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- From: mimir@hardy.u.washington.edu (Al Billings)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Re: "Winds' Four Quarters"
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 06:43:58 GMT
- Organization: The Friends of Loki Society
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- In article <1993Jan22.202916.27750@fuug.fi> an5445@anon.penet.fi (Bad Elf) writes:
- > 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
- >or other pagans (I wouldn't travel in the circles that I do now if I did),
- >but I feel fairly strongly about using a religion not my own to entertain
- >people or to "freak the mundanes". Any comments on this would be greatly
- >apprieciated.
-
- Mercedes Lackey has gone out of her way to not comment on her religion or
- beliefs. Because of this, I think you are going to have a hard time
- finding out FOR SURE whether she wrote it as a Wiccan invocation.
-
- Considering that she has a number of books with Wiccan main characters
- and other things she has written, I have guessed she is Wiccan in the past
- when forced to give an opinion. Because of her personal feelings in the
- matter, those that know for sure what her religion (if any) is, of which I
- have met one or two, have refrained from saying anything because it isn't
- their business.
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