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Lily
Jul 31, 2003 23:31:59 GMT
Post by Lori on Jul 31, 2003 23:31:59 GMT
Oh thou, who givest sustenance to the universe From whom all things proceed To whom all things return Unveil to us the face of the true spiritual sun Hidden by a disc of golden light That we may know the truth And do our whole duty As we journey to thy sacred feet
Well I said "Lily, Oh Lily I don't feel safe I feel that life has blown a great big hole Through me" And she said "Child, you must protect yourself I'll show you how with fire"
Gabriel before me Raphael behind me Michael to my right Uriel on my left side In the circle of fire
I said "Lily, Oh Lily I'm so afraid I fear I am walking in the Veil of Darkness" And she said "Child, take what I say With a pinch of salt And protect yourself with fire"
Gabriel before me Raphael behind me Michael to my right Uriel on my left side In the circle of fire
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LilyWhite
Breathing
Help this blackbird! There's a stone around my leg.
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Lily
Sept 2, 2005 1:30:18 GMT
Post by LilyWhite on Sept 2, 2005 1:30:18 GMT
I posted on the Ninth Wave board this too, but can anyone explain this song to me? Being my namesake song I was hoping to relate to it and it turns out to be the Kate Bush song I relate to the least. I grew up believing that water is to protect you (yeah we HAVE to beleive that here in Minnesota!) and yet she is talking of being protected by fire. Can anyone clarify? Not much black magic here in the northwoods!
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stev0
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He's an utter creep and he drives me 'round the bend
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Lily
Sept 2, 2005 12:48:37 GMT
Post by stev0 on Sept 2, 2005 12:48:37 GMT
Gaffaweb is still down. Thank Allah for Google Cache - ======== From: P D Fitzgerald-Morris <s0pdfm@assam.exnet.com> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 21:48:43 GMT Subject: Re: "Lily" Hello! Lily is a real character, a healer and psychic who has been helping Kate through the darker times over the last couple of years. She has clearly taught Kate Dion Fortune's cut down version of the lesser ritual of the pentagram - a potent method of defence against psychic attack. See my review in the current HOMEGROUND (49). ======== From: dambik@fnalo.fnal.gov (Ed Dambik) Date: 4 Nov 93 16:27:21 -0600 Subject: Re: "Lily" P D Fitzgerald-Morris writes: > Lily isa real character, a healer and psychic who has been helping Kate through the darker times over the last couple of years. She has clearly taught Kate Dion Fortune's cut down version of the lesser ritual of the pentagram - a potent method of defence against psychic attack. Uh oh. Wait till the American Fundies hear about this. They'll be playing the thing backwards looking for the Satanic subliminals, taking Kate to court for every other teen suicide, burning the thing in public, banning it from libraries, and making one big batch of publicity for the album... ======== Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 15:13:33 EST From: Andrew B Marvick <abm4@columbia.EDU> Subject: Messages on Lily Bravo, Graham! IED was wondering when someone would finally calm down from the initial adolescent impulse to trash (mindlessly) Kate's new music long enough to start LISTENING to it -- and thus to notice, for example, the three "buried" spoken messages in "Lily", which IED has been trying to make out for days now. He almost agrees with you about the first two, but he believes the full lines are something like "Here's Michael on your right!" and "Uriel on your left!" or something like that. As for the third, later line, it stands out very clearly as a spoken sentence, but IED has yet to make out a single word. There are also messages on other tracks, he believes. ======== From: David.Vinson@lambada.oit.unc.edu (david eugene vinson) Date: 26 Nov 1993 20:13:27 GMT Subject: Rocketman + Lily I get a kick when I see that people who have praised Lily (which IS very good) have complained about Rocket Man being "one of the two or three worst things she has ever allowed to be released". I would challenge you to do this...make a cassette tape. Record Rocket Man, and pause the tape just before the the fade (when Kate is singing her ahh, ahh, ahh's). Now start Lily, but don't take the tape off of pause until after the music begins (about 25 seconds in, I think). When you are finished, run the tape back and listen to it, the transition will be so smooth that you will almost miss it. In fact, I am recommending (Kate are you listening?) a Rocket Man/Lily medley when she appears on Letterman or SNL. Well, I can wish. Also, I swear, if you'll turn the volume up on Lily during the "prayer", in the background you can hear a whiny, tinny voice saying something like "Will you let me finish? You've been talking for 20 seconds, do I get to say anything". [This is a johoke! --WIE] ======== From: P D Fitzgerald-Morris <s0pdfm@assam.exnet.com> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1993 23:28:17 GMT Subject: Re: Lily Hello Friends, The full Pentagram ritual is set out at page 106 of Israel Regardie's definitive work on the Golden Dawn system. The version taught by Lily to Kate is similar to that recomended by Dion Fortune's book on psychic attack. The latter book explains fully all the various symptoms of psychic attack and ways of dealing with it. ======== From: cfg@netcom.com (Carlos Francisco Gomez) Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 09:40:57 GMT Subject: Lily Lyric Question Pardon Me, Does anyone know what Kate is saying in the song "Lily" when she gets to the part : Grrrrrr...This is my space.... ??.... ? The closest I can figure is a stilted "Exactly." Rather than destroy my ears by listening to this on my headphones at full volume, can you give me a clue? ...cfg... Its always those damn details that keep me wide 01/05/94 awake, staring...at the ceiling.....is that a crack? ======== From: "Bradley N. Hutchinson" <bhutchin@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 17:42:34 EST Subject: Re: Lily lyric question After Grrrr. . this is my space, Kate says (shrieks?) This is the right side, this is the left side. Someone pointed this out long ago, but I remembered ! Brad
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Lily
Sept 2, 2005 19:24:10 GMT
Post by CopyOfCpt (just say Cor) on Sept 2, 2005 19:24:10 GMT
I think there is some significance in the names of the angels (Michael, Uriel, Gabriel) and the positions they are in in relation to Her. However my knowledge on these subjects is not extensive so I'll have to find out yet.
