{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sword&Spade","title":"Something Worth Worshiping: Ross Arlen Tieken on Paganism, Magic, and Conversion","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/33b5c0d6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5035,"description":"Ross Arlen Tieken is a writer, educator, and seventh-generation Texan whose path into the Church ran through paganism, medieval scholarship, and a profound encounter with beauty. In this conversation with Jason Craig, Ross traces how a childhood hunger for something worth worshiping—cultivated on a farm in Shiner, Texas—led him from neo-paganism and a grant-funded expedition to study druids in rural England to the sacramental universe of Catholicism. Chapters:00:00: Introduction and Ross's Texas Roots07:11: Catholicism in the Family and the Wound of Rejection09:58: A Search for Something Worth Worshiping13:40: Studying Neo-Paganism in England18:35: Medieval Magic, the Saints, and the Path to Conversion31:51: Distinguishing Magic from Sorcery37:55: The Sacramental World vs. the Technological Mindset46:05: Agriculture, Liturgical Cycles, and Participating in Creation51:37: The Occult, Spiritual Warfare, and Political Convictions01:05:41: Rootedness, Wealth, and Parting Advice for FathersResources Mentioned:Ross Arlen Tieken on SubstackOur Lady of Walsingham, HoustonJOIN 2500+ MEN READING SERIOUS, YET ACCESSIBLE ESSAYS ON VIRTUE, CULTURE, AND LIVING WELL: https://fraternus.org/sword-and-spade/Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1fxXTM8hCaOlZ1_SUD3cLJ3cmPKvLGnXHcYZar2Vno8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kZTI1/ZjhjODE1ZGY4YTNj/OWQxNTMzMzA2Mzcx/MTg3NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}