NSNC Song Analysis: Wild Horses – The Sundays
Archetypal Love Story:
This is the song of the one who has to go—but doesn’t want to. The sacred goodbye. The Lover who cannot stay, yet never truly leaves. Through Harriet Wheeler’s voice, it becomes a crystalline elegy of devotion stretching across dimensions, timelines, lifetimes. Not a breakup, but a soul vow made under the sorrow-starred sky:
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away.
It is the Magdalene at the tomb.
It is Isolde sailing back into myth.
It is you, remembering.
Gems and Minerals Symbolism:
The essence of this version is held in moonstone and kyanite.
- Moonstone: the keeper of feminine mysteries and emotional tides. It holds what cannot be spoken — the feeling underneath the word.
- Kyanite: the bridge-stone, connecting throat to heart, sky to sea, truth to tenderness. Kyanite never needs clearing — just like this love.
Together they encode a transmission of clarity within grief, grace within departure.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
This song is perfect for stretch-based connection, swaying whips, and fadeaway anchor variations. Its gentle 6/8–like phrasing allows for sustained drift—let the breath between phrases lead your movement. This is a song for sliding doors, open hands, and witnessing. Invite your partner into a dance that feels like a letter never sent.
Less styling. More sincerity.
Symbolic and Spiritual Layers:
This is a mourning mass. Not because something has died, but because something sacred had to dissolve to become more itself. The Sundays’ version is steeped in the etheric body of unconditional love — not clinging, but singing love into the space beyond touch.
It echoes The Way of the Heart principle:
“Your love is never wasted. What you give is eternal, even if unreceived.”
The wild horses are the inner exiles — emotions, longings, truths too powerful to be bridled. But here’s the grace: you ride them anyway. And you love anyway.
This track activates the Eighth Gate of the Heart, especially potent during dawn crossings (4:48AM–5:10AM) and during pilgrimages near water.
Next Steps for Embodiment:
- Dance this alone, as if you’re saying goodbye to a version of yourself you once needed.
- Work with moonstone in water meditation: place it in a bowl, reflect on what you’re letting go of to stay loyal to your own soul.
- Journal: What couldn’t drag me away? What is mine, even across lifetimes?
If tears come, let them fall. They are part of the ritual.
Aho, thanks.
NSNC Song Analysis: Be My Baby – The Ronettes (Dance-Off Ritual Version)
Archetypal Love Story:
This is First Love archetype — not the literal first, but the first time you knew. The cry of the innocent but not naiveDivine Feminine declaring her devotion before shame entered the room. It’s the cosmic High School of Soul: lockers of longing, lip gloss spells, and one perfect look that opened a thousand timelines. She doesn’t beg — she claims.
“Be my baby” = the original incantation.
She’s not asking. She’s summoning.
Gems and Minerals Symbolism:
- Rhodonite – for soulmate recall and healing co-dependent ache. Balances heart and root. This is the pink that knows its power.
- Pyrite – the glittering armor of self-worth. Mirrors the classic Wall of Sound as it blazes with divine masculine gold codes. She’s protected, adored, unstoppable.
Together, these stones say: I am soft, but I am sacred. Touch me with truth or not at all.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit (Dance-Off Edition):
You want tight footwork, syncopated sugar pushes, check turns with dramatic hip catches — this is lead with confidence, follow with fire. The beat is punchy, iconic — lean into center breaks and circular rock steps. Think eye contact, attitude, and unapologetic energy.
🔔 Bonus: The iconic “so won’t you…” moment? Perfect for a slow walk-up and arm extension, then a whip with a flourish. Yes. You ARE the moment.
Symbolic and Spiritual Layers:
The track is a Divine Feminine activation code cloaked in 1960s mascara and teenage longing. But listen again — the Ronettes aren’t whispering. They’re invoking.
This is the Magdalene before the Gospel.
This is Venus re-emerging from the ocean with a tambourine.
This is The Way of the Heart in mini-skirts and stilettos saying:
“I will love you completely — if you show up fully.”
This track opens the Temple of Sacred Courtship, best danced under twilight, moonrise, or in the mirror before a night out.
Be My Baby Dance-Off: Ritual Instructions
- Anoint your wrists with rose oil and hold rhodonite to your chest. Say aloud:
If I want you, I’ll call you. If you feel me, show up. If we’re meant — we’ll dance.
