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Nov 18, 2001 05:30 PM
by nos
I'd like to begin a series - and feel free to contribute your own - on Theosophy - or more precisely the Gnostic vision - with William Blake as my prime example (the vision of Christ that thou dost see, etc) - in Art. I know there are a few visual artists on the list who have discussed various artists works and a brief attempt was made with music. A lot of contemporary music artists express the Gnostic vision in their music. In Part 1 I'd like to share with you some lyrics from a UK/world band called Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart. Although they have released numerous works their finest is without doubt the 1994 release of 'Take me to God'. Jah Wobble is the driving force behind the group and the list of additional musicians and contributors is enormous - including Dolores O'riordan from the Cranberries and a host of North African and Middle Eastern musicians. The album opens with the dynamic tribal drums of jaki Liebezeit and the hypnotic vocals of Andrea Oliver on the track 'God in the Beginning' - I AM THE MUSIC THE MUSIC IS ME The candles burn all through the night I can see the future sweet second sight I come alive with moon rise In music and love I specialise (go deep in a trance) I've been singing this song for eternity 'Cause I am the music and the music is me Look deep in the music look deep in my eyes Everything I touch I mesmerise Cool winds blow lovers moan Old man plays an old trombone The night lasts forever And you're so cute and I'm so clever Stealing hearts that's my job I'll mop your brow as you quietly sob Though this might seem a trifle odd If you just don't try you might see god ____________ The second track 'Becoming more like God' slowly mixes in seamlessly until the frenzy of drums gives way to rising synth swells - light is dawning - I've just remembered who I am More than just a long lost anagram I've just remembered who I am Slightly more than just a woman or a man Becoming more like god - becoming god I've just seen who you really are Impossibly funicular I've just seen who you really are An astonishingly accomplished avatar ____________ Man has incarnated out of desire for the woman - Love as vritni in chetna - the trance states dissolves reality has returned - but peace and love prevail - the Next 3 tracks - Whisky priests, Amor and Amor Dub - are slow love songs before again we return to philosophical - TAKE ME TO GOD It's good to be home again This is where I belong Right back where I started from (dreaming of blue pearls take me to another world) (dreaming of blue pearls take me to the dancing girls) Find a way inside You must find a way inside Take me to God The reluctant King claims his crown I come by way of Constantinople I'd like you to meet yourself I hope you both get along Drink the nectar Bathe in the water Burn in the fire Lie in the earth Breathe in the Air I won't be returning _______________________ Cycles continue and the beatific gives way to morose and sombre, the gothic take on eternity, depression - long instrumental pieces before -'The Sun Does Rise; - sung by Sinead O'Connor - the chorus 'The sun does rise in the eastern sky' an obvious tip o' the hat to the source of the esoteric doctrine, then another love song - When the Storm comes Wait until the storm comes Out here in Oblivion Wait Until the Storm comes Make it as pure as platinum When I look in your eyes I see the whole world I feel like I'm falling In love with the world again ..... _________ But the day is ending - the nightclub is calling again - the dance , the trance - I LOVE EVERYBODY And now the buildings change, now the people change Everything changing, spirit and matter most apparent Realised there never was anything to worry about, to doubt was insane The limited callow isolated individuals living on housing estates in Chingford Large detached houses in Kew, tower blocks in Tottenham marshes, become my gods I see an accounts clerk from tooting, I see Zeus A sanitary inspector from the London borough of Haringey and Brahmin stands resplendent before me For 5 minutes I LOVE EVERYBODY There is only love All action ceases The mile end road once a blood-stained battlefield of bacchanalian excess Becomes the garden of Gethsemane A bitter 72 year old ex-Docker becomes the ever compassionate Buddha A Cypriot minicab driver becomes St. Francis of Assisi The 22 year old Glaswegian checkout girls IS the divine mother I LOVE EVERYBODY My spirit is free I am limitless in space Time and matter Simultaneously the planet Neptune part of the structural support to Vauxhall bridge I am your left breast I am Stepney I am Peru I am divine and so are you I love everybody I am nothing except a mere cluster of notes A road sign in skelmersdale I ran the roman empire I was a lavatory attendant in hull I am everybody and everybody is me Spirit - who put the spirit in matter? - love ______________________________ The next song - Yoga of the nightclub - gives a fair indication to people who may from older generations may not understand why the youth of today go to all-night Raves and take drugs like Ecstasy. - serpent arise majestically, she moves so erotically - guru ma, om nama gura ma, hara hara hara maha deva, om nama shiva, shiva nama om, aruna chala shiva, aruna shiva om, om nama guru ma, guru ma nama om - farewell old friend beelzebeub, no more yoga of the night club , angels sent from above, took me back to the temple of love' Then I am music repeated instrumental - then the obviosu theosophical concept comes in - 'The Bonds of Love' this is followed by Angels then the Ironic 'No Change is Sexy' - Let's not change the world Leave it like it is No Change, No Change is Sexy Let's not look inside for Inner Worlds Let's not find meaning Let's not find reasons to change No change is Sexy Let's lose ourselves in drives from rugby to hull Hornchurch to gant's hill, Wallsend to Glamorgan Let's be sexy Let's talk of taking our lives as if considering a trip to the video store "yeah I might top myself later, See ho I feel, I'll never see the rainforests anyway" Let's make jokes about murdering shop assistants and eating their livers with virgin olive oil And a sprig of parsley No change is sexy...... .... I AM THAT THAT AM I ______________________ Then comes another instrumental - RAGA - and finally the last track aptly titled 'Forever'.... I just want to live until I die I won't let myself just pass me by I want everything Till I want nothing But you...just you I'm with you forever I'll be with you forever ______________________ Jah Wobbles Invaders of the Heart - TAKE ME TO GOD is released on Warner Music. All Lyrics Copyright Warner Music and by Jah Wobble. Namaste Nos _______________