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..."

Bon Jovi in Bucharest - you twist so fine

"Brothers and sisters. We have gathered here tonight to be as one."

Squee!!!


Sexy ladies during Bad Medicine

Fresh off from the Bon Jovi concert tonight... I was blown away. It's just happy smouldering embers writing this post now. Lol. After Livin' On A Prayer which brought about the golden Sacred Heart at the end (while during the show we could see a progression of the logo through the years), they finished the concert with the classic Twist And Shout!!! And I could SWEAR they said "you really got me glowing now" instead of "going" (although, if you do glow, you also go into different dimensions)! That is, the original vibe-raising song > Ahh - ahh - ahh - ahh. They put a lot of work into delivering that (and we did too!), and one time during one of the build-ups, Jon said something about 'the wisdom' - though I couldn't catch all he said. Can you?


Of course, the entire concert was very "current" from my point of view. Dry County = the Crisis. Messages like "Shine (Your Time is Now)", etc, complete with Wormhole imagery = we are the solution to it.

All in all, the essential rock concert, always nodding back to That Old Time Rock'n'Roll, which is about the Consciousness of True Love (Soul). And Love indeed I could feel, the meaning of that Bleedin' Heart and the sacrifices that it made. It all sounds very much fun in this review - a nice party (which of course it was) - but as they wisely sing, the road here was paved by the hopeless, the hungry, and the brokenhearted, and now we can all raise the Vibe. So besides being current, the show seemed to communicate a certain job having been done, worldwide, and everyone having reached this place in time.

What they don't know, however, is that our Romanian concept of their own "Blood On Blood" is very ancient, and translates as "Brothers of the Cross". This would be a very deep friendship established for the purpose of Multidimensional Travel ("crossing"), by mingling one's energy ("blood") with that of another. Then the friends would perform Fairytale duties. The Cross(ing) is that of pathways.

I had a GREAT TIME... I hope they did too, which they seemed to, by the looks of it and the lingering (over three hours and in spite of some obvious exhaustion, the July heatwave, plus it was -almost- Richie's birthday...

Beautiful guitar design
"We'll play another one for you, after all you don't have anything to do tomorrow, do you?" The show's quality never dropped one inch, though).
One of my favourite moments was when some fans gave Jon a Romanian flag printed with the name Bon Jovi, and he studied it for a moment then wrapped it around his shoulders. It usually is a 'technique' like others such as the planned encores, but it was also a rather subconscious gesture.

At the end they thanked us for patiently waiting 30 years for them, haha (yep, we get that a lot, but the timing couldn't be more right - after all, what is recognition from others, without recognition from oneself? Before, the effect would have been to depress us even further by showing us things we couldn't have, both material and spiritual - you really have to be careful, when you 'gather to be as one', what you go back to afterwards, because it can seem such a void; not so now, most of us have travelled around quite a bit and some of us do realize the truth in saying we're brothers, not idols/followers - regardless of our conditioned aspects, like wealth or career). Also, there was one instance when a part he sang came from directly within - he got really transported and the notes resonated with that double quality, thought and sound.
And not to forget when everything went dark, lights going out one by one and then KABOOM! a big flash, as they went into Always to the crowd's delight (and screaming in my ear).
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A vortexy lady in the crowd

You know you’re a twisty little girl, (twist little girl)
You know you twist so fine. (twist so fine)
Come on and twist a little closer, now, (twist a little closer)
And let me know that you're mine. (let me know you’re mine oooh)


A few more fairytale comparisons:

Light Of Earendil's Star - fractal art by Keith
Ancient legend/myth about opening a gateway to one's higher nature and becoming as a Star, e.g. "Rise, my fallen angel - shine" (Bon Jovi: Brokenpromiseland)



Fractal art by Tatooine92, capturing the relation between "shining like a diamond" and the Vortex or Wormhole

Aerosmith "Angel" - the Guardian & the Mote (Mate)

"And the ray was the Guardian Angel of the mote: not a thing interposed between God and the creature, but God's very attention itself, personalized."~~JRR Tolkien I remember many years ago, the question was, "What's an aerosmith?!". I thought that was funny. True, what is an aerosmith! There were suggestions of a kite. Nowadays, I think I have finally figured it out. And yes, it's a kite - but a very unusual one. (As a point of interest, in my native language "kite" is the same word as a "daimon" or someone who pushes you to better yourself, the happiness in transcending your limits).

