{"id":779,"date":"2011-03-08T08:16:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T08:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2011\/03\/why-magickal-thinking-isnt-crazy.html"},"modified":"2011-03-08T08:16:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T08:16:45","slug":"why-magickal-thinking-isnt-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2011\/03\/why-magickal-thinking-isnt-crazy.html","title":{"rendered":"Why magickal thinking isn&#8217;t crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cherry Hill Seminary is offering a fascinating course by York Dobyns, a Ph.D. in physics at Princeton as well as a Wiccan since 1992. &nbsp;The link explains everything briefly, so there is no need for me to duplicate it. &nbsp;Find out <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?llr=s47vwddab&amp;v=001p_xH-twv5vVmh9WiMTr-qyH5J23mKvBY3qZ9_TQZoVZZN1msk6P5MmrnjCCnjZLY9YoE2rvms_iRyyCwVtRDhsFWG4rF_hw1D5GW7hra73bTqpcPeUfXWH13bmA4iXPX\">more about this course here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You can also watch a fascinating Youtube talk by Dr. Dobyn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fLLIkTo4KLc\">on remote viewing<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cherry Hill Seminary is offering a fascinating course by York Dobyns, a Ph.D. in physics at Princeton as well as a Wiccan since 1992. &nbsp;The link explains everything briefly, so there is no need for me to duplicate it. &nbsp;Find out more about this course here. 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