"Who wrote ""Musichath charms to soothe a savage beast""?"
"districts including lots of restaurants, cafes, bars and pubs and theaters, subways and bus stops, outside the entrances to large concerts and sporting events, almost any plaza or town square as well as zócalos in Latin America and piazzas in other regions. Other places include shopping malls, strip malls, and outside supermarkets, although permission is usually required from management for these. In her book, ""Underground Harmonies: Music and Politics in the Subways of New York"", Susie J. Tanenbaum examined how the adage ""Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast"" plays out in regards to busking. Her sociological studies showed"
"Against a Dwarf ""Against a Dwarf"" (Old English: ""Ƿið Dƿeorh"") is an Anglo-Saxon metrical charm found in the Lacnunga. It requires writing the names of the Seven Sleepers onto seven wafers, then singing an alliterative verse three times. The verse is written in half lines and was used for its assumed curative properties, although what the charm is supposed to be curing is still a matter of debate. Some scholars believe that the charm was supposed to help victims sleep more easily if they were suffering from a disease that caused convulsions. Another theory is that the dwarf, a being"
"a charm to cure a sudden pain or stitch, and ""For a Swarm of Bees"", a charm to keep honey bees from swarming. In , a sudden pain is attributed to a small, ""shrieking"" spear thrown with supernatural strength () by ""fierce"" loudly flying ""mighty women"" () who have ridden over a burial mound: <poem>They were loud, yes, loud, when they rode over the (burial) mound; they were fierce when they rode across the land. Shield yourself now, you can survive this strife. Out, little spear, if there is one here within. It stood under/behind lime-wood (i.e. a shield), under"
"Nine Herbs Charm The ""Nine Herbs Charm"" is an Old English charm recorded in the 10th-century AD ""Lacnunga"" manuscript. The charm is intended for the treatment of poisoning and infection by a preparation of nine herbs. The numbers nine and three, significant in Germanic paganism and later Germanic folklore, are mentioned frequently within the charm. The poem contains references to Christian and English Pagan elements, including a mention of the major Germanic god Woden. According to R. K. Gordon, the poem is ""clearly an old heathen thing which has been subjected to Christian censorship."" Malcolm Laurence Cameron states that chanting"
"the poison is declared destroyed. The destruction of poison is again associated to Indra's weapon (Vajra). The end of this part states where the charms can be used. Diseases caused by the Nagas as well as wounds by their ""venomous beaks, teeth, tusks, limbs and tails""; infestations caused by other poisonous animals like scorpions, spiders, lizards, rats, insects found in places such as houses, forests, fields, mountains, and bites by animals including tigers, dogs, worms and boars are cured by the charm. The text declares that the charm is a remedy for cuts, spits and other wounds by poisonous arrows,"
"to strike, and not necessarily as a depressive affliction. Amongst other allegorical symbols, the picture includes a magic square and a truncated rhombohedron. The image in turn inspired a passage in ""The City of Dreadful Night"" by James Thomson (B.V.), and, a few years later, a sonnet by Edward Dowden. The most extended treatment of melancholia comes from Robert Burton, whose ""The Anatomy of Melancholy"" (1621) treats the subject from both a literary and a medical perspective. Burton wrote in the 17th century that music and dance were critical in treating mental illness, especially melancholia. in 10th century Persian physician"
"taboo. The snake charm is similar to the other spells of the sage Bharadvaja, who is said to have taught the ""Garuda Upanishad"" charms to his disciples. Bharadvaja's spells are said to prevent or cure infectious diseases, wounds by weapons and carnivorous wild beasts like tigers and bites and infestations by insects and worms. However, snakes feature prominently in these spells due to higher probability and danger of snakebite. The ""Garuda Upanishad"" has 25 stanzas. It begins with a generic prayer to the gods for protection. Garuda, Indra, the sun-god Surya and Brihaspati are invoked for their blessing. The prayer"
"prepared, into the mouth of the wounded, both of their ears, and over the wound itself prior to the application of the salve. The poem contains one of two Old English mentions of ""Woden"" in Old English poetry; the other is ""Maxims I"" of the ""Exeter Book"". The paragraph reads as follows: Suggestions have been made that this passage describes Woden coming to the assistance of the herbs through his use of nine twigs, each twig inscribed with the runic first-letter initial of a plant. Nine Herbs Charm The ""Nine Herbs Charm"" is an Old English charm recorded in the"
