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Breath of Wanting by Inkubus Sukkubus

The "Breath of Wanting" song by Inkubus Sukkubus, from their album "The Goat".

A Pagan themed song about the return of the sun god and the cyclical nature of life, death, and rebirth, with themes of nature, winter, and spring. 

Breath of Wanting

Breath of wanting

Leave my body

Breath of yearning

Leave me empty

How cold is the stroke of your icy fingers

Lungs of fire

Fight no longer

Spare the fury

Release what life you have inside

So sweet is the stroke of your icy fingers

How warm was the breath that you took from me

Heart of fury

Beat no longer

Why so defiant?

How cold is the stroke of your icy fingers

How sweet was the love that you gave

How cold is the stroke of your icy fingers

How sweet was the love that you gave to me

Bunnies and Easter

The story of the Easter Bunny begins with the first German immigrants, who arrived in Pennsylvania in the 1700s. According to History.com, the settlers told a legend in their homeland about an "Osterhase" or "Oschter Haws"—a rabbit who laid eggs. 

German children made nests for the bunny to encourage him to leave the brightly colored treats, a custom which continued.

As the years passed, the story of the egg-laying rabbit spread and developed, with the bunny eventually dishing up a basket filled with candy, toys, and eggs.

The Bible contains no reference to the Easter Bunny. 

He has nothing to do with the supposed resurrection of Jesus. 

Instead, the rabbit's beginnings can be traced back to ancient paganism, and the deity Eostra. 

The goddess of spring, rebirth, and fertility, her icon was the rabbit.

Perhaps Christians named Easter after Eostra as a way of recognizing the symbol of the bunny.

The first Easter celebration is said to have taken place in the 2nd century, but historians believe it probably occurred earlier, as the Vernal Equinox festival in honor of Eostra transitioned into the Christian holiday. 

By the 17th century, Protestants in Europe had firmly connected rabbits and Easter, although throughout the world other animals are associated with it. 

They include the bilby, a rabbit-like marsupial in Australia, Switzerland's Easter Cuckoo, and even the Easter fox, chick, stork, and rooster in Germany.