[personal profile] rm
Can someone tell me what the deal is, not just with Wiccans, but also with all sorts of generally not that fluffy Pagans, and the gratuitous rhyming in spells? Why do we think that works? I mean, i get rhythm, specificty, musicality, and making shit easier to remember, but COME ON. Say what you will about Crowley, but among other things, you've got to give him that he's not a gratuitous, or Hallmark-style rhymer.

Date: 2006-05-12 09:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schpahky.livejournal.com
It all reminds me too much of the long night I realized you really can sing (almost) any Emily Dickinson poem to the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas."

Not only that,

Date: 2006-05-14 07:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] czarchasm.livejournal.com
but most news headlines can be done to the tune of "Camptown Races".

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