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The Nameless Art (Sealh)

from Songs of Liberation by Bird Radio

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  • Part of the process of writing this album included an impossible imagined correspondence. I wrote and sent letter and parcels from one part of myself to another, and these became the foundations of the music on this record. In addition to a copy of the CD and a hand-painted key-shirt, I will send you a liberation letter and parcel which will include an object / item of clothing and an accompanying instruction for a ritual. You can choose one of 5 options: Male (Beorn), Female (Cwene), Tree (Sealh), Animal (Deor) or Liberation (Aka). I will source and personalise the object / clothing for you. You can leave this as a surprise, or we can correspond and work towards something more tailored to what you are seeking.

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about

Gerald Gardener was the founder of modern Wicca. During the 1930s he travelled abroad, working as a civil servant, then returned home where he joined a coven of witches in the New Forest on the south coast of England. Legend has it that he and a group of other witches met near Highcliffe-By-The-Sea on 1st August 1940 to cast a spell on Hitler, to stop him from invading. They called this the 'Cone of Power'. The ritual involved dancing in spirals while skyclad (naked) to create a communal ecstatic state to create a magic powerful enough to keep Hitler away. Gardener wrote about the ceremony: “Witches did cast spells, to stop Hitler landing after France fell. They met, raised the great cone of power, and directed the thought at Hitler’s brain: “You cannot cross the sea,” “You cannot cross the sea,” “Not able to come,” “Not able to come.”

In the process of making this album I have been visiting a circle of Weeping Willows in my local park, and planting myself into their network of roots. It has been my gateway into the place where this music rises from. Willow is a popular wood to make flutes with, and their bark can be used for curing fevers.

Sealh is the Old English word for Willow Tree

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Slow Time Down
Turn Around
Root to the Ground
Branches Unbound

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from Songs of Liberation, released July 10, 2023

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