Editor of "The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies" and co-editor of the series Contemporary and Historical Paganism, Equinox Publishing. Southern Colorado. allmylinks.com/chascliftonhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mwwedozwbk2oIt's October, and you know what that means. (Hmm. Who is the target audience?) https://www.vogue.com/article/witchy-dressing-trend-fall-202602 Oct 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwedozwbk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mwk4vphzoc2bTincture-making season28 Sep 2026 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwk4vphzoc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mv4rzcdofk2zI'm taking a week off, post-forest fire and all that. Where did I go? The US state should be an easy guess. View out the front door of the rental house.10 Sep 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4rzcdofk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mtrpov4ysk2yWait a minute, "The Wicker Man" was envisioned as part one of a trilogy? How did I not know this? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj36kv62g7yo23 Aug 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrpov4ysk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mtepeaoogk2qMarked safe from bedroom scorpions two nights in a row now. Ah, summer.18 Aug 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtepeaoogk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3ms5bf4a3fk2jEntering Goldfield, Colorado. Pop.63 in the 2020 census. Between 1900–1910, it was more than 3,000. It was on this road, but going the other way, that I had one of my three notable "time slip" experiences, where I was simultaneously driving my car and back in some violent incident ⬇️03 Aug 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5bf4a3fk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3ms4vw5kggc27Started a novel blurbed as the "perfectionism" of folk horror. Does British folk horror always follow The Template? There, a city person(s) comes to the country. Extra points for Wales or a Scottish island. ⬇️02 Aug 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4vw5kggc27https://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mqxagud4mk27https://www.cnn.com/travel/lagina-sanctuary-hekate-turkey-ancient-temple-witches https://www.cnn.com/travel/lagina-sanctuary-hekate-turkey-ancient-temple-witches?Date=20260714&Profile=CNN,CNN+International&utm_content=18 Jul 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxagud4mk27https://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mps256ywy22rDownload a new historical study of the witches' sabbath: "Imagining the Witches’ Sabbat: Visions of Darkness Since 1900" by Ethan Doyle White: blog.chasclifton.com?p=14319 https://blog.chasclifton.com/?p=1431904 Jul 2026 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mps256ywy22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mp2sdvddrs2iThe experts on "folk horror" will be all over this one shortly. Worth a podcast episode or two, I should think. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2sdvddrs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mot5qmdwrk2hShine on at Midsummer (card from the Jesper Toad oracle deck) jespertoad.com21 Jun 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mot5qmdwrk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mnpjdvepxk2dIf I remember right, Col. Oringderff fought for Pagan military chaplains in the 2000s and the Chaplains Corps stonewalled him. Check link for his free, downloadable publications on Wicca, in particular, in the military. https://cherryhillseminary.academia.edu/DavidOringderff07 Jun 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpjdvepxk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mnnwwzcpz22jIt's the lead-up to primary elections and to the 250th birthday of the USA. The owners of this old car in Pueblo County, a bit of "pasture art" -- that's like "yard art" but with more space -- are going all out.07 Jun 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnnwwzcpz22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mnandruq722kIt happened. A 30-ish woman approached me on the sidewalk holding out a business card. (What's she selling?) She said "You probably don't remember me, but I was in your class, and now I'm an author. You were a good teacher." And I don't remember her, that's the sad part. Maybe her website can help.01 Jun 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnandruq722khttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mmrieqhccc2lwhy am I Like This™? -raised to think Trees were Important -had first "big" Bear dream age 4 -wondered why prayer book ignored hunting, fishing, & natural resources, was altar boy anyway -set on the path in Taos, NM by failed love affair, Robert Graves, & Greek ballad "Kathe limani kai kaimos." [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 May 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrieqhccc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mmrcpl5rok2uA custom followed last weekend in southwestern Kansas goes so far back that it definitely seems "Pagan-ish" to me. blog.chasclifton.com?p=1428026 May 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrcpl5rok2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mlzbkr3ev22cDogs long gone -- their collars still hanging on the basement wall.17 May 2026 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzbkr3ev22chttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mlqnmojvz22sI heard of the "Council of All Beings" concept some years ago. I could never decide whether it was something genuinely fruitful or just thinly disguised human egotism. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/10/im-worried-theres-too-much-of-me-says-a-birch-inside-the-interspecies-council-giving-nature-a-voice13 May 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqnmojvz22shttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mjue5zjrqs26I used have this Hudson's Bay "point" blanket. Then it was mysteriously replaced by something else. This was not "weirdness" at the Bigfoot/UFO level, but it shook my world nonetheless. blog.chasclifton.com?p=1424819 Apr 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjue5zjrqs26https://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mjavdhh3ws23This book is a free download for three more days! https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/slavic-native-faith/C6AC26C0A15F84A0D7D8243B60C362F711 Apr 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjavdhh3ws23https://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mivu4o457s2dRomans in the 1st century CE ordered incense ingredients from far, far away: blog.chasclifton.com?p=14223 https://blog.chasclifton.com/?p=1422307 Apr 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivu4o457s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mi7uicbwls2wSomeone in Beulah, Colorado (west end of Pueblo Co.) reported a male Broad-tailed Hummingbird on March 25. That is easily three weeks earlier than normal. Weird year. Got my sugar water ready though. #birds #Colorado #hummingbird29 Mar 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7uicbwls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/chasclifton.bsky.social/post/3mgqsy45x5c2yMaine? I thought "Paganistan" was Minnesota. But maybe not. https://themainemonitor.org/paganism-popularity-grows/11 Mar 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:5pgpz623prf5wb2fw2jgltco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqsy45x5c2y