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Do I think that my music increases fertility?

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Jan 13, 2024
  • 1 min read

Well, it's well-documented that people in traditional cultures tended to believe that one could choose the gender of a child or cause a birth to happen, and Apirana Ngata's story suggests that it was true in Māori cultures. As for my own experience: well, my oldest brother's wife had a child after my musicals, and so did Barbara. -

I realise it sounds pazzo, but this is me the magician that honestly believes in some of that mystical mumbo-jumbo. It amuses me greatly that people were shocked by that, but c'mon! These Words Are Meant For Someone is sex set to music; it's reasonable to assume that my song cycle might affect the way that audiences have sex. I believe, but not because I think it's real; I think that faith has inherent benefits, and that whole 'magician' thing that Alan Moore and Grant Morrison do is stupid, but it feels like a faith that is fairly aware of its ridiculousness. I take philosophy much more seriously than religion, but I was certainly fascinated when I found out that James Shaw was a comparative religion student. That's one of my hobbies.

 
 

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