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LilyWhite
Breathing
Help this blackbird! There's a stone around my leg.
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Lily
Sept 4, 2005 7:39:10 GMT
Post by LilyWhite on Sept 4, 2005 7:39:10 GMT
I don't feel as bad or stupid as I did---it seems this song alludes all of us to a degree. And THANK YOU Stevo for your info--much appreciated!
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Lily
Mar 6, 2008 18:17:35 GMT
Post by tannis on Mar 6, 2008 18:17:35 GMT
The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the PentagramThe Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (or LBRP for short) is considered by many to be the cornerstone of [green]the Golden Dawn tradition of Ritual Magic. [/green] It was created by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a mystical order founded in 1888 by three British Freemasons: S.L. MacGregor Mathers, William Wynn Westcott, and William Robert Woodman. Before the Order disbanded in 1900 (splintering into multiple separate organizations), it contained such famous members as the Irish Poet W.B. Yeats, authors A.E. Waite and Dion Fortune, and the so-called "Wickedest Man in the World", Aleister Crowley. The LBRP is a relatively simple ritual in its practice, though it incorporates many layers of complex symbolism within its structure. It is used primarily to banish unwanted negative influences from the space of the magician, but has a multitude of other uses as well, such as centering oneself, expanding one's aura, aligning oneself to the energies of the sun and clearing temple space before and after evocation rituals. Aleister Crowley, when speaking about the LBRP said: [blue]"Those who regard this ritual as a mere device to invoke or banish spirits, are unworthy to possess it. Properly understood, it is the Medicine of Metals and the Stone of the Wise."[/blue] The aspiring magician would do well, then, to study, learn, and memorize the LBRP. Before we discuss the "script and blocking" of the ritual, there are a few correspondences that must be established. East is where most magickal rituals begin, and even when they do not, the temple or ritual space used is almost always oriented toward the East (The Rising Sun). That being said, the elemental attributions of the four directions are as follows: East - Air South - Fire West - Water North - Earth It has been said that Hermetic magick from the Golden Dawn (the originators of the LBRP) deals mostly with the "Solar Current", i.e. the forces or energies surrounding the Sun. When you perform the LBRP, you will note that one begins in the East, where the Sun rises, and travel "deosil" (clockwise), in the same way that the sun moves throughout the sky. Also, the God-names vibrated at each quarter specifically correspond to the orientation of the Sun, rather than the elements found at each quarter. East - Dawn - YHVH (Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh): The name of God signifying the mystery of creation. South - Noon - Adonai: "The Lord", the Sun at its zenith. West - Sunset - Eheieh: "I am that I am/will be", the setting Sun, hinting at resurrection. North - Night - AGLA (Ah-Gu-Lah): Short for "Ateh Gibor Le'ohlam Adonai" or "Thou art mighty forever, my Lord". A blessing to the Sun as it "travels in darkness". That being said, we will return to the elements and their rulers. One evokes 4 mighty Archangels when they perform the LBRP (or, at the very least, their essence will be present when you call upon them). Each of the 4 Archangels rules a direction, as well as the element associated with that direction. Raphael - East - Air Michael - South - Fire Gabriel - West - Water Uriel - North - Earth A specific color is relegated to each of the elements, as well. These are: Yellow - Air - Raphael Red - Fire - Michael Blue - Water - Gabriel Black - Earth - Uriel When you visualize the Archangels, each will be holding a "weapon" of sorts. The weapons are as follows: Raphael -- Caduceus Wand of Wisdom Michael -- Flaming Sword of Righteousness Gabriel -- The Holy Graal Chalice Uriel -- The Disk/Pentacle, sometimes held as a Shield So, when we completely combine these correspondences, we are left with: East - Air - Yellow - Raphael - Caduceus - Dawn - YHVH South - Fire - Red - Michael - Flaming Sword - Noon - Adonai West - Water - Blue - Gabriel - Chalice - Sunset - Eheieh North - Earth - Black - Uriel - Pentacle - Evening - AGLA Now then, there is the necessary "drawing of the banishing Earth Pentagram" found at each direction of this ritual. One will draw a standard Pentagram in the air with either their finger or a consecrated dagger of some kind (I personally prefer the finger). To draw the banishing Earth pentagram (see figure above), specifically, you would begin at the bottom left point of the pentagram and travel up and center, to the top center point of the pentagram. To further clarify, if I use my right hand to draw the pentagram, I begin with my right arm across my body, finger pointing down towards a point past my left hip, and then draw a line up and towards the center, so that the next point is above the middle of my forehead, followed by a downward line past my right hip, etc., until we are finally back where we started and we have visualized a bright, sky-blue, flaming pentagram. During the "Qabalistic Cross" beginning and ending of the ritual, you will bless yourself in a manner similar to a Christian "crossing themselves". However, there are a few key differences. Firstly, you never actually touch yourself, but hover your hand slightly in front of the area being "blessed", and sense the energy coming through your hand/fingertips touch your body. The Cross is also made Up, Down, Right, Left, and finally your arms are crossed in an "X" over your chest, much like an Egyptian Mummy [purple](note that this pose was regularly known in Golden Dawn literature as "The Sign of Osiris Risen).