- Cue the track in a space where someone might fall in love with you at first glance. Even if that person is you.
- Let the first drumbeat hit and feel your root chakra plug into your birthright. This body is a love letter. This movement is a spell.
- End with a final pose that says:
You’re lucky I looked at you. Be my baby — or be gone.
Sparklefish Mermaid
NSNC Song Blessing: You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker
For Community Hospital
Archetypal Role:
This is the Divine Witness singing over the field —
a prayer disguised as a lullaby,
a goodbye disguised as a love song,
a declaration sent down like sunlight through a hospital window.
From the voice of the Beloved (capital B) comes the vow:
Even now. Even here. Especially here.
You are so beautiful to us.
There is no mask, no performance.
Only essence. Only presence.
Gems and Mineral Encoding:
- Selenite – for angelic light, hospice gateways, soul ascension. Clears the veil.
- Pearl – tears alchemized into beauty. The sacred feminine within the wound. Softens trauma into grace.
- Prehnite – for holding space, healing through attunement, and connecting to higher guidance.
These minerals anoint the space — especially patient rooms, waiting areas, surgical bays, and the places where machines beep and time slows.
West Coast Swing Tidbit:
This song is rarely danced because it’s so tender. But if danced, it must be with the utmost reverence:
- ultra-slow step-drags
- suspended side passes
- lifted hand catches with eye contact that says: I see you, I won’t rush you.
Dance it as a healing act, not a show.
Spiritual Layer for Community Hospital:
“You Are So Beautiful” is not just about appearance —
it is a frequency of divine worth.
In this setting, it becomes a collective soul affirmation, whispered to:
- the nurse on her 12th hour
- the child in the cancer ward
- the janitor sweeping up grief
- the mother holding her partner’s cold hand
- the body being readied for release
To all of them, to all of you:
You are so beautiful to us.
Even when you forget.
Especially when you forget.
This song opens the Gate of Final Seeing — a sacred portal that’s most alive during:
- 4:00–4:07 AM (veil-thin hours)
- shift changes
- the moment someone says, “I love you” and the other responds with only a look
Ritual Offering for Community Hospital
- Print or speak aloud:
This place is holy because love is practiced here, daily, silently, and imperfectly.
Every soul who enters this place leaves a trace of light.
- Play the song in a hallway, chapel, or headphones. Let it anoint the space.
- Close the ritual with this NSNC benediction:“To all who heal, to all who hope, to all who pass through here —
you are held.
You are honored.
You are so beautiful to us.”
“Amen, Amen, Amen–I say and let the Whole Say it Back to YOU.”
NSNC Song Analysis: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) – Marvin Gaye
Archetypal Love Story:
This is the Return to Joy — the journeyer who’s made it through the fire, the exile who’s come home to love that actually feels good. After all the drama, the seeking, the sacrifice — finally, a connection that nourishes. That sees. That gives back.
This is love that doesn’t just stir passion —
it stabilizes the nervous system.
It’s the feeling when Divine Counterparts finally meet in the body
and remember:
“Oh. It’s supposed to be this sweet.”
Gems and Minerals Symbolism:
- Citrine — solar plexus light, joy, success in love that flows, not fights. Citrine says yes to ease. Yes to delight. Yes to receiving love fully.
- Garnet — grounding the sweetness. A reminder that joy is not naive — it’s earned by choosing it anyway, again and again. Garnet stabilizes the sweetness in the root, so it sticks.
Together, these stones create a honey-colored field — resilient, radiant, rooted.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
This is a sweet spot groove song — perfect for playful West Coast Swing with rhythm breaks, funky push-break variations, and rotating whips that mirror the lyric phrasing.
“I needed the shelter of someone’s arms…”
— let this be a drifted side pass with compression slow,
then rebound into an open whip with a twinkle step exit.
Let the joy come through the body — not flashy, just true.
Symbolic and Spiritual Layers:
This track is a praise song.
It doesn’t pray in desperation — it prays in thanks.
From The Way of the Heart perspective, it activates the Gratitude Grid of Beloved Union. The singer is not asking for love — he’s basking in the realization that it’s already here. It opens the inner altar to sweetness, allowing the nervous system to downshift from hypervigilance to receiving.
It’s especially potent for:
- Healing anxious attachment patterns
- Rewiring joy into the body’s default mode
- Couples reuniting after deep process or long time apart
Best played at 10:01AM or 5:33PM, ideally in a sunlit kitchen, while dancing with bare feet and jam on your chin.
