Spreading God's Love Thru Prayer
(« Akshobhya Buddha » by VanemTao)
The last section of « Between Worlds » is entitled « Determination » and is intended to depict the intermediate state of rebirth, known as the « sidpa bardo, » the…
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(« The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya » - Unknown Artist)
« The Dance Of The Archetypes » culminates with an encounter with the Lord Of Death, a fearsome demonic deity appearing in smoke and fire, who…
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(« Dance of the Lord of Death » by Jean-Marie Hullot)
« Dissolution » is a very short section which represents the moment of physical death itself. It corresponds to the first « between world, » or first bardo…
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(« Buddha painted on a rock wall in Tibet » by Unknown Artist - photography by onwardtibet.org)
« Between Worlds » is a suite in five movements that started as a song entitled « Requiem » which was written in response to the deaths of my father and…
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(« De Profundis 1 » by Kate Parry Evans)
« De Profundis » is the fifth and final movement of « Lifeforce. » I discovered the title when time came to name the various sections of « Between Worlds. » I opened my encyclopedic dictionary and started looking for words beginning with « d » in…
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(« The Sea of Ice » aka « Polar Sea, » aka « The Wreck of Hope » by Caspar David Friedrich)…
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(« The Crystal Ball » by John William Waterhouse)
« Uncertainty Principle » gets its title from Heisenberg's quantum mechanics principle which states by precise inequalities…
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(« Ashram » by Nicholas Roerich)
« Into The Ashram » is the opening chapter of the « Entering The Stream » trilogy, which also comprises « The Chrome Lake » and « Leaving The Ashram. »
This first chapter is intended…
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(Detail from « Quarryman at work » by Unidentified Artist)
« Stonecutter » is intended as an anthem to perseverance and is based on one of my favourite citations, one which has helped me on several occasions, the following…
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(Untitled Artwork by Fred Bonneau)
« Polygraph » is intended as a portrait of human relationships turning to the sour, hinting at the necessity of constant genuineness. The composition lasts a little over 10 minutes and is composed of the following four sections :…
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(« Magnetic field of two bar magnets with unlike poles » by Alexander Wilmer Duff)
« Come Back » dates back to the epoch of The Fall Children, the band that was supposed to be but never really was, and whose unexpected but timely demise cleared the…
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(« Guardian Angel, » sculpture by Josep Llimona, photography by P. B. Obregón)
« On The Wings Of My Guardian Angel » is one…
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(« Two portraits of Ryogen » - Author Unknown [Copyright Holder is Kiemon Tsuruya])
« Creeper » is an allegory wherein destructive mental processes are compared to creeping plants. It depicts a confrontation between creeper and host in four stages : introduction, growth, conquest,…
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(« Climbing Plant » by Popperipopp)
« Creeper » is directly inspired by the following aphorism from the Dhammapada :…
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(« Ratha Yatra Festival in Puri, India » by James Fergusson)
The third part of « Juggernaut, » entitled « Procession, » evokes the arrival of the crushing force before it unleashes into a frenzy of…
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(Based on «
4D virtual 3x3x3x3 sequential move puzzle, scrambled » by
SpinningSpark)
« Integration » is the seventh and final chapter of « The Chrome Lake. »
This instrumental section starts…
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(« Wilesco D36 steamroller » by Morn)
« Steamroller » is the fourth chapter of « Juggernaut. » In the storyline of the suite, it represents the apex of pain, and the metanoia.
The instrumental is one of the most busy pieces of music that I’ve written up to now, and…
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(« Introspection II » by Christopher Stewart)
« Introspection II » is the fifth section, and second with vocals, of « The Chrome Lake. »
The chapter is an almost-but-not-identical twin to « Introspection I. » And again, the subject matter is pretty much self-explanatory.
Here are the lyrics :
I see you feel…
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(« Surface Tension » by darkmatter)
In « Surface, » the sixth chapter of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is gradually returning to activity after having transformed into who they feel like being. Ultimately, they reach…
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