[/purple] In the Qabalistic Cross, you are superimposing the Tree of Life over your own body, and blessing yourself accordingly. Alrighty then. Down to Business. The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (script and blocking) Begin the ritual facing East. I. The Qabalistic Cross.1. "Touch" your forehead and say "A-Tah". 2. "Point" towards your feet and "touch" your genitals. Say "Malkuth". 3. "Touch" your right shoulder and say "Ve-Geburah". 4. "Touch" your left shoulder and say "Ve-Gedulah" 5. Cross your arms over your chest in the sign of Osiris Risen and say "Le-Olahm, Amen". II. The Pentagrams.1. Facing East, step forward with your left foot and draw the Banishing Earth Pentagram in the air in front of you. Visualize the pentagram made of bright, light-blue flame. After created, extend both of your hands into the center of the pentagram and "charge" it by vibrating the word "YUD-HEH-VAV-HEH". When the vibration is finished, place your right forefinger up to your lips as if you were telling someone to be silent (Sign of Silence/Harpocrates/Hoor-paar-kraat). Extend your left forefinger into the pentagram that you recently charged and draw a golden line as you walk Deosil (clockwise) from the East to the South. Repeat this process for every Pentagram until you find yourself facing East once again and you have connected the golden line/circle. 2. Facing South, draw the Pentagram, vibrate the word "AH-DO-NAI". 3. Facing West, draw the Pentagram, vibrate the word "EH-HEI-EH". 4. Facing North, draw the Pentagram, vibrate the word "AH-GU-LAH". 5. Facing East again, close the line/circle, and take a step back into the center of the circle. You should now visualize a pentagram of bright blue flame at each of the 4 directions, each connected by a golden line/thread/circle that surrounds you as well. III. The Archangels.[green]1. Taking a deep breath, raise and extend your arms up and out to your sides as if you were being Crucified (or about to give someone a really big hug). Visualise four Tall, Robed and Hooded figures surrounding you, each at a different direction. 2. Say: "Before me Raphael, Behind me Gabriel To my right hand Michael To my left hand Uriel. For about me flames the Pentagram, and in the Column inside of me stands the Six-Rayed star."(Remember to visualize the corresponding robe-color and weapon of each Archangel. When you say "about me flames the Pentagram", visualize the pentagrams you previously drew "flaring" slightly, controlled by your concentration. When you mention the "six-rayed star", visualise a bright white Hexagram shining from within your heart.) 3. Take a deep breath, and while exhaling through your mouth, let your arms drop slowly to your sides.[/green] Finish the ritual by repeating step I. The Qabalistic Cross., and finally close by placing your right forefinger to your lips in the Sign of Harpocrates (Silence) and exhale. - hubpages.com/hub/The-Lesser-Banishing-Ritual-of-the-Pentagram
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Lily
Mar 7, 2008 2:24:55 GMT
Post by rosabelbelieve on Mar 7, 2008 2:24:55 GMT
The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the PentagramEast is where most magickal rituals begin, and even when they do not, the temple or ritual space used is almost always oriented toward the East (The Rising Sun). That being said, the elemental attributions of the four directions are as follows: East - Air South - Fire West - Water North - Earth It has been said that Hermetic magick from the Golden Dawn (the originators of the LBRP) deals mostly with the "Solar Current", i.e. the forces or energies surrounding the Sun. When you perform the LBRP, you will note that one begins in the East, where the Sun rises, and travel "deosil" (clockwise), in the same way that the sun moves throughout the sky. Also, the God-names vibrated at each quarter specifically correspond to the orientation of the Sun, rather than the elements found at each quarter. East - Dawn - YHVH (Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh): The name of God signifying the mystery of creation. South - Noon - Adonai: "The Lord", the Sun at its zenith. West - Sunset - Eheieh: "I am that I am/will be", the setting Sun, hinting at resurrection. North - Night - AGLA (Ah-Gu-Lah): Short for "Ateh Gibor Le'ohlam Adonai" or "Thou art mighty forever, my Lord". A blessing to the Sun as it "travels in darkness". That being said, we will return to the elements and their rulers. One evokes 4 mighty Archangels when they perform the LBRP (or, at the very least, their essence will be present when you call upon them). Each of the 4 Archangels rules a direction, as well as the element associated with that direction. Raphael - East - Air Michael - South - Fire Gabriel - West - Water Uriel - North - Earth A specific color is relegated to each of the elements, as well. These are: Yellow - Air - Raphael Red - Fire - Michael Blue - Water - Gabriel Black - Earth - Uriel When you visualize the Archangels, each will be holding a "weapon" of sorts. The weapons are as follows: Raphael -- Caduceus Wand of Wisdom Michael -- Flaming Sword of Righteousness Gabriel -- The Holy Graal Chalice Uriel -- The Disk/Pentacle, sometimes held as a Shield So, when we completely combine these correspondences, we are left with: East - Air - Yellow - Raphael - Caduceus - Dawn - YHVH South - Fire - Red - Michael - Flaming Sword - Noon - Adonai West - Water - Blue - Gabriel - Chalice - Sunset - Eheieh North - Earth - Black - Uriel - Pentacle - Evening - AGLA This actually reminds me of the four suits of the minor arcana of the Tarot- Raphael maybe corresponding with swords, Michael with wands, Gabriel with cups, and Uriel with pentacles? Thank you for the information- I've always loved this song, and the imagery and symbolism of it.