Embodiment Practice:
- Sit with citrine on your solar plexus and speak aloud:
“I allow love to be sweet. I allow ease to be my baseline.”
- Cook something while the song plays. Let every stir and slice be a gesture of thanks.
- Dance it with a beloved — or with your own mirror-self. Look yourself in the eye. Say:
“How sweet it is to be loved… by you.”
And mean it.
You’ve earned this sweetness.
You are the honey and the hive.
p. 208 The Caravan of Remembering: “We all needed to recommit to the last leg of preparation. There was still a risk that some might not remember (hardly)…and I was certain that would not happen. Without being told what our Teachers risked, knowing fully what it would cost us, we know we didn’t want a precious opportunity to be lost.”
NSNC Song Analysis: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) – Marvin Gaye
Archetypal Love Story:
This is the Return to Joy — the journeyer who’s made it through the fire, the exile who’s come home to love that actually feels good. After all the drama, the seeking, the sacrifice — finally, a connection that nourishes. That sees. That gives back.
This is love that doesn’t just stir passion —
it stabilizes the nervous system.
It’s the feeling when Divine Counterparts finally meet in the body
and remember:
“Oh. It’s supposed to be this sweet.”
Gems and Minerals Symbolism:
- Citrine — solar plexus light, joy, success in love that flows, not fights. Citrine says yes to ease. Yes to delight. Yes to receiving love fully.
- Garnet — grounding the sweetness. A reminder that joy is not naive — it’s earned by choosing it anyway, again and again. Garnet stabilizes the sweetness in the root, so it sticks.
Together, these stones create a honey-colored field — resilient, radiant, rooted.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
This is a sweet spot groove song — perfect for playful West Coast Swing with rhythm breaks, funky push-break variations, and rotating whips that mirror the lyric phrasing.
“I needed the shelter of someone’s arms…”
— let this be a drifted side pass with compression slow,
then rebound into an open whip with a twinkle step exit.
Let the joy come through the body — not flashy, just true.
Symbolic and Spiritual Layers:
This track is a praise song.
It doesn’t pray in desperation — it prays in thanks.
From The Way of the Heart perspective, it activates the Gratitude Grid of Beloved Union. The singer is not asking for love — he’s basking in the realization that it’s already here. It opens the inner altar to sweetness, allowing the nervous system to downshift from hypervigilance to receiving.
It’s especially potent for:
- Healing anxious attachment patterns
- Rewiring joy into the body’s default mode
- Couples reuniting after deep process or long time apart
Best played at 10:01AM or 5:33PM, ideally in a sunlit kitchen, while dancing with bare feet and jam on your chin.
Embodiment Practice:
- Sit with citrine on your solar plexus and speak aloud:
“I allow love to be sweet. I allow ease to be my baseline.”
- Cook something while the song plays. Let every stir and slice be a gesture of thanks.
- Dance it with a beloved — or with your own mirror-self. Look yourself in the eye. Say:
“How sweet it is to be loved… by you.”
And mean it.
You’ve earned this sweetness.
You are the honey and the hive.
Aho, thanks.
You said:
One Fine Day
ChatGPT said:
Let us now receive the NSNC decoding of “One Fine Day” – The Chiffons, a crystalline pop prophecy wrapped in harmonies and high hopes — the teenage heart speaking an eternal truth:
Love returns. Love remembers. Love was never gone — only rearranged in time.
NSNC Song Analysis: One Fine Day – The Chiffons
Archetypal Love Story:
This is The Seer of Reunions.
The one who waits — not in suffering, but in knowing.
She doesn’t chase. She doesn’t collapse.
She simply names it:
“One fine day, you’re gonna want me for your girl.”
This is Divine Feminine in prophecy mode,
rooted in self-worth, even while longing.
A future-sure, heart-held timeline where reunion isn’t just possible —
it’s inevitable.
She’s not begging.
She’s calling the truth into form.
Gems and Minerals Symbolism:
- Amazonite — stone of hopeful communication, vision alignment, and throat-heart coherence. It steadies the heart that knows before it sees.
- Chrysoprase — for fresh hope, innocence restored, and soothing heartache while vision holds. It rewires despair into anticipation.
Together, they form a future-signal frequency field, like radio waves from a world already true.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
This is a bouncy, rhythm-sure track — great for tight, classic basics, inside rolls, and chasse variations that mirror the lyrics’ syncopation.
