{"id":6650,"date":"2017-06-26T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/?p=6650"},"modified":"2017-07-17T17:51:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T23:51:27","slug":"ancient-oaks-video-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2017\/06\/ancient-oaks-video-series.html","title":{"rendered":"Under the Ancient Oaks &#8211; The Video Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I\u2019m starting a new series of short videos on topics of interest to Pagans and polytheists. In this first video I discuss the assumptions\u00a0people make when it comes to religion, and how the assumptions of other religions can make their way into our Paganism. I also touch on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/book\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><em>The Path of Paganism<\/em><\/a>, and the places I\u2019ll be speaking in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve got three more videos in the works \u2013 I expect them to come out about once a month. If they go over well, I\u2019ll make more.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dfkboaSs9tg?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h1>Upcoming Appearances<\/h1>\n<p>This is a very brief introduction to the assumptions of religion, and our need to challenge them. I\u2019ll be speaking on this topic in a one-hour workshop at three different events over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mystic South<\/strong><br>\nAtlanta, Georgia<br>\nJuly 21-23, 2017<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mystic-south.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mystic-south.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beyond the Gates<\/strong><br>\nTrout Lake Abbey, Washington<br>\nAugust 24-27, 2017<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/331620490521881\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/331620490521881\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern New Hampshire Pagan Pride Day<\/strong><br>\nManchester, New Hampshire<br>\nSeptember 9, 2017<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernnhppd.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.southernnhppd.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019ll be doing a 20 minute version in a Sunday service at the Denton UU Fellowship in August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship<\/strong><br>\nDenton, Texas<br>\nAugust 13, 2017 \u2013 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dentonuuf.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/dentonuuf.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Future videos<\/h1>\n<p>This project started with a need to make a video to support <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/book\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Path of Paganism<\/a><\/em>. Most people do that with a \u201cbook trailer\u201d \u2013\u00a0just like a movie trailer, only for a book. I\u2019ve seen them and some of them are pretty good. But\u00a0I wasn\u2019t doing a crowdfunding campaign for a future book, or even trying to build interest ahead of time. The book is already out. I wanted to give people something that would stand on its own, but would tie into the book, my speaking engagements, and the blog. What you see here is the end result.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m making this up as I go\u2026 or as the Awen flows. I have three more videos in the works. The July video will be on Land Spirits. Beyond that, well, wait and see. If they go over well, and if they remain as fun and interesting to make as this one, I\u2019ll make them a regular monthly feature.<\/p>\n<p>So let me know what you think!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first in a new series of short videos on topics of interest to Pagans and polytheists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1129,"featured_media":6652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1364],"tags":[1345,4,1344,5,8,1192],"class_list":["post-6650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-videos","tag-assumptions","tag-pagan","tag-pagan-video","tag-paganism","tag-polytheism","tag-the-path-of-paganism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Under the Ancient Oaks - The Video Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The first in a new series of short videos on topics of interest to Pagans and polytheists.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2017\/06\/ancient-oaks-video-series.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Under the Ancient Oaks - The Video Series\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The first in a new series of short videos on topics of interest to Pagans and polytheists.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2017\/06\/ancient-oaks-video-series.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"John Beckett\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-26T11:00:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-17T23:51:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/243\/2017\/06\/Slide3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"432\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Beckett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Beckett\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2017\/06\/ancient-oaks-video-series.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2017\/06\/ancient-oaks-video-series.html\",\"name\":\"Under the Ancient Oaks - The Video Series\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-26T11:00:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-17T23:51:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/#\/schema\/person\/b4c8980dc36f971434424c304ca429ad\"},\"description\":\"The first in a new series of short videos on topics of interest to Pagans and polytheists.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2017\/06\/ancient-oaks-video-series.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2017\/06\/ancient-oaks-video-series.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2017\/06\/ancient-oaks-video-series.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Under the Ancient Oaks &#8211; 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