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Lily
Mar 7, 2008 8:43:55 GMT
Post by tannis on Mar 7, 2008 8:43:55 GMT
[red] I'm beginning to see The Red shoes as a concept album...[/red] Maybe TRS is a magical conception, full of Freemason, NLP, occult, Illuminati, and Golden Dawn magic! ... The title song is like a ruthless [blue]Deal With the Devil...[/blue] The album cover shows the spell-cast shoes... and the cover to KT's [purple]Aerial[/purple] is very much a celebration of The Golden Dawn... all Noble and Bright! --- RUBBERBAND GIRLSee those trees Bend in the wind I feel they've got a lot more sense than me You see I try to resist...The PALM TREE is a freemasonry symbol: In its secondary sense the palm tree is a symbol of victory; but in its primary signification it is a symbol of the victory over death, that is, immortality. The palm tree was a sacred sign of Apollo in Ancient Greece because he had been born under one. Palm stems represented long life to the Ancient Egyptians, and the god Huh was often shown holding a palm stem in one or both hands. EAT THE MUSICA song of seeds The food of love... SACRED GEOMETRY: The Seed of Life; The Flower of Life; The Fruit of Life. MOMENTS OF PLEASUREHe meets us at the lift Like Douglas Fairbanks Waving his walking stick...Douglas Fairbanks was a well known Freemason in the field of Entertainment. (and: Harry Houdini, Initiated Aug 21, 1923, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York.) - mastermason.com/wilmettepark/wellknownmasons.htmlTHE SONG OF SOLOMONA Free Association: The Song of Solomon... Solomon's Temple... The Order of the Knights of Solomon’s Temple... The Knights Templar... KT... The true meaning of the "Temple of Solomon" is the TEMPLE OF THE SUN. "Sol" "Om" and "On" are all words for the Sun. "Sol" is the Latin word for the Sun and is close to the English word "soul." "Om" is a name given by the Hindus to the Spiritual Sun, and "On" is an Egyptian word for Sun. During dynastic Egypt Ra's cult center was Annu (Hebrew "On", Greek "Heliopolis", modern-day "Cairo"). LILYThe Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram & the Golden Dawn tradition of Ritual Magic.THE RED SHOESAnd this curve, is your smile And this cross, is your heart And this line, is your path...The CHI RHO and the SKULL AND CROSSED BONES - an important emblem in Masonry, where it symbolizes the transience of the material world, and is used in initiation rituals as a symbol of death and rebirth. see more: katebush.proboards6.com/index.cgi?board=leaveitopen&action=display&n=1&thread=1998&page=2TOP OF THE CITY and CONSTELLATION OF THE HEARTKeep looking up for the ladder... Look I'm here with the ladder... Mmm yes, one more step to the top of the city And put me up on the angel's shoulders...Ooh find me the man with the ladder And he might lift me up to the stars... Oooh and if you see the woman with the key I hear she's opening up the doors to Heaven Oh and here comes the man with the stick He said he'd fish me out of the moon...SIC ITUR AD ASTRA ("thus you shall go to the stars"; Aeneid book IX, line 641): "In the symbol before us we see a female figure seated at the foot of the Ladder, like a dignified matron, under a palm tree, with a dove holding an olive leaf in its mouth perched on one of the branches, and a lamb at her feet. She bears a Cross in one hand, and a Key in the other." see more: katebush.proboards6.com/index.cgi?board=theredshoes&action=display&n=1&thread=1750&page=2WHY SHOULD I LOVE YOU?This chapter says... This chapter says...Masonic groups are made up of Lodges and Chapters, eg: St. Andrew, Royal Arch Chapter No 146 The Royal Arch Chapter of Strict Benevolence St Peter Rose Croix Chapter No.1128 Preston Group of Lodges and Chapters Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter Chapter of the Order of Harodim The Chapter of Rose Croix, or Eighteenth Degree The eye in wonder The eye that sees...Freemasonry employs a mystical eye in its imagery known throughout the occult world as "the all-seeing eye". This symbol which is shared with most false religions, cults and occult bodies today has always been used as a symbol of 'deity'. Occultist Fredrick Goodman explains that, "The eye plays a most important part in occult symbolism and probably owes its origin in western magical designs to the Eye of Horus, which was one of the most frequently used of Egyptian magical symbols". Therefore, the All-Seeing Eye is the symbol of the Omniscience of the Sun God, Lucifer, whom they worship. These All-Seeing Eyes represents the Omniscience of Horus, who is Lucifer in the Egyptian Satanic Mysteries. YOU WANT ALCHEMYAnd we came up on a bee-keeper... "I'm very busy with the hives"... "When's my cloud of bees coming home?"In Freemasonry the Beehive is a very important symbol - claimed to be derived from the traditional heraldic symbol for industry. The Beehive is "symbolic of the lodge itself as only the bees in the hive are aware of the activities inside. … under the guidance of the queen bee, the worker bees cheerfully and industriously perform their duties." Bees and the beehive are perfect symbols for the collusion of a secret society. The allegory of the beehive can be traced back to the Eleusinian cult: "In Classical Greece honey was deemed to be divine: the priestesses of Eleusis were called melissa (bees) and their temple was known as the 'beehive'." And the symbol of Ephesian Artemis was a bee. THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINIn the snow with Rosebud And king of the mountain...William Randolph Hearst ['Citizen Kane'], Catholic Knights of Malta high-up, told his national newspaper chain to "puff" Billy Graham and make him a household name! ROSEBUD the code word for the KILL.see more: google KATE BUSH