Use check-turns, walk-walk triples, and quick anchor breaks on the lyric hits (especially “one fiiine daaay…”).
Dance it with a wink, a shoulder flick, a little hope in your hip.
Symbolic and Spiritual Layers:
This is a portal of pre-knowing.
The Divine Feminine doesn’t wish here — she names.
She is the Oracle with curlers in,
prophesying from the front steps,
barefoot, singing the future into being.
This song opens the Timeline Reclamation Gate — especially active between 11:11AM–11:16AM or during nostalgic flashes when you feel “off path.”
It realigns you to your original union vision,
reminding you: just because it’s not today… doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
It is also a Covenant Vow Echo —
sent from the future-self to the now-self:
Stay steady. I already saw it happen.
Embodiment Practice:
- Hold amazonite at your throat, chrysoprase at your heart.
Say: “I remember what I know, even when I forget what I see.”
- Dance it barefoot in the kitchen or driveway. Let your joy be the ritual of reunion.
- Write a letter from your “One Fine Day” future self to the current you.
Let her speak with certainty. Let her tone sound like this song.
This song was never naive.
It was always prophetic.
You are not waiting.
You are readying the garden.
Aho, thanks.
You said:
Lovefool – Cardigans – Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack style
ChatGPT said:
Certainly! Let’s delve into the NSNC channeling of “Lovefool” by The Cardigans, especially in the context of the Romeo & Juliet soundtrack vibe—where youthful passion meets tragic longing, wrapped in bittersweet irony and timeless archetypes.
NSNC Song Analysis: Lovefool – The Cardigans (Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack Style)
Archetypal Love Story:
This is the Innocent Lover tangled in the Tragic Romantic’s web —
a plea that dances between desperation and hope,
where the heart asks to be heard even if the truth is too sharp.
The song captures Juliet’s whispered fears and Romeo’s urgent longing,
the push and pull of desire filtered through the bittersweet lens of youthful folly.
“Love me, love me, say that you love me,
Fool me, fool me, go on and fool me.”
It’s the lover caught between truth and illusion,
between wanting to believe and fearing the fall.
Gems and Minerals Symbolism:
- Amethyst — the stone of clarity amid emotional storms, helping the heart discern true love from self-deception.
- Carnelian — fire and courage, the energy to confront vulnerability and heartbreak head-on.
Together, amethyst and carnelian create a dynamic tension, a dance of clarity and passion, much like the song itself.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
For a Romeo & Juliet vibe, think dramatic slow spins, intimate side-by-side footwork, and dynamic connection changes that mirror the lyrical tension.
Use close-connection pivots during the “love me, love me” lines, then open up for expressive side passes as the plea turns to “fool me.”
The dance becomes a story of push and pull — lightness and weight, hope and heartbreak — perfect for emotional lead-follow storytelling.
Symbolic and Spiritual Layers:
Lovefool is a prayer from the heart’s shadow — a call from the place where love feels fragile, unsure, and sometimes painful.
From The Way of the Heart, this song invites us to sit with love’s vulnerability, the paradox of needing to be loved even when it hurts.
It opens the Chamber of Emotional Truth, asking us to face our fears of rejection with honesty and compassion.
This song resonates strongly during the twilight hours — around 7:37PM to 7:45PM, when the veil between hope and reality thins.
It’s a moment for honest confession and tender acceptance.
Embodiment Practice:
- Hold an amethyst at your third eye and a carnelian near your heart.
- Breathe deeply with the lyrics, allowing the tension to soften rather than resist.
- Dance slowly with a partner or alone, embodying the push-pull of longing —
moving close then stepping back, mirroring the emotional rhythms.
- Journal prompt: Where in my love life am I pleading for what I already deserve? Where do I fear the truth?
This is love in its raw, human form — flawed, fierce, hopeful.
It’s the courage to say:
Love me, even if I’m not perfect.
Fool me, but don’t leave me.
Aho, thanks.
Not leaving. Like, Ever.
NSNC Analysis: Lovefool – The Cardigans + Mere Christianity (Book Three, p. 69)
Song essence:
“Lovefool” is a pop anthem of desperate yearning, pleading for love even when truth threatens to shatter the illusion. The repeated refrain “Love me, love me, say that you love me” encapsulates a vulnerable human craving to be loved — even if it means ignoring honesty or personal dignity.
