{"id":443,"date":"2013-08-25T09:51:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T14:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/?p=443"},"modified":"2013-08-25T09:51:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T14:51:26","slug":"porcellius-practiced-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":"Porcellius Practiced Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Were they miracles or<br \/>\nmagic?<br \/>\nor innovations<br \/>\nbased on science?<br \/>\nWas it alchemy or<br \/>\nsomething in between<br \/>\nthe day and darkness?<br \/>\nDid he conjure?<br \/>\nDid he cast a spell<br \/>\nor cross himself and<br \/>\nask for help?<br \/>\nPorcellius practiced magic<br \/>\nThat\u2019s as far as<br \/>\nthey could tell<br \/>\nHe never wrote about<br \/>\nthe who or what<br \/>\nor how it came to be<br \/>\nHe left a legacy of<br \/>\nunexplained<br \/>\nevents, triumphs<br \/>\nand tragedies and<br \/>\nstories simply told<br \/>\nof wond\u2019rous deeds<br \/>\nand dark results<br \/>\nPorcellius practiced magic<br \/>\nThat\u2019s as far as<br \/>\nthey could tell<br \/>\nPerhaps a mathematician,<br \/>\npolitician or physician<br \/>\nout in front of what<br \/>\nwas known or<br \/>\nunderstood<br \/>\nby those affected<br \/>\nHis arrival was<br \/>\na mystery<br \/>\nHis departure<br \/>\nundetected \u2013 yes<br \/>\nPorcellius practiced magic<br \/>\nThat\u2019s as far as<br \/>\nthey could tell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Were they miracles or magic? or innovations based on science? Was it alchemy or something in between the day and darkness? Did he conjure? Did he cast a spell or cross himself and ask for help? Porcellius practiced magic That\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/?p=443\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[78,79,76,36,77],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-innovation","tag-magic","tag-mythology","tag-not-wheatfield-poetry","tag-superstition"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2K9yT-79","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}