"Willow's Song" by Magnet

A fan video, but it's my favorite song from one of my favorite movies, The Wicker Man. I would like to meet a person who can resist this tune. And if you think this is amazing, just see it in the context of the movie.

Who is there?/No one but me my dear/Please come, say how do/To the things I'll give to you.

It's no surprise that a movie about the virtues of Paganism would touch on the themes I'm laying out here. If there was one religion I'd follow, it would probably be Paganism (though I would be Amish if they weren't religious). If music was ever the voice of God, this is it. She is your Lord, inviting you into the deepest regions of yourself and existence. I could find few finer love songs or examples of music, period.

I love how quaintly she speaks about "improper" things, how easily she accepts that which Christianity would find dark and immoral. This is why I find most religions to go against humanity: they want us to feel guilty for our natural impulses, yet how many Christians use industry which destroys the planet their God gave them? Not very religious, is it? No one is religious. Only some accept this fact.

I should also mention that Eli Roth was pretty clever in his appropriation of this (via the Sneaker Pimps' nice cover) for Hostel, another movie I truly adore. That will probably get its own post at some point.

Really, all I can say here is that nature is beautiful. Appreciate nature. It's why you're even alive, no matter how much you love the city and your iPod. Enveloping yourself in nature is like worshiping your love, showing gratitude toward your parents, and helping those you pass by in need. Do it, please. And stop relying on the commercial things in life, which only divorce us from ourselves, fostering racism, sexism, homophobia, and any other prejudice in the name of profit. Let this song be an inspiration to you as it is to me. It is THE hymn in this list. She sings of practices which are eternal, so long as animals live, and which should be embraced and deified. I'm talking about love making, in all its beauty. So love each other and appreciate yourselves and your art. Worships the animals instead of statues of dead men who may have saved you.