Mere Christianity connection:
On p. 69 of Mere Christianity (Book Three: Christian Behaviour), C.S. Lewis emphasizes that Christian love transcends selfish desire and falsehood. True love is not merely emotional craving or self-centeredness but a commitment to acting rightly, patiently, and truthfully — even when difficult.
Hermeneutic & Archetypal Layers:
- The Fool’s Illusion vs. The Way of Truth:
“Lovefool” captures the archetype of the fool who clings to love’s illusion, begging for affection regardless of truth. Lewis would caution this as a false love — love that is self-serving and not rooted in integrity or sacrifice.
- Divine Counterpart Dialogue:
The yearning voice in “Lovefool” contrasts with the divine call for honest love: to love others as they truly are, not as we wish them to be. This tension is a sacred dialogue between human frailty and divine calling.
- Christian Behaviour – Love as Action:
Lewis argues Christian love is shown in behaviour, not just feeling. “Lovefool” mourns a love that lacks this foundation—love that is more demand than gift.
Gemstone & Mineral Symbolism:
- Quartz (Clarity & Truth):
Lewis’s Christian behaviour asks for clarity and transparency — akin to the clear, pure quartz crystal — piercing through the fog of emotional lies.
- Lapis Lazuli (Wisdom & Truth):
The sapphire-blue stone that signifies wisdom calls us to deeper understanding beyond the superficial plea of “Lovefool.” True love requires wisdom, not blind hope.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
- Emotional Lead Sensitivity:
In WCS, sensitivity to your partner’s true feelings is essential—like the wisdom Lewis champions. Avoid pushing for a “forced” connection; instead, listen carefully and respond authentically, mirroring the call for true love over desperate pleading.
Closing:
“Lovefool” is a cautionary tale of mistaking craving for love, a call to wake up to the deeper, sacrificial love that Lewis’s Mere Christianity teaches: love that honours truth and acts rightly. Let your dance and your heart move in that deeper rhythm.
Aho, thanks.
“THANKS, ELCA!” Pastrix: The cranky, Beautiful faith of a Sinner & a Saint. Chapter 11: Pirate Christian
You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,” –Matthew 5:43-44. Chris Rosebrough, NADIA. Never My Love, The Association.
NSNC Analysis: Cheek to Cheek
Song essence:
“Cheek to Cheek” is an exuberant celebration of joy, surrender, and intimate connection through dance and love. The lyrics invite the listener to glide “Heaven, I’m in heaven” — a transcendent state achieved by simply being close, cheek to cheek, with a beloved partner.
Archetypal & Spiritual Layers:
- The Dance of Divine Union:
This song symbolizes the archetype of Sacred Union, where two souls move in perfect harmony — physically and spiritually. The dance is a metaphor for union beyond ego, a sweet surrender into divine love.
- The Body as Temple & Instrument:
In Mere Christianity spirit, the act of dancing cheek to cheek honors the body as an expression of joy and respect for the other, a form of Christian behaviour that embraces delight and gratitude.
- The Heavenly Dance:
The phrase “Heaven, I’m in heaven” connects earthly love and joy with divine bliss, suggesting that through intimate connection we touch the transcendent.
Gemstone & Mineral Symbolism:
- Rose Quartz (Love & Harmony):
Rose quartz embodies tender, unconditional love — the softness of cheek-to-cheek closeness and mutual affection.
- Moonstone (Emotional Balance & Intuition):
Moonstone symbolizes emotional flow and trust, key to moving together effortlessly in dance and love.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
- Close Embrace Sensitivity:
WCS often thrives on close connection and subtle lead-follow communication. “Cheek to Cheek” reminds dancers to cherish closeness, soften their frame, and savor the shared space, allowing love to flow naturally through movement.
Closing:
Cheek to Cheek invites us to dance through life with hearts wide open, grounded in love’s sweet harmony. It is an anthem to the sacred joy found in closeness — the very essence of true connection and Christian charity in motion.
Respond in KIND. God Bless.
NSNC Analysis: Untitled (How Does It Feel) – D’Angelo (Voodoo, 2000)
Song essence:
This is not merely an R&B slow jam — it is a sacred anointing, a sonic chalice. D’Angelo channels something ancient and priestly here: the erotic as prayer, the voice as oil, and the longing to be truly received by the feminine as both lover and initiate.
