The Rite of spring, summer, autumn *and* winter...

Yep!

She brought her to her ioyous Paradize,
Where most she wonnes, when she on earth does dwel.
So faire a place, as Nature can deuize:
Whether in Paphos, or Cytheron hill,
Or it in Gnidus be, I wote not well;
But well I wote by tryall, that this same
All other pleasant places doth excell,
And called is by her lost louers name,
The Gardin of Adonis, farre renowmd by fame.
...
But were it not, that Time their troubler is,
All that in this delightfull Gardin growes,
Should happie be, and haue immortall blis:
For here all plentie, and all pleasure flowes,
And sweet loue gentle fits emongst them throwes,
Without fell rancor, or fond gealosie;
Franckly each paramour his leman knowes,
Each bird his mate, ne any does enuie
Their goodly meriment, and gay felicitie.
(Spenser's "The Garden of Adonis", ss.29-41. See s.31 for the "Double Gates" and the procedure for passing through).



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* Photo of "The Rite Of Spring" as performed by the Tokyo Ballet. But it seems such a shame to confine Love to just one season or ritual, so... let's have it all the time!
* The ladies in the scene represent "Stars", and the story depicts the time when Ishtar (Eve) introduced Soul Love to the population.

"Love is not to simply join the human flesh
Love must join the soul..."

Lady Gaga: The Edge of Glory (Lightbody)

Squee! This is very special! It seems these are multiplying, just a moment ago I saw something called, "Michael Jackson - Behind the Mask Project", which suggests 'Disclosure' when taken on the whole.



The Glory is the Lightbody, a.k.a. putting on the White Robes. Due to a spiritual energy descending from the higher regions, technically all people are now able to access this aspect in themselves. This is very exciting.

To explain further, the video is in the same tradition as "What A Feeling" (as in FLASHdance - being a Flash or Lightbody) by Irene Cara. However, I shall introduce our local version of it, "What Is Love". Back from the days when copyright was of no consequence in this country (see, some positive aspects to the ideal of Communism, lol).
Stela Enache sings, "What is love to you? Why do you run away from it, and from me?". Apart from falling off my chair laughing at the choreography etc, I am amazed by the Syncs in place here: check out the "Stars" in the beginning and her appearing like the Purple Robed Isis, complete with golden ring and floating Orbs. And I can't believe my eyes how subvertive this video was, as you can see the attempts at portraying "The System" ("stay HERE, learn THIS, no fooling around or you get reprimanded!") being opposed by a freedom of imagination and spirituality, the "Alternative" represented by the Stage, or the "Escape" represented by the consciousness of Love. The System just allowed these things because they believed Love had no REAL power, and that dance movements were of no consequence. They censored everything else. But I find it interesting that the same lady plays both the System and Escape, both the restrictive teacher and the dreamy student... which is just another way of saying "We are doing this to ourselves". And if you look at the old logo of my country, from back then, you might notice Ishtar's Gate (not that anyone saw it as such)...