DAVID ICKE - www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11956&page=197...And the planes came crashing down... Kate Bush on The Red Shoes: You feel Bush belongs more in an English garden, reading poetry on a bright summer day, or else in the Yorkshire moors, nursing some terrible, unspeakable grief... Gracious but guarded, she will cheerfully burble on about her artistic motivations. But try to pin her down on a matter of emotional substance and her expression goes blank, a shutter descends -- clunk! --and that's the end of that. "Albums are like diaries," Bush says. "You go through phases, technically and emotionally, and they reflect the state that you're in at the time. This album has been a very big transition point for me. Right from the beginning of writing there was a different energy coming out..." Dear Diary: The Secret World of Kate Bush (1994)gaffa.org/reaching/i94_rs.htmlOf course, Kate may have become a seeker of 'morality', and happened upon MORALS and DOGMA by ALBERT PIKE... Attracted by the symbolism of freemasonry, she may then have set about writing The Red Shoes songs around individual masonic symbols... Good for karaoke!see more: MORALS and DOGMA by ALBERT PIKEwww.illuminati-news.com/e-books/morals-dogma/apike.htmandkatebush.proboards6.com/index.cgi?board=leaveitopen&action=display&thread=1998&page=2
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Lily
Mar 7, 2008 15:38:06 GMT
Post by rosabelbelieve on Mar 7, 2008 15:38:06 GMT
This is a really interesting idea, and I can see it working, especially on the TRS, Lily, WSILY,and COTH. I personally also see a great deal of TRS connecting with the end of a relationship, and the pain that comes with that. Maybe the real theme of TRS is the intersection of this sorrow and heartbreak and the hope and dangers offered by an artistic or magical path? I think the two definitely have something in common, and it seems that the possible heroine of the album turns to them to find shelter in the centre of the storm and as a sort of talisman, a boat to ferry her across the river of her despair. This has it's own dangers, certainly- shown in the intensely spellbound dancing of The Red Shoes- but I think it's ultimately the thing that allows X (if I can call her that again) to make her journey towards happiness.
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Lily
Mar 8, 2008 20:36:41 GMT
Post by tannis on Mar 8, 2008 20:36:41 GMT
[green] Blavatsky Net - Theosophy:Theosophy is the name Madame Blavatsky gave to that portion of knowledge that she brought from the masters to the world. It comes from the term "Theosophia" used by the Neoplatonists to mean literally "knowledge of the divine".[/green] [purple]O Thou Who givest sustenance to the universe, From Whom all things proceed, To Whom all things return, Unveil to us the face of the true Spiritual Sun Hidden by a disc of golden Light That we may know the truth And do our whole duty As we journey to Thy sacred feet.[/purple] [purple]LILY begins with Lily reciting The Gayatri, one of the most sacred mantrams from the Rigveda.[/purple] The Gayatri is commonly recited in prayer three times a day by the members of three upper castes of the Hindu Society. The Gayatri was initially given to us in Sanskrit and historically has been recorded to many varying chants. There are many translations of the Gayatri. [green] A COMMENTARY ON THE GAYATRI[/green] Unveil, O Thou who givest sustenance to the Universe, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, that face of the True Sun now hidden by a vase of golden light, that we may see the truth and do our whole duty on our journey to thy sacred seat. - The Gayatri I have adopted a translation as above, which is excellent in its giving of the meaning of this verse. What is the Gayatri? It is the sacred verse of the Hindus and begins with Om, their sacred word and letter. Its first words are: Om, Bhur, Bhurvah!The first word contains in it a declaration of the three periods of a Manvantara and the three powers of that great Being who alone Is. Of a manvantara it is the beginning, the middle, and the end, and the three powers are Creation (or manifesting), Preservation (or carrying on), and Destruction. The three first words, Om, bhur, bhurvah, draw attention to and designate the three worlds. The whole verse is an aspiration in the highest sense. Every Brahman at his initiation is further instructed in this verse, but from giving that I am necessarily excused, as I cannot give it in a way in which I have not received it. Unveil is the cry of the man who is determined to know the truth and who perceives that something hides it from him. It is hidden by his own Karmic effects, which have put him now where the brain and the desires are too strong for the higher self to pierce through so long as he remains careless and ignorant. The cry is not made to some man-made god with parts, passions, and attributes, but to the Self above who seeth in secret and bringeth out to light. It is directed to that on which the Universe is built and standeth, - no other than the Self which is in every man and which sitteth like a bird in a tree watching while another eats the fruit. From this the whole Universe proceeds out into manifestation. The ancients held that all things whatsoever existed in fact solely in the idea, and therefore the practitioner of Yoga was taught - and soon discovered - that sun, moon, and stars were in himself, and until he learned this he could not proceed. This doctrine is very old, but today is adopted by many modern reasoners. For they perceive on reflection that no object enters the eye, and that whether we perceive through sight or feeling or any other sense whatever all objects are existing solely in idea. Of old this