"Wið færstice ""Wið færstice"" is an Old English medical text surviving in the collection known now as ""Lacnunga"" in the British Library. ""Wið færstice"" means 'against a sudden/violent stabbing pain'; and according to Felix Grendon, whose collection of Anglo-Saxon charms appeared in the Journal of American Folklore in 1908, “the charm is intended to cure a sudden twinge or stitch, possibly rheumatism that can be due to being shot by witches, elves, and other spirits that fly through the air.” Scholars have often sought to identify this as rheumatism, but other possibilities should not be excluded. The remedy describes how"
"apart as Scotland and Nova Scotia, where they are referred to as ""Cliar Sheanachain"" (Senchan's lot) or ""Cleith Sheanchair"". A popular Highland tale featuring Senchan is ""Great Bríd of the Horses"" which is based on 'Tromdámh Guaire'. William Shakespeare mentions the power of Irish poets """"rhyming rats to death"""", a remark apparently based on an incident when Seanchan, finding that rats had eaten his dinner, uttered the vindictive aer: """"Rats have sharp snouts/Yet are poor fighters..."""" which killed ten of them on the spot. Senchán Torpéist Senchán Torpéist (c. 560–647 AD) was a Gaelic-Irish poet. Seanchan Torpest was the Chief"
"orientalist Paul Deussen, who partially translated the ""Garuda Upanishad"" describes it essentially as a snake-charm dedicated to Garuda, the mount of Vishnu, and the eternal foe of serpents. It serves two objectives: to prevent snakebite and to alleviate the evil effects of the bite. The snake charm was elevated to the status of the Upanishad due to the imminent danger of snakebite in India, where people had to walk in the dark in snake-infested regions or work in fields and forests. Pious people following the dictum of Ahimsa have to resort to snake charm, as for them killing snakes is"
"to the limited evidence and the many pitfalls associated with trying to understand the prehistoric mindset with a modern mind. The concept of sympathetic magic features prominently in the Kingkiller Chronicle novel series by Patrick Rothfuss. Merricat Blackwood in Shirley Jackson's ""We Have Always Lived in the Castle"" is a practitioner of sympathetic magic. In Rick Riordan's ""The Kane Chronicles"", sympathetic magic is practiced prominently. The music duo Charming Disaster has a song called ""Sympathetic Magic"". A duet between the magic user and her target. In ""Catspaw"" (S2/Ep7, 1967), ""Sympathetic magic"" is referred to and is the basis for the"
"Charm may well have deep Indo-European roots. A parallel has been drawn between this charm and an example in Vedic literature, an incantation from the 2nd millennium BCE found in the ""Atharvaveda"", hymn IV, 12: However, the Rohani (Rōhaṇī ) here apparently does not signify a deity, but rather a healing herb; in fact, just an alternate name for the herb arundathi mentioned in the same strain. Merseburg charms The Merseburg charms or Merseburg incantations () are two medieval magic spells, charms or incantations, written in Old High German. They are the only known examples of Germanic pagan belief preserved"
"punishment and control. In ""The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"", Sir Walter Raleigh (1554–1618) relays consolation regarding the nymph's harsh rejection of the shepherd's romantic advances in the spirit of ""time heals all wounds,"" by citing in the second stanza (among several examples) that eventually with the passage of time Philomel would become ""dumb"" to her own pain and that her attention would be drawn away from the pain by the events of life to come. In Sir Philip Sidney's (1554–1586) courtly love poem ""The Nightingale"", Sydney's narrator who is in love with a woman he cannot have compares his"
"Garuda Upanishad Garuda Upanishad or Garudopanishad is one of 108 Upanishadic Hindu scriptures, written in Sanskrit language. It is dedicated to Garuda, the eagle-man mount of the god Vishnu. It belongs to the Vaishnava sect, which worships Vishnu, and is associated with the ""Atharvaveda"". It is considered as ""late"" Upanishad in terms of dating. The ""Garuda Upanishad"" has mantras and charms that are said to cure poison. The text says that its charms can not only prevent and remedy snakebite and the venom, but also poison from any other source like other poisonous animals, weapons and supernatural beings. The German"
"Shakespeare (""Richard II"" 3.2.129–31,) John Milton (""Samson Agonistes"", line 763) and John Dryden (""All for Love"" 4.1.464–66), among the foremost. In one of the fable's alternative versions, the farmer takes the snake home to revive it and is bitten there. Eustache Deschamps told it this way in a moral ballade dating from the end of the 14th century in which the repeated refrain is ""Evil for good is often the return."" William Caxton amplified this version by having the snake threaten the farmer's wife and then strangle the farmer when he tried to intervene. In still another variation, the farmer"
"Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy Wit and Mirth: Or Pills to Purge Melancholy is the title of a large collection of songs by Thomas d'Urfey, published between 1698 and 1720, which in its final, six-volume edition held over 1,000 songs and poems. The collection started as a single book compiled and published by Henry Playford who had succeeded his father John Playford as the leading music publisher of the period. Over the next two decades, ""Pills"" went through various editions and expanded into five volumes; in 1719 Thomas D'Urfey reordered and added to the work to produce"
"croton nuts. In ""The Bulletin"" (9 Dowry Square, Hot Wells, May 29, 1845) by the Reverend Richard Harris Barham, a medically inspired poem to relieve the anxiety of a very dear friend, and written a month before Barham's death on June 17, 1845, the attending doctor to his patient advises amongst other treatments for a sore throat that is producing barely a sound: ""... Please put out your tongue again!/Now the blister!/Ay, the blister!/ Let your son, or else his sister,/Warm it well, then clap it here, sir,/All across from ear to ear, sir;/That suffices,/When it rises,/Snip it, sir, and"
"Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail - A Soul Jazz Extravaganza is a jazz and spoken-word holiday album composed and produced by Chris Strouth and performed by the Snaildartha 6 combo, which includes saxophonist George Cartwright of the jazz group Curlew and storyteller and comic Matt Fugate, who wrote the text with Chris Strouth. It was released by Minneapolis record label Innova Recordings. The album retells the story of Buddha through the life of a small snail, Jerry the Christmas Snail, who achieves enlightenment after meeting and having adventures with"
"4Q510-511 4Q510-511, also given the title Songs of the Sage or Songs of the Maskil (שירי משכיל ""instructor""), is a fragmentary Hebrew-language manuscript of a Jewish magical text of incantation and exorcism in the Dead Sea Scrolls, specifically for protection against a list of demons. It is notable for containing the first clear usage of the Hebrew (or Aramaic) term lilith in relation to a supernatural creature. It is comparable to Aramaic incantation 4Q560 and also 11Q11. There are two versions of Songs of the Sage, traditionally titled Songs of the Sage (4Q510) and Songs of the Sage (4Q511). The"
"The Wizard (Uriah Heep song) ""The Wizard"" is a single from British rock band Uriah Heep's 1972 album ""Demons & Wizards"". It was the first single to be lifted from the album. It was composed by Mark Clarke and Ken Hensley. It is a gentle, semi-acoustic ballad whose lyrics deal with a man wandering until he meets ""the Wizard of a thousand kings"", a possible reference to the druid Merlin, to Gandalf, to an angel, to a bodhisattva, or even God. This song is the first Uriah Heep single which had a music video. The song was composed by keyboardist-guitarist"
"Manfred Manfred: A dramatic poem is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction. Byron commenced this work in late 1816, only a few months after the famous ghost-story sessions with Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley that provided the initial impetus for ""Frankenstein"". The supernatural references are made clear throughout the poem. ""Manfred"" was adapted musically by Robert Schumann in 1852, in a composition entitled ""Manfred: Dramatic Poem with Music in"
"swords and other weapons as well as wounds by harmful supernatural beings like Yakshas (nature-spirits), Rakshasas (demons), pretas (ghosts) and bhutas (ghosts). The text emphasizes that poison from any source can be cured by these charms. The last part of the Upanishad is by tradition the ""fruit"" of the text, which tells the advantages of the text. One who listens to the ""Garuda Upanishad"" on an amavasya (new moon night) is said to immune a person from snake bite for 12 years. One who hears the text and keeps it with him as an amulet is saved from snakebite for"
"Queen Mab (poem) Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem; With Notes, published in 1813 in nine cantos with seventeen notes, is the first large poetic work written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), the English Romantic poet. After substantial reworking, a revised edition of a portion of the text was published in 1816 under the title The Daemon of the World. This poem was written early in Shelley's career and serves as a foundation to his theory of revolution. It is his first major poem. In this work, he depicts a two-pronged revolt involving necessary changes, brought on by both nature and"
"The Conjuring (song) ""The Conjuring"" is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth from their 1986 album ""Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?"". Written by Dave Mustaine during a time when he dabbled in black magic, the song's lyrics have been described as referencing a Satanic ritual, and according to Mustaine contain ""instructions for hexes"". The song is one of several Megadeth songs referencing the occult, witchcraft, or black magic. Others include ""Bad Omen"" and ""Good Mourning/Black Friday"", and most explicitly ""Five Magics"" from their 1990 album ""Rust in Peace"", which directly mentions wizardry, sorcerery, alchemy and magic. Since 2001"
