Hymns, and forgiveness for murdering a bird

In Beyond the Golden Stair, the same character who is described in Pharazonic terms as "a man of gold . . . a gilded man" shoots a thousand-year-old blue flamingo and later atones for this act by consenting to be transformed into a blue flamingo and taking over the murdered bird's job. This reminded me of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the title character's seeking forgiveness for shooting the albatross.

In the email I mentioned yesterday, which offered an interpretation of the Zamn Fragment created in partnership with a fake intelligence, "woocc him cast" is interpreted as referring to "casting" a hymn as if it were a spell, a magical hymn "for conquering a castle without a sword."

Just now, Bill's comments on "Baramir" sent me back to my post "Shaved by Tessa while contemplating a Rose or Lotus," where I found this in the comments:

I saw a third—I heard his voice:

It is the Hermit good!

He singeth loud his godly hymns

That he makes in the wood.

He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away

The Albatross's blood.