was demonstrated in two ways. First, by showing the disciple the actual interpenetration of one world by another. As that while we live here among those things called objective by us, other beings were likewise living in and among us and our objects and therein actually carrying on their avocations, perceiving the objects on their plane as objective, and wholly untouched by and insensible to us and the objects we think so material. This is no less true today than it was then. And if it were not true, modern hypnotism, clairvoyance, or clairaudience would be impossible. This was shown by a second method precisely similar to mesmeric and hypnotic experiments, only that to these was added the power to make the subject step aside from himself and with a dual consciousness note his own condition. For if a barrier of wood were erected in the sight of the subject which he clearly perceived and knew was wood, impervious to sight and an obstacle to movement, yet when hypnotised he saw it not, yet could perceive all objects behind it which were hidden in his normal state, and when he pressed against it thinking it to be empty air and feeling naught but force, he could not pass but wondered why the empty air restrained his body. This is modern and ancient. Clearly it demonstrates the illusionary nature of objectivity. The objectivity is only real relatively, for the mind sees no objects whatever but only their idea, and at present is conditioned through its own evolution until it shall have developed other powers and qualities. The request made in the verse to unveil the face of the True Sun is that the Higher Self may shine down into us and do its work of illumination. This also spreads forth a natural fact unknown to moderns, which is that the sun we see is not the true sun, and signifies too that the light of intellect is not the true sun of our moral being. Our forefathers in the dim past knew how to draw forth through the visible Sun the forces from the True one. We have temporarily forgotten this because our evolution and descent into the hell of matter, in order to save the whole, have interposed a screen. They say in Christian lands that Jesus went into hell for three days. This is correct, but not peculiar to Jesus. Humanity is doing this for three days, which is merely the mystical way of saying that we must descend into matter for three periods so immense in time that the logarithm of one day is given to each period. Logarithms were not first known to Napier, but were taught in the pure form of the mysteries, because alone by their use could certain vast calculations be made. Which is now hidden by a vase of Golden Light. That is, the light of the True Sun - the Higher Self - is hidden by the blood contained in the vase of the mortal body. The blood has two aspects - not here detailed - in one of which it is a helper to perception, in the other a hindrance. But it signifies here the passions and desires, Kama, the personal self, the thirst for life. It is this that veils from us the true light. So long as desire and the personality remain strong, just so long will the light be blurred, so long will we mistake words for knowledge and knowledge for the thing we wish to know and to realize. The object of this prayer is that we may carry out our whole duty, after becoming acquainted with the truth, while we are on our journey to thy Sacred Seat. This is our pilgrimage, not of one, not selfishly, not alone, but the whole of humanity. For the sacred seat is not the Brahmanical heaven of Indra, nor the Christian selfish heaven acquired without merit while the meritorious suffer the pains of hell. It is that place where all meet, where alone all are one. It is when and where the three great sounds of the first word of the prayer merge into one soundless sound. This is the only proper prayer, the sole saving aspiration. [green] AN OBSCURE BRAHMANPath, January, 1893[/green] [blue] see more:[/blue] www.blavatsky.net/index.htm"A mantra is not being properly said," Crowley writes in the [green]Book of Lies[/green] commentary (chapter 74), "as long as the man knows he is saying it." Which is not to say that the magician ought to chant ignorantly, or fail to study the technique being employed, but rather to indicate the transcendence which comes with success in this ancient and widely used technique of personal devotion. The Gayatri Mantra is a very special Brahmanic mantra, universal throughout all casts, ages, and sexes in India. Gayatri is the name of its poetic meter, though it is sometimes confused with the presiding deity, who is actually either Surya or Brahmana. Of enormous importance, the text of this mantra runs thus: [purple]Aum Bhur Buvah Svaha Tat Savitur Varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi Dhiyo Yo Naha Prachodayat.[/purple]* Its meaning is: "The union of earth, the sky, and all heaven -- Aum! May that one [i.e. the sun] who is the representative of the divine light be worshipped as is fitting. Thou shining god, I meditate on thee, that thou mayest enlighten my understanding and wisdom." [purple]Thelema Lodge[/purple][blue]see more:[/blue]www.billheidrick.com/tlc2003/tlc0903.htm* Word for Word Meaning of the MantraAum = Brahma; bhoor = embodiment of vital spiritual energy (pran); bhuwah = destroyer of sufferings; swaha = embodiment of happiness; tat = that; savitur = bright like sun; varenyam = best choicest; bhargo = destroyer of sins; devasya = divine; dheemahi = may imbibe; dhiyo = intellect; yo = who; Naha = our; prachodayat = may inspire.
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Lily
Mar 8, 2008 20:44:57 GMT
Post by rosabelbelieve on Mar 8, 2008 20:44:57 GMT
Thank you for all the information. I'd always wondered what the source of this part of the song was.
