Blood Magick

SwanSwan Posts: 350
edited March 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Blood Magick, Magick Blood
Santeria mixed in mud

Drink it, Drink it down
What?
Clot?
Uh, oh it's magick

Ain't it tragic,
The Kingdom of man is drowning in the sewers
Our hearts on a stake; steak on skewers

Blood, sugar, red kool-aid
Magick blood in my veins

Red Rum, red rain
Take it! Take it from my neck, from my wrist
Beat my eggs with a wisp

Huh?
What?
Not me.
I'm the only Hell Mama ever raised.
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  • setaside2setaside2 Posts: 1,084
    okay let's mark em

    we have

    Sublime

    Pearl Jam

    The Cars

    The Toadies

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Peter Gabriel

    don't know the eggs reference.


    But the pagan gods that be are impressed that you can spell magick in the old school way. :D
    I'm stepping in front of the gushing hydrant in a hurricane. I'd like to see the traction I keep.
  • YellowYellow Posts: 699
    01/16/04

    i'm like carrie in that flick
    standing drenched in blood sugar
    baby
    so it might stick
    she's magic
    sex magic
    and they
    are all
    going to laugh at me


    a moulting soft-shelled crab
    crawling up cut-glass reef...
    ...one slip and i'm shrimp

    my new porcelain skin
    tucked neatly away
    in some back pocket
    and sat on

    i am not a child with an ugly prize

    i'm a moulting soft-shelled crab
    deep fried and served up hot

    and everyone who thinks me food
    and thinks it's good
    finds my mercury
    content to let them die

    let them try
    to swim these seas
    i leave
    what then
    would they believe?
    It's all yellow.


  • SwanSwan Posts: 350
    Originally posted by setaside2
    okay let's mark em

    we have

    Sublime

    Pearl Jam

    The Cars

    The Toadies

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Peter Gabriel

    don't know the eggs reference.


    But the pagan gods that be are impressed that you can spell magick in the old school way. :D

    OK I see where you would think I referenced Sublime & Red Hot Chilli Peppers, but I don't see the rest.

    There is no other way to spell Magick when you're refering to anything other than performance or street magic. But thanks anyway.
    I'm the only Hell Mama ever raised.
  • setaside2setaside2 Posts: 1,084
    Originally posted by Miracle
    Blood Magick, Magick Blood
    Santeria mixed in mud santeria = sublime

    Drink it, Drink it down and pass it A-round, Crazy Mary = Pearl Jam
    What?
    Clot?
    Uh, oh it's magick uh oh it's magic = The Cars

    Ain't it tragic,
    The Kingdom of man is drowning in the sewers The Kingdom of man = Toadies
    Our hearts on a stake; steak on skewers

    Blood, sugar, red kool-aid Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic = RHCP
    Magick blood in my veins

    Red Rum, red rain Red rain is coming down = Peter Gabriel
    Take it! Take it from my neck, from my wrist
    Beat my eggs with a wisp

    Huh?
    What?
    Not me.

    I would have gone all Stephen King on your red rum as well but, well, that's actually older than he is so no worries there. I had fun spotting what were unintended references, but there were so many that I couldn't help but think at first that this was a pome built on song.

    Also, let's be clear on the roots of the word "magicK."

    Currently there are no historical terms that include the letter K at the end of the word. Not even the elder Wicca and Pagan texts contain this until recently, due to the modern freedom movement and perhaps to distance themselves from their religious competitors further by showing how far they've come since the Aquarian age. In a sense, it has become quite trendy to spell magic with a K after the C, though it is entirely unnecessary. One thing: if you have a K there, it is literally impossible to derive the word magician from this. You would be dropping an entire culture from the word, as K is usually germanic in our version of modern english...

    Magique is a middle english term which came from middle french which in turn was derived from Latin, magice, which went further back and resulted from magike and magikos. Go way way way back and you'll see the term magos or magus (the latter which survives today), the former being of Iranian origin and the latter being of Old Persia. A quick trip to the etymology guides will help as well as any good dictionary worth it's weight in salt. Magick, as a modern term, is now being accepted as a modern spelling of a word that has been around a long time, though not by all sources.

    I didn't mean any offense, but apparently it was taken personally. I have had a lot of experience with the pagan clans, most specifically those who practice the Wicca art and of them the purists will tell you that it is still spelled with a C... and that they would prefer to keep it within, thank you very much. Also, any Wiccan would spit to be referred to in the same sentence as Santeria, a practice they find generally repulsive.

    I respect your pome a great deal, don't get me wrong, it just seems a little contradictory is all. God, I have tons of those in my thread.

    I appreciate the old world influence. I hope to see more. I shall bother you no more.

    seta
    I'm stepping in front of the gushing hydrant in a hurricane. I'd like to see the traction I keep.
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