In his book "One Lord, One Faith," author Rex Koivisto warns:
We cannot read into the [biblical] text some meaning if it
conflicts with the writer’s intended meaning.
[For example,] in the early 1960’s the folk group Peter,
Paul, and Mary sang a song about a young boy’s imaginary
world, which sadly falls aside as he grows into manhood.
When I first heard that song in junior high, my friends
told me it had a hidden meaning about marijuana. The "magic
dragon" was supposed to be the marijuana, which, of course,
you "puff" on. We bought into this secret meaning because
it was not unlike contemporary musicians to hide
counter–cultural messages in their songs. That, to us, was
what the song meant.
But is that really what the song meant?
Peter, Paul, and Mary had a 30–year reunion tour. Late in
the program, Peter Yarrow was about to lead the audience in
singing "Puff," which had since become a
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