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Lily
Mar 8, 2008 21:10:55 GMT
Post by tannis on Mar 8, 2008 21:10:55 GMT
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Lily
Mar 15, 2008 1:06:22 GMT
Post by tannis on Mar 15, 2008 1:06:22 GMT
AERIAL: Is the '4am 4pm' drawing to HOW TO BE INVISIBLE linked with the Gayatri Mantra?Time, like man, has three qualities: sathwa, rajas, and thamas (poised or pure or serenity, passion, and inertia). The day is divided into three parts: 4am to 8am and 4pm to 8pm have the sathwic (equanimous) quality; 8am to 4pm are rajasic (passionate); 8pm and 4am are tamasic (inaction). The eight hours from 8pm to 4am are used mainly for sleep. The eight hours of the day (from 8am to 4pm) are employed by all beings, including animals and birds, in the discharge of their day to day duties and are regarded as rajasic (active pursuit). When the four sathwic hours of the morning are used for engaging oneself in good actions like worship, virtuous deeds, and keeping good company, one is sure to raise oneself from the human to the Divine level. It is during the sathwic period (4am to 8am and 4pm to 8pm) that the Gayatri mantra should be recited. see more: The meaning of the Gayatri mantra.www.kalki.ru/satya-sai-baba-the-meaning-of-the-gayatri-mantra/
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Lily
Jun 16, 2008 9:54:47 GMT
Post by tannis on Jun 16, 2008 9:54:47 GMT
Gabriel before me Raphael behind me Michael to my right Uriel on my left side ~ Lily"Before me Raphael, Behind me Gabriel To my right hand Michael To my left hand Uriel..." ~ The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the PentagramLBRP Correspondences: RAPHAEL: East - Air - Yellow - Raphael - Caduceus - Dawn - YHVH MICHAEL: South - Fire - Red - Michael - Flaming Sword - Noon - Adonai GABRIEL: West - Water - Blue - Gabriel - Chalice - Sunset - Eheieh URIEL: North - Earth - Black - Uriel - Pentacle - Evening - AGLAIn Lily, KB has switched the positioning of Raphael and Gabriel. In the LBRP, Raphael is before and Gabriel is behind. But Kate has Gabriel before and Raphael behind, like she wants Gabriel to lead. The video shows Kate walking forward with Gabriel (before her, holding a lily), Raphael (behind her, with the Wand of Wisdom), Michael (to the right, with the Sword of Righteousness), and Uriel (to the left, with gold ball/disk). Notice too that the robe colors of the Archangels are all white, not the visualized yellow, red, blue and black of the LBRP. Traditionally, the LBRP is performed beginning in the East (The Rising Sun). But KB begins with the West (The Setting Sun). In the video performance, we see KB walking forward, following Gabriel/West, suggesting that she is journeying West, towards the setting sun. And, of course, on her next album, AERIAL, there is the track Sunset: Oh sing of summer and a sunset And sing for us, so that we may remember The day writes the words right across the sky They go all the way up to the top of the night...So maybe Kate has modified The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram to suit her own needs, personalizing the ritual for her own individual use... And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech, mmh, yes...West is the direction opposite that of the Earth's rotation on its axis, and is therefore the general direction towards which the Sun sets. In Chinese Buddhism, the West represents movement toward the Buddha or enlightenment. Journey to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Monkey (1978-1980), a well-known 1970s Japanese television series, was based on Journey to the West. Part of the novel's enduring popularity comes from the fact that it works on multiple levels: it is a first-rate adventure story, a dispenser of spiritual insight, and an extended allegory in which the group of pilgrims journeying toward India stands for the individual journeying toward enlightenment. In Ancient Egypt, the West was considered to be the portal to the netherworld, and is the cardinal direction regarded in connection with death, though not always with a negative connotation. Ancient Egyptians also believed that the Goddess Amunet was a personification of the West. The Celts believed that beyond the western sea off the edges of all maps lay the Otherworld, or Afterlife. And The Line, the Cross & the Curve (1994) is rather like a variation of the classic Greek myth of Orpheus, with the poet/dancer entering the Underworld and becoming dangerously entangled (with Paddy Bush and Colin Lloyd Tucker playing devils). In TLTC&TC, Raphael bears an uncanny resemblance to David Gilmour! And, of course, in the "Kate" Christmas TV Special (1979), KaTe introduces "Peter, The Angel Gabriel"... Through velvet storms And the rains that fell Here comes the man With his tale to tell And some have named him Peter, The Angel GabrielIn American literature (eg. The Great Gatsby), moving west symbolizes gaining freedom, perhaps as an association with the settling of the Old West: "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country." "Go West" is a song by the 1970s disco group Village People. The song eventually found greater success when it was covered in 1993 by the synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys.The song's title is attributed to the 19th century quote "Go West, young man" commonly attributed to Horace Greeley, a rallying cry for the colonization of the American West. Go West are an English pop duo, formed in 1982, by Peter Cox and Richard Drummie. While they have had many successful singles in their native U.K., they are generally best known in America for their hits "King of Wishful Thinking" and "Faithful." Go West guitarist Alan Murphy later joined Level 42, and was Kate Bush's session guitarist as well. ----- WAKING THE WITCH and LILY and THE SPANISH INQUISITIONConfess... Confess... Confess... Confess To Me Girl! ... Kate Bush - Lilywww.youtube.com/watch?v=MWaqPOnR5wUThe Spanish Inquisitionwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Tym0MObFpTI&feature=related8:00 The link was suggested on HG. KB has cited Woody Allen, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, and The Young Ones as particular favourites. Monty Python man Terry Gilliam and comedian Robbie Coltrane are credited on her latest album Hounds of Love and she speaks of their work with affection. KB: "Childish things amuse me, noises and silly faces. I adore Faulty Towers and The Young Ones, the psychology behind them is intriguing." "What Kate Did Next" (1985)gaffa.org/reaching/i85_what.htmlWell, are