{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"John Beckett","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett","author_name":"John Beckett","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/author\/johnbeckett","title":"The Gods Are Alive And Speaking","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"eYqGbujdO4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2026\/06\/the-gods-are-alive-and-speaking.html\">The Gods Are Alive And Speaking<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2026\/06\/the-gods-are-alive-and-speaking.html\/embed#?secret=eYqGbujdO4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Gods Are Alive And Speaking&#8221; &#8212; John Beckett\" data-secret=\"eYqGbujdO4\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/243\/2026\/06\/Danu-Brighid-Cernunnos-06.02.26-01.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":900,"description":"The loudest voices in our wider society scream that there is only one God and he stopped speaking two thousand years ago. The second loudest voices scream that there are no Gods and that anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional. Meanwhile, those of us who have experienced one or more of the many Gods know that they are alive and they are speaking."}