<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Ancient Scrolls of Jake Heffron]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancient Scrolls of J]]></description><link>https://jakeheffron.wixsite.com/ancientscrolls/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:12:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://jakeheffron.wixsite.com/ancientscrolls/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Final Essay]]></title><description><![CDATA[The end of the semester (and my entire college journey) is finally here, and looking back, I have come a long way since the beginning of...]]></description><link>https://jakeheffron.wixsite.com/ancientscrolls/post/final-essay</link><guid isPermaLink="false">626f072bcacb0fdcf6b86553</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 23:45:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>jakeheffron</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflection on Popular Media Presentations]]></title><description><![CDATA[For one of my last blog posts, I wanted to be sure to hit on a topic I have not had many chances to discuss in my previous posts: the...]]></description><link>https://jakeheffron.wixsite.com/ancientscrolls/post/reflection-on-popular-media-presentations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">626f0104fddb2f0e1e37b93f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>jakeheffron</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Link to Witchcraft Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our film is titled Sarah Bad is Down Bad and is linked below. https://tcu0-my.sharepoint.com/personal/jake_heffron_tcu_edu/Documents/Atta...]]></description><link>https://jakeheffron.wixsite.com/ancientscrolls/post/link-to-witchcraft-project</link><guid isPermaLink="false">626eff9a3c19680f19b16abb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:50:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>jakeheffron</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Forgotten Victims of Salem]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have spent a significant portion of the semester discussing the tragic events in 1692 Salem. Our primary focus has been on the women...]]></description><link>https://jakeheffron.wixsite.com/ancientscrolls/post/the-forgotten-victims-of-salem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">626c4cda50580bbb2abd4e88</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 20:57:56 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>jakeheffron</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witches...on Easter???]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the spirit of today's holiday, I decided to go out and see if there was any connection between witches/the occult and Easter. 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I found...]]></description><link>https://jakeheffron.wixsite.com/ancientscrolls/post/the-cause-of-the-witch-trials</link><guid isPermaLink="false">621fe372bbc489dc188d838b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:45:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec2cab_ec4f9b4c9bc34badabc1969580dfaef5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_352,h_433,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jakeheffron</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stage Magic: Why?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a child (and adolescent), one of my favorite shows to watch was America's Got Talent. 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