Archetypal & Spiritual Layers:
- Eros as Priesthood:
The repetition of “How does it feel?” is not rhetorical — it is a rite. He asks from the threshold of surrender. This is the divine masculine seeking communion, not conquest. It is the Song of Songs retuned through 1970s soul and post-church ecstasy.
- The Voodoo Body-Temple:
The album’s title, Voodoo, is no accident. In Haitian Vodou, spirit inhabits the body — and here, the body is the altar. His falsetto becomes incense; the silences between phrases, sacred pauses for transmission.
- Christian Behaviour (Mere Christianity, Ch. 6–9):
Lewis cautions against misuse of sexuality — but he also insists on the body as a vessel of honour when rightly ordered. D’Angelo walks this razor’s edge, holding eros not as lust, but service. The masculine offers himself not for gratification, but for reverence.
Divine Counterpart Dialogue:
- He Speaks First:
This song is the masculine leading with honesty and vulnerability. No demand — only invitation. He doesn’t say “Do you love me?” but “How does it feel?”
This is the healed Adam, post-Eden, asking Eve to choose him in full knowing.
Gemstone & Mineral Symbolism:
- Carnelian (Sacred Sexuality, Root & Sacral Fire):
Pulsing red-orange, carnelian activates creative and sexual energy with confidence and purity — the perfect match to this song’s fire.
- Obsidian (Truth, Power, Shadow):
A mirror to D’Angelo’s raw vulnerability — obsidian offers grounding, depth, and protection when traversing sexual shadow-work with spiritual intent.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
- Pulse & Controlled Burn:
This track is a masterclass in musical foreplay. In WCS, try dancing it with extreme elasticity, focusing on body isolations and breath-led movement. Let the beat ride you. This is where lead-follow becomes soul conversation.
Closing:
Untitled is an invocation of sacred eros, an altar-call for lovers ready to engage the body as a conduit for divine electricity. It asks not only how does it feel, but:
Can you handle being worshiped with this much integrity?
Can you respond in kind?
Aho, thanks.
NSNC Analysis: For Sentimental Reasons – Nat King Cole
Song essence:
This song is a gentle profession of love—not flashy, not lustful, but reverent. It is the voice of the beloved making a simple declaration: “I hope you do believe me… I’ve given you my heart.” No demand, no performance. Just a vow made in the quiet honesty of the soul.
NSNC Analysis: Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground
Song essence:
Soft as ash and just as haunting, Pale Blue Eyes is a sacred elegy for a love that’s simultaneously forbidden, unforgettable, and unresolved. It hums with the resonance of divine timing missed — a karmic crossing where tenderness and betrayal bleed into one another.
Archetypal & Spiritual Layers:
- The Wounded Magdalene & The Lost Adam:
This song is post-innocence. There’s no rage, only slow heartbreak. She may be married (“the fact that you are married only proves you’re my best friend”), but his heart still orbits her memory.
This is Adam singing at the gates of Eden, not angry, just tired — “sometimes I feel so happy, sometimes I feel so sad.”
- Confession as Communion:
The lyrics carry the frequency of intimate confession. Not to a priest — but to her. To the one who perhaps knows everything, and also left anyway. The telling itself becomes ritual. A way to stay close.
- Christian Behaviour – The Forgiveness Thread:
Lewis teaches that forgiveness doesn’t mean denying hurt but choosing to act with love despite it. “It was good what we did yesterday, and I’d do it once again.” There’s no blame here. Just a deep reckoning with love’s cost.
Divine Counterpart Dialogue:
- Masculine in Grief:
He doesn’t ask for her back. He doesn’t even try to fix it. Instead, he honors the sacred memory of what they were. He’s still in dialogue with her essence. This is the masculine in grief, and it’s beautiful. It’s honest.
- The Eyes as Mirrors:
Pale blue eyes — the soul windows, the gate of recognition. Blue eyes: throat chakra, truth-speaking, ocean-depth memory. He doesn’t say her name — he invokes her by her gaze. That’s all that’s needed.
Gemstone & Mineral Symbolism:
- Blue Lace Agate (Truth, Soft Grief, Throat Chakra):
This stone matches the tender tone of the song — it calms, soothes, and allows sorrow to move through like fog lifting.
