Immortals of The 27 Club (Mythic May Vol. 12)

"Though the favourites of the gods die young, they also live eternally in the company of gods." 

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

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Immortals of The 27 Club

Hail Robert Johnson (1911 – 1938), who is rumored to have sold his soul to Satan at a crossroads for supernatural guitar skills. His influence on The Blues and Rock & Roll remains undeniable.

Pay heed to Brian Jones (1942 – 1969), founder of The Rolling Stones and a talented multi-instrumentalist. If it weren't for him, we might never have heard of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Bow down to Jimi Hendrix (1942 – 1970), Voodo Child and left-handed guitar god. Pioneer of high-gain distortion, feedback and phaser effects. Perfector of the Wah-Wah pedal.

Hats off to Janis Joplin (1943 – 1970), Queen of Psychedelic Soul, whose explosive vocal chords blew everyone's mind at Woodstock and during Festival Express. Her voice reverberates in memory.

Genuflect before Jim Morrison (1943 – 1971), Dionysus incarnate, Lizard King, rock poet and sex icon. His heart fused with an American Indian chief's soul to make him the shaman of an era.

Hark Kurt Cobain (1967 – 1994), spokesman for Generation X, whose mad lyrical wisdom pierced the psyche of MTV audiences everywhere. Forever abide in highest Nirvana.

Give it up for Amy Winehouse (1983 – 2011), who wouldn't say yes to rehab. A magnificent musician and vocalist, well aware that you only live once, yet now she lives on in kindred company.

All tragic examples of what this world does to its best and brightest... Like brief Roman candles, lighting up encroaching night. May they shine eternally in our collective remembrance!

Image (from left to right): Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Robert Johnson, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse.

Further Readings:

Full List of 27 Club Members 

Mythic May 2012

Mythic May 2010

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Ye Gods, What Are Thee? (Mythic May Vol. 11)

"Light and matter are both single entities, and the apparent duality arises in the limitations of our language."

"There is a fundamental error in separating the parts from the whole, the mistake of atomizing what should not be atomized. Unity and complementarity constitute reality."

"The existing scientific concepts cover always only a very limited part of reality, and the other part that has not yet been understood is infinite."

~ Werner Heisenberg

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Ye Gods, What Are Thee?

Who be the gods and goddesses, if not we?

They are fundamental archetypes within the Zero-Point-Field.

A Priori noumena underlying A Posteriori phenomena.

Resounding echoes from past and parallel universes.

Constantly collapsing wave functions of quantum potential.

Luminous forms coalescing within our Ethereal Noosphere.

Celestial bodies vibrating at subliminal frequencies.

Intelligence beyond thought; knowledge needing no words.

Neuronal apprehension of supramundane comprehension.

Primordial Buddhas awakening to their own intrinsic transcendence ...

Soham - Tat Tvam Asi!

Image: Athena springing from the mind of Zeus.

Further Readings:

Mythic May 2012

Mythic May 2010

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Axis Mundi (Mythic May Vol. 10)

"History is ending because the dominator culture has led the human species into a blind alley, and as the inevitable chaostrophie approaches, people look for metaphors and answers ... what we need is a new myth, what we need is a new true story that tells us where we're going in the universe and that true story is that the ego is a product of pathology ..." 

~ Terence McKenna

Read the whole article HERE.

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Axis Mundi

Oh Enkidu — lead us lost humans

Back to those ancient forests

Beyond these cities' woes

Mankind be won by nature!

For we've seen from space

The damage we're wreaking

Upon Gaia's gorgeous face

A virus threatens humanity's place

Our technology ought to be wed

To the ecology, 'til all are fed

So that we might learn by analogy

The actual function of spiritual symbology

As it stands, nothing is sacred

Virgin mother desecrated, splayed naked

How can anything evolve in isolation?

Mistaken domination brings about damnation!

Lo Enkidu — we humans verge on extinction

There's not enough identifying (only distinction)

Poetry is powerless to move

People who refuse to improve.

Image: Gilgamesh mourning his friend and equal, Enkidu (who was created by the gods to help him).

Further Readings:

Mythic May 2012

Mythic May 2010

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Post-Human Outlook

“Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.”  

~ William S. Borroughs

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Post-Human Outlook

 
Non-stop repetition
Filled with endless variation;
That's existence in a nutshell.

Unhappy with your station?
Polymorphic feedback loops
Will lead to transmutation.

As ribald or righteous as we ~
Hungering for sense-impression ~
Liable to lust, vice, even aggression!

Libido lives on in Cyberiad
Don't be too much of an idealist
Subject all to investigation and interrogation ...


Addendum:

Adaptivity is the hallmark of survival
So why remain on this plateau?
Co-evolving symbionts might say:
Youth is over —come— let's go!

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The Fool Forever

"He is a prince of the other world on his travels through this one - all amidst the morning glory, in the keen air. The sun, which shines behind him, knows whence he came, whither he is going, and how he will return by another path after many days. He is the spirit in search of experience. Many symbols of the Instituted Mysteries are summarized in this card, which reverses, under high warrants, all the confusions that have preceded it." ~ A.E. Waite

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The  Fool Forever

Stride forth young adventurer
Idealistic and innocent
Face the world's challenges
Heading onward in temerity
Let nothing dent your heart
And may your merit multiply
Amplifying Atman within
Apprehending Brahman without
Leaving no doubt of your avatar's divinity
Microcosm extended — clear across infinity...


Bonus Verse (maximum overdrive):

Also known as The Magician
Free from guilt or contrition
Filled to brimming with ambition
No subject of condition
Defies every inhibition
Supplanting tired tradition

Major Arcana - The Fool

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Blasphemy & Sanctity

Blasphemy & Sanctity

The Blasphemy of these present times
Is considered Sacred in future climes
Whereas what's legitimate now
Will bring demerit later somehow.

Balance is a byproduct
Of naturally opposing forces
Synthethizing polar extremes
Playing along with overarching themes.

Similarly, language is a malleable substance
Subject to vicissitudes of cultural interaction.
Phrases come en vogue and go out of style like there's no tomorrow!
An intellectual deficit with no ideas left to borrow...

Now God is naught but an outmoded concept.
An atavistic term from a past most can't accept.
New ways must be found to speak about Spirit.
Forget what we've been told; dare to be BOLD

Listen closely for coded inspiration.
Animus informs us, if we rise to the occasion.
Unstruck sound summons saints amid a timeless desert
To vanquish personal follies—transmuted by one's effort!

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