Hehe, very clever to put a human-scale Aerosmith (imagine how many pictures were taken there, of people standing in an ancient stargate, the vehicle of the Angels). If we go by the Winged Disc symbol, or the Nibiru, or Fravahar, it is also funny that Steven Tyler has a daughter who played an Elf. *g*

But that hadn't happened in 1988, and it is this song, Angel, written with Desmond Child, that is my all-time favourite song/performance in their repertoir (my air guitar on this wasn't half bad!). Here is why: It is definitely a meta-performance - explaining why they are in this at all, and what it is really all about. Sure, there are suggestions of all rock artists having sold their souls to the devil for money, but I wonder what would happen if we identified a little bit, with that person who's singing his brains out onstage, invoking his Angel (or perhaps she is invoking him?). Have you never experienced the feeling? The most complete, all-encompassing Love, initiated in the stomach and travelling through the entire nervous system. That Love is what powers you to stand tall and know who you are (no devil would suggest that to you). Sure, everyone has problems and issues (rock stars even more so), but this is their way of purifying - and they also do it for the whole audience. Yes, they need the devils to stage the whole thing - but that's minor compared to its real value. So, due to this Angel who is lifting the man, he's transformed in my eyes: first, he goes back to being a child, a small boy. Then, he metamorphoses into a really, REALLY attractive man - I can see what she sees in him, as it were. And that's how these concerts work. The mind is opened to the existence of one's own soulmate, and that is why it seems so confusing at first, that it doesn't matter about age or sex, or even about what is deemed handsome or ugly - it just happens whenever you mature enough to look into it (this certainly was not the case for me in 1988), and it's not about a connection between you and the man onstage, but a parallel between the audience and the Angel he is invoking/expressing, who gives the "glory" (looking on from the top of the A-shaped Axis Mundi).

By the way, have you ever seen the sheer number of ORBS at these concerts?

2009 Take That "Circus" Tour Stargate

"Relight my fire, your love is my only desire..."

Take That's "Circus" Tour in 2009 featured a VERY prominent Stargate in the stage design.

Hold Up A Light talks of how we access another world through following our favourite stars onstage, because we identify with "hope in love" (symbolized by the light). A Star (or Circus Actor) is someone who channels and makes visible our private desires. But a "Star" always has a "Gate" behind him. An Idol is a focal point for our attention, but behind this Mirror Image is always that inner passion which inspires us all equally. The imagery is of creating a Bridge between this world and the world of Ideals. In a world where there is escalating fear that the media is imprisoning our minds, this is a very welcome different perception which raises consciousness significantly, by explaining this experience as a mutual contract of co-creation and collective learning. The Stargate shows a tunnel of Orbs.  



Here more references are made to "Ruling the World", i.e. establishing order co-creatively. The Stargate shows a Jewel (Holy Grail). Fireworks  usually represent the onset of Cosmic Consciousness.

The Jewel blazes out its light so its shape is not clear, but in some videos there is a fleeting glimpse caught of its shape when the light is gentled, which is this. It can be traced as the shape of the mystical "Seat of the Soul". :)

"The Stars are coming out tonight, for you..."

The concept of "the stars are coming out tonight, for you" was embodied in a very personal experience of mine, in very similar wording. I was very surprised to find this inspiring a pop performance almost 10 years after, which holds the exact same message as my experience. This meaning centers on this word-play of Star, which studied deeper leads to the description of the Egyptian Underworld/Afterlife (and beside Egyptian, it is also Greek and Celtic, and Maori).

This experience was a dream. At first it was a nightmare, I was very angry with the demise of someone who had been a famous pop star. Somehow, within that frame I could not escape (which was symbolized by a basement), appeared a stairway and a figure dressed in white robes. He was like and unlike the famous person. He asked me to climb up the stairs. It was difficult, but I did, and found myself on his own level. This felt very strange. He said to look past him, and see the stars come out just for me. And that's what happened. The negativity then diffused, and I flew off the top of the stairs. I woke up and wrote a poem about enlightenment, and - once I found the Internet - shared it.

As these things go, they happen to you once but it takes years to decode them, while you keep thinking about them. Though I feel that nowadays I have come to understanding:

We are all the same, because of our Divine Spark. A modern Star or Idol, someone we admire and look up to, acts like the Sun ("a star so bright, you blind me..."). But the Stars will come out from beyond, in that moment of individual clarity, when we are no longer blinded and we See.

And the stars, which come out just for you, are real. What I accessed in that dream was our dawning Cosmic Vision, a psychic network which plays a significant part in all our ancient myths.

Eurovision 2010: Playing with Fire

Paula Seling & Ovi with double piano, Golden Ring set design, and Wormhole screen graphics.
Lyrics formulas:
Girl/Boy standard role-prison (Ego) fought against. Challenge/No Relent dynamics (irrestistible force/immovable object); "Fire", rhyming with "burning desire" (as usual!); "Taking us higher" - raised consciousness; "Could it be just a dream?" - as in "is this really happening".