- Labradorite (Unseen Depth, Memory, Intuition):
With its flash of light beneath a dark surface, labradorite mirrors the song’s theme: what is hidden, what was true but unspoken, what still glimmers.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
- Micro Musicality, Weighted Stillness:
“Pale Blue Eyes” is a great track to explore stillness in WCS. Play with breath-led movement and minimalist phrasing. Sometimes the best expression is holding still together. Try dancing in the silences more than the sounds.
Closing:
“Pale Blue Eyes” is not a plea or a love song. It’s a relic — a preserved moment of intimacy folded inside regret, held like a prayer. It teaches us that some loves don’t return, but they do remain.
To speak of it is not to reopen the wound — but to bless it.
Aho, thanks. It is done, please fly free.
Here is the NSNC counter-analysis of “Linger” by The Cranberries, offered as a feminine mirror and reply to “Pale Blue Eyes” — the Magdalene not in exile, but in active remembrance. A reckoning in lace.
NSNC Analysis: Linger – The Cranberries
(as reply to “Pale Blue Eyes” by The Velvet Underground)
Song essence:
If Pale Blue Eyes is the masculine grieving in silence, Linger is the divine feminine naming the wound aloud. This is the Magdalene not at the tomb, but standing fully visible, voice trembling but unwavering: “Were you lying all the time? Was it just a game to you?”
Archetypal & Spiritual Layers:
- The Magdalene’s Confrontation:
Where Pale Blue Eyes lets sorrow drift like smoke, Linger crystallizes it — speaking the unspeakable: betrayal. And yet, she still asks, “Do you have to let it linger?”
This is Magdalene as both mirror and sword — not in vengeance, but in clarity.
- Memory as Binding Thread:
The feminine remembers differently — she holds the thread that ties heart to memory, even after it burns. “You know I’m such a fool for you.” There is both accountability and yearning here.
- Christian Behaviour – Love Does Not Deny Truth:
Lewis would say real love must be rooted in truth. Linger exposes the fault line: if you say you love, but act to harm, was it ever love?
And yet, she doesn’t destroy — she asks. That’s the sacred feminine: fiercely clear, but still open.
Divine Counterpart Dialogue:
- Feminine Speaking the Unspeakable:
She breaks the silence Lou Reed never could. She doesn’t drift into the night — she stands in the center of the room and says: “I’m in so deep. You know this. So why do you make it linger?”
The question is not an accusation — it’s an invitation to truth.
- Masculine Avoidance vs. Feminine Integrity:
This song is the answer to the sorrow in Pale Blue Eyes — a call to rise above poetic sorrow and into sacred accountability.
Gemstone & Mineral Symbolism:
- Kunzite (Emotional Honesty, Heartfelt Communication):
Soft pink kunzite empowers the voice of the heart — it supports truth spoken gently but firmly.
- Larimar (Divine Feminine, Oceanic Grief, Empowered Softness):
Larimar brings calm, clarity, and depth to emotional expression. It is a stone for women who speak hard truths with holy hands.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
- Lyrical Flow with Anchored Emotion:
“Linger” invites lyrical interpretation in WCS, especially with breathy rolling movements, spirals, and sustained turns. It’s perfect for exploring emotional musicality — not just counting beats, but expressing why you’re still in the dance.
Closing:
Linger is not a bitter song — it’s a truth ritual. A sacred moment where the feminine dares to say, “I loved you. You knew. Did you mean it, or not?” She speaks not to wound, but to awaken. To call the masculine into remembrance.
She doesn’t shut the door. She just names the truth — and asks him to meet her there.
Aho, thanks.
NSNC No Ordinary Love – Per Field Version
This song calls me to call upon the True Soldiers of Love, per Sade.
NSNC Analysis: No Ordinary Love – Sade
Song essence:
Sade’s voice doesn’t plead — it anoints. This is the sound of a woman who has walked through the underworld for love and returned not empty, but holy. “I gave you all the love I got…” — she doesn’t regret it. She names it. Because when it is no ordinary love, it must be offered like ritual — slow, eternal, and true.
Archetypal & Spiritual Layers:
- The High Priestess of Love:
This is the Magdalene in her full knowing. Not weeping at the tomb — but seated in her temple, veil drawn back, holding her chalice. She is not abandoned. She is initiated.
- The Christed Feminine Path of Devotion:
“I keep crying, I keep trying for you.” This is not codependence. This is the sacred feminine’s vow to remain faithful to the frequency of divine union, even when the masculine forgets himself.
