wytchcroft

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and compare with Bergman.

ha! of course the upside to living down in a valley is the excitement of floods!

currently the local school is shut, flooded, and both roads in and out are closed and under water.

yesterday the river and canal were determined to have some fun on LAND
and, as usual, everyone stuck betwixt (like your intrepid wytch reporter,) was out and about and going "gosh! excitement!" - actually kinda fun.

But if the power goes, substations round here are notorious, then i may go quiet for a time.

nina kinert; combat lover...

thanks to the uploader!

This is a very beautiful poem set to music; the lyrics are by Mary Webb author of the novel Gone to Earth and the music is in the old English tradition.

Gone to Earth was later filmed by The Archers (Powell and Pressburger) and starred Jennifer Jones - one of my favourite films.

i've been getting a lot of inspiration from the work of the Archers again lately, (i was lucky enough to study their works at university,) often overlooked is Ohhh Rosalinda!! a light opera which satirizes the post-war machinations, beaurocracy and pomposity of the various powers. The clip is of 'Adelle's Laughing Song.'

i hope you'll enjoy these - i was stunned to discover them on youtube when they were always so rare!

Love me--and I will give into your hands
The rare, enamelled jewels of my lands,
Flowers red and blue,
Tender with air and dew.

From far green armouries of pools and meres
I'll reach for you my lucent sheaves of spears--
The singing falls,
Where the lone ousel calls.

When, like a passing light upon the sea,
Your wood-bird soul shall clap her wings and flee,
She shall but nest
More closely in my breast.

this piece has been frustrating me for aeons as a bit of 'arrows and stars' that fell off and just... lay there.

tonight chalissa inspired the fix and now it's done and here it is.
the last four lines are a quote from an old hymn.
thanks chalissa la muse amuse l'amore :))

The Turning Circle:

dance for me love
he says
in a turning circle

and i'll dance for none but myself
says she

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Surprising as it may sound, I don't actually dream of owning a home in which a brutal murder has taken place, or a non brutal murder come to that.
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Well my place, my country maison du wytch or possibly Bag End, or possibly Wyts End, is - as you would see for yourself if unlucky enough to visit -
messy.

Very messy.

Very, very messy.

Messy raised to the power of at least eleventy one. 

In a nut shell; not an easy clean, hard to tidy, tricky to maintain. Somewhat resembling this:


but y'know, rural.

So of course i am grateful and gobsmacked to have spent the evening watching my Italian friend work wonders around my token efforts (i may have washed up). She would say; "I'm bloody good i am!" and she'd be right - although i believe my exact words were; "You are a masochistic sucker HA HA HA!"

But i am truly thankful if somewhat startled to realise i have carpets, walls, floorboards and bookcases! WOW!

I should take advantage of miracle working chums more often!

Koff! Seriously, though - thanks V! :))

When they came for her
at the knocking gate
did you give her away?
or did she fade...
... like a radio wave
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they opened up the belly of that Scottish church
looking for spirit and fingerprints
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and scarlet ribboned
woven round
these autumn trails
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 ,
"O Holy Wisdom, Soaring Power, 
encompass us with wings unfurled,
and carry us, encircling all, above, below,
and through the world."

"Every element has a sound,
an original sound from the order of God;
all those sounds unite
like the harmony from harps and zithers*."

Hildegard Von Bingen

*one for Gurdjieff!

as upon this night, this merry eve,
earth and heaven and all between
may easily be seen
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Among other things, October is the anniversary of Houdini's death which was actually on Halloween ...

Here is a picture of his famous Upside Down Trick - which wikipedia claims is still a mystery...



Well - i have a pretty good idea how it was done and i wonder if anyone else here has interesting theories of their own?

Houdini has of course had a huge impact down the years on popular culture and those within it,
(take a look at the list on that wiki entry - it's enormous!)  from David Blaine to Robbie Williams to Kristin Hersh. 
Her song Houdini Blues and video for Your Ghost can be compared to Kate Bush's song Houdini -
both seem to take escapology as a metaphor and seize on the idea of a key hidden in the mouth or passed by a kiss.... a symbol maybe... as if a gnosis of some sort could be delivered vocally by the artist.



On a more superficial level, escapology can be fun!!... but don't try it at home!

popular science never had it so... win!
thanks to misnomer at whedonesque for the wonderlink!!
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listening to Lisa Germano recently has made a million songs of hers bubble again in my brain-pan...
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