Kategorie: Songs
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A Peace Prayer Against the Witchcraft of War
A Song by Boris Grebenshchikov about Good and Evil Magic In his song Vorozhba (Magic Powers), the Russian singer-songwriter Boris Grebenshchikov contrasts the evil magic of war with the healing magic of a life based on striving for harmony with oneself and the world. Grebenshchikov’s „No to War“ With Boris Grebenshchikov, another…
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The winter: stagnation and transformation
Mariee Sioux: Wizard flurry home In winter the outer life comes to a standstill. But it is precisely this what opens the door to inner transformation for us. As the other side of life, winter is the place of death. At the same time, however, its otherness can be understood…
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A Sip of Freedom
Tschizh (Chizh) & Co: Krugom tajga A russian son about freedom A song by the Russian band Chizh & Co revolves around a brief moment of freedom experienced by a prisoner during a temporary escape from a penal camp. The song can also be related to the current situation in Russia. Taiga…
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The Woman: Goddess or Predator?
Poems from Charles Baudelaires Collection of Poetry Les Fleurs du mal/7 The representation of female figures in Baudelaire’s work is distinctly ambiguous. The woman can appear as a man-eating femme fatale, but also as an angel-like being who promises salvation from the valley of earthly life. An Ambivalent Image of…
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The Scent of Eternity
Poems from Charles Baudelaires Collection of Poetry Les Fleurs du mal/4 Charles Baudelaire’s poetic flower garden exudes a great multitude of fragrances. The most exquisite of them enable us to achieve what Baudelaire regarded as the most noble goal of his poetry: they allow us to „catch a glimpse of…
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Russian Anti-War Songs
On the second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian anti-war songs can serve as proof of something that today’s Kremlin rulers would probably condemn as „extremist“: that in Russia, too, there are people who detest war. In Russia, too, there is a strong tradition of anti-militarist thinking and poetry.…
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