Re: 'Lily' The Red Shoes-Question?

["Ronald W. Garrison" <rwgarr@intrex.net>]

Andreas Pohlke wrote:
> 
> consul95@aol.com (Consul95) writes:
> >I have a question that I hope someone may be able to answer; on 'The
> Red
> >Shoes' the song 'Lily' seems to be referring to something to do with
> white
> >magic, particularly 'Gaberiel before me etc.'  (although I may be
> wrong on
> >this) does anybody out there have any interpretations on this song
> and
> >what it's about, because I'd love to hear them:.)
> 
> "Gabriel before me
>  Raphael behind me
>  Michael to my right,
>  Uriel to my left side
>  In this circle of fire."
> 
> There are the archangels arranged around me in a circle of burning
> fire.
> Erm, one may detect the form of a protection spell here which is
> quite common. 4 directions (of the sky and/or the earth) bound
> with a circle, oneself inside the circle.
> There are really a lot spells of this kind in various forms
> (I once heard the form "Jesus to my head, Jesus to my feet, Jesus
> inside me"), which are not all "christianised". One can easily
> replace christian figures with others.
> To become more detailed, each direction has a meaning, variing on
> the cultural context. "Michael to my right" has surely something
> to do with the sword/weapon bearing hand &c.
> I tend to call these spells "mantras", as they have the same
> intention.
> Best wishes,
> Andreas.
> 
> >Many thanks
> 
> >Pete
> >Consul95@aol.com
> >P.s. ' Never be Mine' is her best song ever!
> 
> --
> Andreas Pohlke  <pohlke@ inf.fu-berlin.de>        Institute for
> Computer Science
> http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/~pohlke               Free University of
> Berlin
> "superstition brings bad luck"                    Germany

...If "ever Be Mine" is her best song ever, what is your interpretation
of it? Ad with so many others, I', curious about its meaning. My guess
would be something like the breakup of an Iowa farm family (a
not-uncommon occurrence). And , of course, it could happen in many other
places as well.

--Ron

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