:35:00","slug":"rites-of-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=943","title":{"rendered":"Rites of Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Help a Wiccan college student with a research project on rites of passage by taking this test<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No, I don’t know if she has read Coming to the Edge of the Circle<\/em><\/a> or not, or if she still thinks that Van Gennep<\/a> is the latest thing.<\/p>\n

(I do not know the student personally, but I sort of know her through email lists.)<\/p>\n

Or you could just find out how fluffy you are<\/a>. I hope that your score is a negative number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Help a Wiccan college student with a research project on rites of passage by taking this test. No, I don’t know if she has read Coming to the Edge of the Circle or not, or if she still thinks that Van Gennep is the latest thing. 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