"Sellic Spell Sellic Spell (, an Old English phrase meaning ""wondrous tale"" and taken from the poem ""Beowulf"") is a short prose text available in Modern and Old English redactions, written by J.R.R. Tolkien in a creative attempt to reconstruct the folktale underlying the narrative in the first two thousand lines of the Old English poem ""Beowulf"". Among other things, it seeks to clarify and integrate a number of narrative strands in the Anglo-Saxon poem. The resulting text is a loose variant of the ""Skilful Companions"" type of folktale, in which each of several characters (two or three in Tolkien's"
"""dynamic, quixotic, enigmatic"". She mentions other Trickster figures: Puck, Coyote, Zorba, Raven, Thoth, and Shakespeare's characters Mercutio and Autolycus. She notes that many of Shakespeare's characters, too, have mania, depression, or both: Antonio, Jaques, Hamlet, Lear, Timon, Cleopatra; and wonders if he experienced it himself. Griffiths tells, too, how ""in the dark days of January ... I became feverish to write the poetry of this madness."" She feels she is bargaining with Mercury: keep the dose of antipsychotics low and ""I'll give you poems."" She examines the relationship between poetry and madness: both cure and risk. She looks at the"
"William Shakespeare. In particular Macbeth, one of Lincoln's favorite Shakespearian pieces has a famous scene in which the titular ruler is haunted by a spectral dagger. In terms of the actual poem, many believe Lincoln to be the author because it shares a similar meter, syntax, diction, and tone with many other poems published by Lincoln, and according to Richard Miller, the man who discovered the poem, the theme of the interplay between rationality and madness is ""especially Lincolnian in spirit"". Another reason why the poem could have been written by Lincoln is that many of the symptoms of depression"
"negative emotions. Aristotle mentions catharsis at the end of his ""Politics"", where he notes that after people listen to music that elicits pity and fear, they ""are liable to become possessed"" by these negative emotions. However, afterwards, Aristotle points out that these people return to ""a normal condition as if they had been medically treated and undergone a purge [catharsis] ... All experience a certain purge [catharsis] and pleasant relief. In the same manner cathartic melodies give innocent joy to men"" (from ""Politics"" VIII:7; 1341b 35-1342a 8). The artist Hieronymus Bosch, from the 15th and 16th centuries, used images of"
"was penned by the renowned novelty song composer Paul Harrison. In 1985, with American culture experiencing a growing awareness of rap music, Pickett released ""Monster Rap"", which describes the mad scientist's frustration at being unable to teach the dancing monster from ""Monster Mash"" how to talk. The problem is solved when he teaches the monster to rap. A movie musical based on the song starring Pickett was released in 1995. During the 2004 presidential election, Pickett turned the song into a campaign video and retitled it ""Monster Slash,"" with lyrics by environmental campaigner Peter Altman, in which he critiqued President"
"enjoyed singing and shouting and would often draw pictures of birds and fish or write snatches of hymns on the walls of his hosts’ homes or on rock outcroppings, sometimes in artistic lettering. One story claims that after having written “What shall I do to be saved?” on a large rock, he discovered that a patent medicine salesman had written underneath, “Use Hite’s Pain Cure.” Sheffey then added, “And prepare to meet thy God.” Sheffey’s peculiar sense of humor is also evident in a story about a child bitten by a rattlesnake. Called in to pray for the child, Sheffey"
"on how fables should be written, gave Aesop’s ""Der Rabe und der Fuchs"" an ironic twist. In his rewritten version, a gardener has left poisoned meat out to kill invading rats. It is this that the raven picks up but is flattered out of it by the fox, which then dies in agony. To emphasise the moral he is drawing, Lessing concludes with the curse, ‘Abominable flatterers, may you all be so rewarded with one poison for another!’. An Eastern story of flattery rewarded exists in the Buddhist scriptures as the ""Jambhu-Khadaka-Jataka"". In this a jackal praises the crow's voice"
"our help in ages past’."" Charles Dickens's novels occasionally quote ""Against Idleness and Mischief""; for instance, in his 1850 novel ""David Copperfield"", the school master Dr. Strong quotes lines 11-12: ""Satan finds some mischief still, for idle hands to do."" In his 1865 fantasy ""Alice in Wonderland"", Lewis Carroll parodies both ""Against Idleness and Mischief"" as ""How Doth the Little Crocodile"" and ""The Sluggard"" as ""'Tis the voice of the Lobster"". Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children (also known as ""Divine and Moral Songs"