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- From: tedwards@wam.umd.edu (technopagan priest)
- Subject: Re: paganism and rave
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:59:41 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.195920.8437@wam.umd.edu> reagan@next06pg2.wam.umd.edu (read my .plan it's FREE) writes:
- >can somebody tell me the relationship between paganism, new agism and
- >rave/techno music? seems to me some techno groups try very hard to label
- >themselves "pagan" and all that. is this just a recent thing or has it
- >been there ever since techno was invented?
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- I was unaware many techno groups labeled themselves as "pagan." I know
- many of them are big into vegetarianism and such, but I wasn't really
- aware of much modern-Wicca movement style techno groups. Most
- real witches I know can't stand techno, and go for the Indigo Girls
- style acoustic guitar kind of music, maybe reaching out to Dead Can
- Dance.
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- Now, you can argue that there certainly are now and have been in
- the past certain non-christian religions which use fast beats
- in religious rites (the one in particular that comes to mind
- is a medieval fertility dance done at the solstice), and that
- techno might perhaps wake up that part of our human consciousness
- which has been put away in the pretty slow music of recent western
- tradition, and that we are feeling the vibe of a history
- locked deep inside us.
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- >i'm a christian, i like techno music, but i'd like to be a little more
- >cautious on this.
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- Many of my friends consider Raves a pretty spiritual experience...
- so I 'spose it's either the work of God or of the Devil..
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- or Quetzacoatl or Shiva or Morrigan or Pele or Goddess or whatever ;)
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- Ack, this suddenly came to my brain!
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- "God is the/God is the/God is the E!" - Born again Moby
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- "Jesus has just been crucified before a live studio audience..."
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- "Open your soul, kneel in the church, pray to god and go!"
- (Messiah--Temple of Dreams hardcore mix take off)
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- "Did I dream...you turned to Jesus?"
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- "Frankie Bones is dead!"
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