Written to the melody of “Forest Maze” by Random Goldfish (you've gotta hear her original score!)
(one way is to right-click link and select 'new window' so you can read along with melody)
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"to read this without the music would be like eating stale potato chips..."
(and you won't appreciate the reason for my repeating 'merry' and 'Wiccan'!)
~Verses 1, 2~
0:00
Merry, merry wiccan, Wiccan friends
draw down the moon in a cross-lit haze
Magick in their land on the eight Sabbat days
gone hand-in-hand for a year and a day…
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0:10
Have you seen my wiccan, Wiccan friends?
Draw down the sun in cross-quartered days
up above a tree blossoms, bursts into light
one Wiccan friend in a wedding tonight…
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[Interlude]
0:21
{Earth,
Water,
Fire;
Moon,
Air,
Sea;
spirits
freed…}
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0:31
Can I find my wiccan, Wiccan friends?
Gone to the edge of the hollows gray
summoning the Gods as they dance, as they sing
lost in a state far beyond their initiation…
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[Chorus]
0:42
Early, early Wiccans play in the forest,
incant their magick, shaping nature;
Secret, secret Wiccans casting their circles
gatherings of witches, priestess, wizards…
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[Bridge]
0:53
can you find their coven?
can you find their coven…
spirits in a coven…
spirit in a harvest talisman…
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(music cut)
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~Verses 3, 4~
0:59
Secret, secret wiccan, Wiccan friends,
see what I can’t in their trance-like states
‘round the sacred rings, astral cleaning away
one witch’s broom sweeps in deosil gay…
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1:09
‘Round and round my wiccan, Wiccan friends
chant to keep in the good energies;
'round a circle dance, Book of Shadows displayed
be they a witch, or an elf, or a fae…
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[Interlude]
1:20
Virtues to eight
crystals stones
magick Rites…
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1:30
Clear your eyes my wiccan, Wiccan friends
Spring Equinox in a morning rain
summon in the guard on a closed-quarter day
high priestess chants, is possessed by the raining goddess…
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[Chorus]
1:41
Merry, merry Wiccans, dance ‘round the circles
one with the Earth and magick angels…
tiny, tiny Wiccans, dance ‘round the forest
transforming nature as they will it…
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[Bridge]
1:51
can you sense their Goddess?
Maiden, Mother, Moon, a
God her child lover…
visiting my magick Wiccan friends…
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(abrupt end!)
Author notes
Poems/Scores to the Music of Random Goldfish:
(in reverse chronological order)
Thinking of August- Now or Never http://allpoetry.com/poem/5893739
Thinking of August- Duo (piano and cello) http://allpoetry.com/poem/5660705
Thinking of August- Acoustic Grand Piano http://allpoetry.com/poem/5892115
Thinking of August- Electric http://allpoetry.com/poem/5435359
Sweet August Days to Come http://allpoetry.com/poem/5423787
Sometimes... Faces http://allpoetry.com/poem/4940637
The Moon Tonight- Christmas from Ireland http://allpoetry.com/poem/4895079
Then the Merry Fiddlers Came http://allpoetry.com/poem/4885481
'Round a Grand Carousel http://allpoetry.com/poem/4778751
Two Souls Rooted Deep Within http://allpoetry.com/poem/4776245
A Dream- Where the Water Sleeps http://allpoetry.com/poem/4756347
Lune Sings http://allpoetry.com/poem/4397931
Gas Pump Music Duel http://allpoetry.com/poem/3449548
Chained in Silver http://allpoetry.com/poem/3385242
A New Autumn Day http://allpoetry.com/poem/3308104
Merry Merry Wiccan Wiccan Friends http://allpoetry.com/poem/show/3293000
In this Wilderness a Love of Old http://allpoetry.com/poem/3244044
The Sable http://allpoetry.com/poem/3239364
Donkey Feathers http://allpoetry.com/poem/3238828
The Obsidian Tree http://allpoetry.com/poem/3059430
The Forest Altar http://allpoetry.com/poem/2648314
The Snowy Banks http://allpoetry.com/poem/2646132
(some scores modified by me)
the contest notes below were jumbled together compliments of Internet Explorer and AllPoetry.
