Sounds from Innerspace - Music Banter Music Banter

Go Back   Music Banter > The MB Reader > Members Journal
Register Blogging Today's Posts
Welcome to Music Banter Forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with over 70,000 other registered members. After you create your free account, you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 1,100,000 posts.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 01-16-2019, 12:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
Mord
 
Zhanteimi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Tokyo
Posts: 4,873
Default

Amazing!
__________________
Zhanteimi

LetsTalkMusic
Zhanteimi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2019, 12:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
.
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 4,008
Default

In the pre-Christian religion of the Irish Celts, the goddess Brigit is patroness of
poets and prophets. Brigit has traded physical eyesight for poetic insight; she is
typically portrayed as partially blind or possessing only one eye. Brigit is the
bestower of poetic gifts: the fire in the head (that is at once perspicacity,
acuity, and "associative mania"), mnemonic skills, the knowledge of mythology,
and the ability of Dark Tongue. Her feast day, Imbolc (forty days after the
winter solstice), celebrates gestation and birth, her poetic gifts, and a return of
light and vision.

The prophets and priests of the pagan Irish were thus associated with Brigit,
who shared with her votaries the gifts in her possession. Occasionally Brigit
selected a special emissary, marking him through the same sacrifice she
underwent: eyesight for inner vision. Brigit's chosen prophet is mystically
identified with her and with the rites of gestation and birth performed on her
feast day. James Joyce, mythographer extraordinaire, exhibitor of astounding
mnemonic skills, speaker of the Dark Tongue, possessor of associative mania,
became partially blind from the years of sacrifice required for Finnegans Wake.
Brigit's holy day of birth, Imbolc, is February 2—the birthday of James Joyce
himself. James Joyce sincerely believed he was a prophet and priest assigned
the enormous task of introducing a new religion to the West. According to Joyce,
Finnegans Wake, in its most fundamental sense, is the sacred canon of this religion.

from: Wake Rites: the Ancient Irish Rituals of Finnegans Wake, by George Cinclair Gibson
rostasi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2019, 05:40 AM   #3 (permalink)
Music Addict
 
innerspaceboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: The Organized Mind
Posts: 2,044
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by rostasi View Post
In the pre-Christian religion of the Irish Celts, the goddess Brigit is patroness of
poets and prophets. ...
...from: Wake Rites: the Ancient Irish Rituals of Finnegans Wake, by George Cinclair Gibson
I seriously cannot love this post enough. Thank you so much for sharing this juicy knowledge with me!
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chula Vista View Post
You are quite simply one of the most unique individuals I've ever met in my 680+ months living on this orb.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Trollheart View Post
You are to all of us what Betelgeuse is to the sun in terms of musical diversity.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Exo_ View Post
You sir are a true character. I love it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Batlord View Post
You, sir, are a nerd's nerd.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marie Monday View Post
Just chiming in to declare that your posts are a source of life and wholesomeness
The Innerspace Connection | Essential Recordings | Top Archives | Hot 100 Albums | Top 550 Artists
innerspaceboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Similar Threads



© 2003-2025 Advameg, Inc.