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- From: alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Re: "Winds' Four Quarters"
- Message-ID: <ywNTXB6w164w@tweekco.uucp>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 00:54:09 PST
- References: <1993Jan22.202916.27750@fuug.fi>
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- an5445@anon.penet.fi (Bad Elf) writes:
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- > I have been informed by someone who I believe has good reason to
- > know that the song "Winds' Four Quarters" by Mercedes Lackey (found on the
- > filk tapes "Magic, Moondust, and Melancholy" and "Oathbound" and frequently
- > performed at SF&F conventions and SCA bardic circles) is basically a
- > Wiccan invocation of the Goddess. I would be very interested in comments
- > on this; it's one of my best performance numbers, but I would probably either
- > drop it or cut down on its use if it turns out that it's a "real" religious
- > song and not a "pretend" one. I have no problems whatsoever with Wiccans
-
- Why not perform it? One finds Xtian hymns in performances outside a
- Xtian church context, e.g. Gospel music... as long as you perform
- with reverence and respect, I doubt that the Goddess would object,
- and who's going to know in the audience that your song is an invocation
- if you don't tell them who wouldn't appreciate it?
- Blessed Be,
- A.Lizard
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