Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
Song of the Horned Piper
He the Horned, God of Witches, is known as the Merry Piper: who among us has not danced to his piping?
His the Primal Sound, the song of creation.
(To the silent Breath of Life, the Pipes give Voice.)
Come, let me speak a Mystery in your ear.
His pipes are female.
Think of Pan and Syrinx, the nymph who became the pipes. Think of Krishna's flute, herself a goddess incarnate.
The Voice of those Pipes brings What Is into Being.
In company with sheep-herds and cow-herds, His piping arouses and, thrusting, drives the Dance of Life.
The lure of those Pipes recalls to life the Dead.
The god with pipes is not just god, you see.
Together, they are god and goddess.
Above: Nigel Jackson, "Horned Piper"
For CFM,
with thanks,
for many a good conversation
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