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In this recording I verge upon enchanted Oration, where I ‘get out of the way’ and allow Memory and Inspiration to speak more or less directly… all honor to the Muses and their progenitors…

Possession: Although we rarely consider it, we moderns are actually addicted to possession. Actors, artists, dancers, musicians and orators of every stripe are actively practicing ‘being possessed’, which involves the radical ‘evaporation’ ( turning to mist ) of the highly conserved ‘personal identity’ which is generated and confusingly celebrated in ‘modern’ ( read: dissociated ) cultures. I talk about the Rhapsodes, Sophists and Philosophers ( those who adore wisdom ), and the relationship between Oration, possession, and enchantment.

Possession: Although we rarely consider it, we moderns are actually addicted to possession. Actors, artists, dancers, musicians and orators of every stripe are actively practicing ‘being possessed’, which involves the radical ‘evaporation’ ( turning to mist ) of the highly concerved ‘personal identitiy’ which is generated and confusingly celebrated in ‘modern’ ( read: dissociated ) cultures. I talk about the Rhapsodes, Sophists and Philosophers ( those who adore wisdom ), and the relationship between Oration, possession, and enchantment.

Death/Resurrection: Ammon Hillman’s perspectives on Ancient Greek Pharmakon ( poisons and their concoction/titration ) strongly suggest the view that some ancient mystery traditions were capable of bringing initiates to the brink of death ( or possibly actually killing them ) and then ‘resurrecting’ them with antidotes. This perspective should radically revise our ideas about these traditions and the religions that arose in their wake, specifically, the ‘grace’ of resurrection, as it relates to the Apocalypse of the New Testament, and other instances where we read of related matters. I also broach the triangle from which we emerge into material incarnation as reflective of the pyramids that could be understood, in their relatively modest function as ‘tombs’, as an inversion of the birth channel meant to project Egyptian rulers into sky-birth.

“No one reads the Greek medical texts! I don’t know why…” — Ammon Hillman