people clued in enough to pick up on all these sort of subtleties and allusions in your songs, generally, and to know what they mean? When you talk with people, by and large do they show a good understanding of the concepts? KB: "You know, I think that the majority of the people really do. Yes, I really think they do. Because, if they bother to listen, then after about three or four times they start putting the words or the ideas together. And I mean the one that really amazed me, we did a video of Breathing and the idea was being in this huge inflatable; and I was at this conference somewhere and there were all these women in their forties and fifties, real Monty Python sort of women, and they all came up and said (Kate affects a strong London accent, which requires merely an exaggeration of her normal accent): 'Oh, we loved your video!' And then one of them says: 'But listen, you must tell me, I had this, you know, this argument with my daughter; you were meant to be in a womb, weren't you? I mean, that is what it was meant to be wasn't it? A womb?' And I said yeah!" Musician (unedited) by Peter Swales, Fall 1985gaffa.org/reaching/i85_swa.html----- And here we'll find the constellation of the heart...And she said losing love Is like a window in your heart Everybody sees you're blown apart Everybody sees the wind blow ~ Graceland, Paul Simon (Graceland, 1986) *Lily is a great song about personal empowerment, about being guided to find one's inner strength, about psychic healing. It summons up defenses, psychic armour, and a posse of spiritual chaperones and traveling companions, as we journey to thy sacred feet. The opening position of fear is conquered by the roar of the lion... This is my space! ... Get out of my house!* Zwort: Do you have favourite lyric-writers, as opposed to "musical" songwriters? Katie: I'm not sure you can separate the two, because once a word is sung, it can completely change its feeling to the point where you don't recognise the word any more--for me that is part of the fascination. But my favourite lyric just now is 'The Boy in the Bubble' by Paul Simon [from Graceland, 1986]. The chorus of that is totally brilliant, particualarly the line, "The way we look to the distant constellation that is dying in the corner of the sky." It's poetry, but the impact is the combination of the words with the music, and the way he sings it--it's so good... Kate's KBC article, Issue 21 (Winter 1987), "Cousin Kate" by Zwort Finklegaffa.org/garden/kate23.html
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Lily
Feb 15, 2009 1:00:09 GMT
Post by tannis on Feb 15, 2009 1:00:09 GMT
THE RED SHOES: Lily and Suzy Millais Produced by Kate Bush Recorded and Mixed by Del Palmer With Thanks To: Ma, Pa, Paddy, John, Lily, Haydn Bendall, Lisa Bradley, Hilary Sheffield, Stewart Arnold, Suzy Millais, Steve Sidwell, Shirley Parks, Phil Griffin, Laura Connor, Michael Powell, Danny McIntosh, Ken Townsend, Jim Jones, Anthony Yacomine, Garry Robson, Simon Quill, Alan Cundell, Gary Briley, Michael Skipwith, Deike Rich, Joe Boyd, Therese Stoulil, Malcolm Clark, Joseph Campbell, Mark Wilkinson & Del. All songs written by Kate Bushwww.katebush.pl/teksty_theredshoes.htmLily This track opens with a voice recording of a simple prayer. "Lilly is a healer who helps Kate a lot and this is a little prayer she uses," reveals Del. "It just says that you have to have hope to be able to carry on. The track includes an instrument called a Fujara, played by Paddy, which comes from Yugoslavia - the very soft opening lulls you into a false sense of security, then you get what sounds like a drum loop, but in fact it's all played live. This is another track where the original bass and drums had to lie re-done at a later stage because the feel had changed almost to a hip-hop style." This very short track might seem an attempt to enter the indie rock field, but Kate would insist that there's no intention of conforming to specific styles in this way. Future Music interview with Del Palmer, "Well red", Nov. 1993 www.gaffaweb.org/reaching/i93_fm.htmlOn The Red Shoes liner notes, KaTe thanks "Suzy Millais". Like Lily, Mrs Suzy Millais also appears to be a healer, practising in Canterbury and London:Suzy Millais Mrs Suzy Millais, Counselling & Psychotherapy: "We are members of the UK Council for Psychotherapy. For help and support contact us."www.thelocalweb.net/index/CPS/tlw_80749.htmIn the National Register of Psychotherapists 2004 (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy), Suzy Millais is listed under "CTP - Centre for Transpersonal Psychology".
Transpersonal psychology is a school of psychology that studies the transpersonal, self-transcendent or spiritual aspects of the human experience. A short definition from the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology suggests that transpersonal psychology "is concerned with the study of humanity’s highest potential, and with the recognition, understanding, and realization of unitive, spiritual, and transcendent states of consciousness" (Lajoie and Shapiro, 1992:91). Issues considered in transpersonal psychology include spiritual self-development, peak experiences, mystical experiences, systemic trance and other metaphysical experiences of living. Transpersonal psychology attempts to unify modern psychology theory with frameworks from different forms of mysticism. These vary greatly depending on the origin but include religious conversion, altered states of consciousness, trance and other spiritual practices.A 'transpersonal' Mercury During her youth Kate had an interest in Greek mythology. As mentioned earlier, she also gave serious consideration to a career in psychiatry. These things are not surprising given her Mercury in Virgo conjunct Pluto, and in sextile with Neptune. Traditionally, both Neptune and Pluto are associated with myths, psychology, and the 'transpersonal'. In fact, the written symbol denoting 'psychology' is the same as the written symbol used to denote 'Neptune'. When Neptune and Pluto are in contact with Mercury a person looks beneath surface appearances and searches for deeper information and explanation. What they write (Mercury) expresses 'transpersonal' themes and emerges from the normally hidden depths. It is not 'light and fluffy' but concerned with mystery, ambiguity, poetry, hidden meaning, and often, darker themes such as death, betrayal, revenge, jealousy, grief, and loss. Kate Bush's birth chartwww.astrology21.co.uk/p1katebush.html
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