tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921236871306185015.post3324237861586933456..comments2023-11-04T20:27:58.347+01:00Comments on The Lord Bassington-Bassington Chronicles: HP Lovecraft: The band, not the writerLord Bassington-Bassingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02879057924117948109noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921236871306185015.post-34747939739450228452013-02-08T09:17:06.615+01:002013-02-08T09:17:06.615+01:00That's quite the anecdote! Despite being an At...That's quite the anecdote! Despite being an Atheist myself (I suspect it's incurable), I am quite interested in Christianity, and Pentecostalism has been one of my favourite subjects.Lord Bassington-Bassingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879057924117948109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921236871306185015.post-88185658324234954182013-02-08T09:05:36.353+01:002013-02-08T09:05:36.353+01:00How interesting!
I purchased the first H.P. Lovec...How interesting! <br />I purchased the first H.P. Lovecraft album back in the late 1960's when I was living in Auckland, New Zealand. Needless to say my favourite song was 'The White Ship'. I also really liked 'Wayfaring Stranger' and 'Gloria Patria' (an early introduction via Psychedelia to sacred chant).<br />In 1971 I moved to Wellington to attend a Pentecostal Christian theological college. One evening the leaders of the college held a book-burning session around a flaming 200 litre drum. The students were urged to burn anything that may have been regarded as heretical or "evil". I was dubious but felt compelled to go along with this modern-day auto-da-fé. So I took my treasured "evil" psychedelic rock album- HP Lovecraft- and cast it into the flames, an action I have regretted ever since. I was eventually expelled from the college because my hair was too long!<br />Needless to say I eventually "saw the light" and have given Christianity a wide berth ever since.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com