Contest Notes: [ ] Brackets: indications, e.g. [Chorus:], [Bridge], [Repeat x 2], etc. ( ) Parentheses: echos of the lead singer { } Braces: lines for backup singers Italics indicate where backup singers also sing. Noting the times when each verse begins is useful as a reference when listening or trying to find where a verse is in the music. Now my young composer is into Wicca, so this is me peering into that world... My Notes on Wiccans: Wicca Old Religion’ pagan nature rituals secret magical Book of Shadows grimoire (medieval book of magic) (gri-mwar) set of rules journal astrological angels demons charms spells mixing medicines summoning unearthly entities talisman supernatural influence symbols High Middle Ages mysticism antiquity chaos magic spellbook bome of magical knowledge Necronomicon (H. P. Lovecraft’s fictional grimoire) Charge of the Goddess religious witchcraft Eclectic vs Lineaged Wiccans priest priestess pagan witchcraft Goddess and a God festivals eight Sabbats of the year full-moon Esbats life-force manifest in nature God and Goddess- Sun and Moon lunar Maiden, Mother, and Crone (triple goddess) spark of life- the God the God is the child and lover of the Goddess Dianic Wicca- only Goddess god and goddess manifests in human form- through bodies of priestesses and priests divine possession- Drawing down the Moon or Drawing down the Sun Prime Mover- unknowable- above the tribal gods Goddess- Moon, Earth, Sea God- Forest, Hunting, Animal Realm archetype- idealized model of a person thoughtform Dryghten (Supreme Godhead) Earth, Air, Fire, Water- manifest forces Spirit (aether) pentagram five points of the pentagram spirit at the top if it harms none- then it’s OK the Law of Threefold Return eight virtues- mirth, reverence, honor, humility, strength, beauty, power, compassion in ordered pairs of complimentary opposites Ardanes (set of 161 laws) Lineaged Wiccans) coven- gathereing of witches (groups of thirteen) organized covens initiation- transfer of power High Priestess- can form a new coven three degrees of initiation—1st to become a witch, 2nd and 3rd to teach craft name- magical alter-ego, or spiritual rebirth, or anonymity spell-casting, worship, magical work alone grove- group of covens split from a common coven initiation waiting period- a year and a day handfasting ceremony- Wiccan wedding; trial marriage for a year and a day; contracted on Lammas (one of the greater festivals on Wiccaning (like christening)- present an infant to the God and Goddess for protection Ritual- magic circle, ritually cast and purified prayers to the God and Goddess, Guardians of the North, South, East, and West welcomed, spells cast altar present in the circle, ritual tool upon it fast for a day or ritually bathe before entering the magic circle Gods/Goddess thanked, circle closed skyclad (working in the nude) corded robes and Renaissance attire magical tools: broom, cauldron, chalice, wand, Book of Shadows, altar cloth, athame (ath-e-mae) (black-handled ritual knife) (bog-oak hilt, triple moon inlaid in silver) boline (scalpel) (white-handled crescent-shaped ritual knife for cutting cords, carving candles, harvesting herbs), candles, crystals, pentacle (amulet used in magical evocation- symbol of a spirit or energy being evoked or drawn, worn around neck or placed within the triangle of evocation), incense neopagan magical traditions full (and sometimes new) moon ritual- Esbat eight main holidays- Sabbats four are greater festivals a cross-quarter day (falling between a solstice and an equinox) Summer and Winter solstice and Spring and Autumn Equinoxes- lesser festivals draw on matriarchal pagan religions of pre-historic Europe ceremonial magic the New Forest Coven (can make-up and ‘Old Forest Coven’) occultists folklorists mystery religion rituals of their own fancy feminists- Dianic Wicca lineaged wicca- only a witch of opposite gender can initiate another witch (nothing more than a big campout) Wicca- a mass noun Old English ‘Wicca’- means sorcerer, wizard wicce- Old English feminine form of sorcerer (witch) heard the term ‘wica’ and knew that the old religion still existed spelling ‘Wicca’ 1969 word ‘Wiccan’ much later is not black magic or Satanism no Satanic Ritual Abuse parallels Left-Hand path (carnal, earthly) Right-Hand path (spiritual) magick the ‘k’ is the 11th letter, 11 is the principle number in magic- demons and chaos must be conquered before magick can be performed k also stands for ‘creative energy’ or ‘magical power’ also stands for ‘vagina’- the compliment to the wand also differentiates it from stage magic limited by the laws of nature magick causes change by force of will, or any event in nature (trees blossoming, grass growing, butterflies emerging from their cocoons) reconciliation between freewill and destiny who, what, and why one is before proper course can be pursued magick also ‘paranormal’ to some- in realm of supernatural, mystical
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