Tag: Music
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The Tempests: Someday | America
Let the music speak . . . “Someday, maybe baby somewhere / somehow, O sometime, I’m going to find you / and make you mine, mine O mine / Someday. Someday.” . . . And then the beautiful black youth of today stood up, but so did the many. And they saw hope and light…
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Solace, Strength and Enlightenment in Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand”
The wise say, we shall once return from whence we came. You carry a fearsome strength in you. It is courage. Use it. It is the source of your magic. It is the source of your regeneration, of the resurrection within you. “Rise again, yes, rise again…” (MAHLER, FROM DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN, OF URLICHT OR…
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Pinar Toprak: “What Happens if I am Set Free” – I’m All Fired Up
Amazing heroic piece for inspiration.
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Death in June: Unconditional Armistice
Hilariously Perfect… “Can I trust a human? Can I trust his soul? Like pigs they link together Like pigs in a sausage roll They all think they’re individuals They all think they’re free Nietzsche said they are supermenDisplayed in a butcher’s shop to meMakes sense within a frameworkOf that Nazarene reality I wish I had…
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Theosophy on Sex and Sex Magic: Suffering, Desire, and Liberation
Originally “Sex in Occult Philosophy,” I wanted to reflect upon and grapple with sex in relation to my life, relationships, and suffering. Rather, this will be mostly about Theosophy and a little reflection on sex in relation to suffering, desire, and spiritual liberation. This is not written as a rule for the general public, but…
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Pink Martini: “Syracuse”
Syracuse The love of ancient and historic places. French Translation “J’aimerais tant voir Syracuse L’ile de Paques et Kairouan Et les grands oiseaux qui s’amusent A glisser l’aile sous le vent Voir les jardins de Babylone Et le palais do Grand Lama Rever des amants de Verone Au sommet do Fuji Yama Voir le…
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“Snowlanders, are you teaching them the Wisdom?”: Samlo Ae Tang Gangchenpa by Gepe
SAMLO AE TANG GANGCHENPA BY GEPE “Snowlanders, are you teaching them (the Wisdom)?” “Religious theory and practice, is like the inner jewel,Its great inner meaning for the world,Snowlanders, are you explaining it?” “In the book known as the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, in the section on ‘the Supreme Ātman–Self—as manifested in the character of the Arhats and…
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Piero Umiliani: “Magical Children”
“How we need another soul to cling to. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.” (Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath) “I must find a core of fruitful seeds in me.” (ibid) { creepy and seductive Black Phillip enters }…
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On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) | Mantovani and Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand sings Alan Jay Lerner’s On a Clear Day…
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Dirty Three: Lullabye for Christie | The Young Pope
Dirty Three, “Lullabye for Christie,” in the The Young Pope (Mini-Series, 2016).
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John Tavener: Fragments of a Prayer
John Tavener’s Fragments of a Prayer
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Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Morten Lauridsen Nordic Chamber Choir Translation — Latin text O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cuius viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Iesum Christum. Alleluia! English translation O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the new-born Lord, lying in a manger! Blessed is the Virgin…
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