One of the any pet peeves “Church Fathers” so called had with the “gnostics” was their amicability with females who would prosthelytize.
Proselytize means to try to convince someone to change their religious, political, or lifestyle beliefs to match your own.
Irenaeus, the original Church Fathers Heretic Hunter was particularly pissed at Marcion, who eshued the entire Judaic complex in Gabor of the Christ movement. He claimed Marcion just a pompous rooster, but had not one but multiple female companions!
Oh vey!
In this second mixtape for Substack I celebrate some of the gnostic-tinged women of music that speak to ears of my heart. It runs about 62 Minutes
Women have always been collaborators with spirit - both dark and light. Men in the Roman church were afraid of them.
Tracklist:
Extraordinary Machine, Fiona Apple, from Extraordinary Machine
The Bad In Each Other, Feist, from Metals
Breath for the Boy, Joan Shelley, from The Spur
Lover of Mine, Beach House, from Teen Dream
Riders in The Sky, Peggy Lee, from The Best of Miss Peggy Lee
Run Myself Into The Ground, Jessica Lea Mayfield, from Tell Me
Misguided Angel, Cowboy Junkies, from Trinity Session
Crucify, Tori Amos, from Little Earthquakes
Amateur, Aimee Mann, from I’m With Stupid
Do YouLove Me Know?, The Breeders, from Last Splash
Every Little Bit Hurts, Brenda Holloway, from the Very best of Brenda Holloway
Wayfaring Stranger, The Anita Kerr Quartet, from The Anita Kerr Quartet- Velvet Voices*
Those Were The Days, Angel Olson, from My Woman
The Fading, Joan Shelley, from Like The River Loves The Sea
Send In The Clowns, Barbra Streisand, from The Essential Barbra Streisand
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, Nina Simone, from The Essential Nina Simone
*(Technically the Anita Kerr Quartet has two male voices singing backup, sorry for the glitch in that one translating it from the vinyl)
Share this post