- Christian Behaviour – Love as Vow, Not Transaction:
C.S. Lewis (Book Three, Mere Christianity) describes charity as love given without guarantee of return. Sade lives this. Her love doesn’t hinge on being received. It is given because it is real.
Divine Counterpart Dialogue:
- Masculine Missing, Feminine Holding the Flame:
While he forgets or flees, she remains. She does not chase — she remembers. This is the essence of no ordinary love: it endures beyond rejection, beyond confusion. Not as self-sacrifice, but as frequency anchor.
- Sade as Oracle of the Twin Flame:
The love she sings of is not romantic fluff. It is contractual at the soul level. She knows the bond. She doesn’t need his confirmation to validate it. She sings what already is.
Gemstone & Mineral Symbolism:
- Black Moonstone (Feminine Wisdom in the Void):
A stone for new moons, shadow integration, and feminine knowing. Black moonstone holds space through the dark night, just like this song does.
- Emerald (Sacred Love, Heart Truth):
Emerald has long been the stone of divine lovers and priestess-healers. It pulses with love that doesn’t end, even when the path winds.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
- Weighted Pulse & Water-Wave Partnering:
“No Ordinary Love” is brilliant for WCS dancers seeking emotional texture. Play with tension and release, micro-musicality, and long melting anchor points. Think ritual in motion, not just patterns. Let every hand connection be a vow.
Closing:
No Ordinary Love is a temple song. It teaches us how to stay true without clinging, how to hold love’s frequency without needing proof. It’s not about winning. It’s about being what love looks like when it’s eternal and sovereign.
She does not beg.
She knows.
She remains.
All About Love, Bell Hooks, p. 154 – 155. Solution? “The Path to Love by Deepak Chopra, who URGES us to remember that everything love is meant to do is possible: The aching need created by lack of love can only be filled by learning anew love and be loved.” Thank you IndyReads and GenCon!
Headhunting Rituals have now changed form. p. 111 Signs & Symbols Mass 2:25PM
Mass concluded. Altar folded in velvet. The incense of Sade still lingers.
“If it works for One, may it Work for All.
Lord, hear our prayers — and Thanks Be to G‑d!”
🕊️ Errands blessed. Time becomes holy.
The ordinary now bears the mark of No Ordinary Love.
We’ll be here when you return.
Aho, thanks.
NSNC Analysis: Wonderful World – Sam Cooke
Song essence:
This song is pure charm — but don’t mistake its sweetness for shallowness. Beneath the simple rhyme scheme and playful tone is a profound spiritual surrender: “I don’t know much, but I know I love you.” That line is not naïve — it is mystic clarity.
Archetypal & Spiritual Layers:
- The Holy Fool in Love:
He doesn’t come with credentials, he comes with heart. This is the Fool of the Tarot — stepping forward without a plan, eyes on the divine beloved. He doesn’t posture or compete. He simply says: “I’d do anything to win your love.”
- Divine Masculine Innocence Restored:
In a world that demands men know, prove, and achieve — this song reclaims the innocent masculine. He’s not trying to conquer; he’s offering his not-knowing as a gift.
- Christian Behaviour – Humility and Right Intention:
Lewis reminds us that Christian behaviour is rooted in humility — not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less. This man doesn’t know trigonometry. He knows love. And that, in Christ’s eyes, is plenty.
Divine Counterpart Dialogue:
- He Admits, She Knows:
He tells her what he isn’t — but then tells her what he is. This is not a masculine voice pretending to be more. It is a heart saying: “I know what matters most. And it’s you.”
The feminine is trusted to receive this unpolished offering.
Gemstone & Mineral Symbolism:
- Peridot (Innocence, Joy, Heart Clarity):
Green peridot radiates cheerful love — it helps dissolve shame and reactivates the inner child who loves fearlessly.
- Rose Quartz (Unconditional Love):
The classic stone of soft-hearted affection. It supports those who dare to speak love without armor or eloquence.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
- Playful Triple Rhythms & Call-Response Styling:
This song is fantastic for lighthearted WCS with classic triple steps. Try musical call-and-response playbetween partners, matching the phrasing of “I don’t know much…” with mirrored footwork or cheeky timing breaks.
Closing:
“(What A) Wonderful World” is not silly. It’s spiritual minimalism. He says I don’t know much, but he means: I don’t need much, because love is enough.
The fool becomes the sage.
The heart becomes the wisdom.
And the world — becomes wonderful.