From classical to rock, jazz, country, trance and New Age, there are dozens of categorized genres of popular music or 'Pop music.' Listening to Pop music has been a prominent activity in society ever since I can remember, especially among young people. A list of the Song video links from articles at this blog may be seen at a You Tube playlist page of links: "Metaphysical Pop Songs".
To be spiritually aware of 'God'/'Spirit'/'Universal Source' (etc.) is knowing that there is an interlinking innate creativity that makes each person what one might call a conscious 'channel' — in contrast to the exceptional cases of what has been called 'trance channeling' or 'total takeover' channeling.
In a 2015 article at this blog "Excerpts from The Call of the Trance", Catherine Clément is quoted from her book The Call of The Trance: "The possessed today are singers . . ."
Contemplating Catherine Clément's commentary leads one to consider aspects of life involving ethnology and states of mentality that encompass such activities as songwriting, singing, playing musical instruments, dancing and concertgoing.
Catherine's book begins with her description of watching a group trance ritual at Dakar in Senegal involving women belonging to "the global masses who live on less than two dollars a day."
The author suggested how people living in developed industrial countries also seek some manner of 'eclipse' or break from their daily routines. Rock concerts fulfill such a desire and the excitement expressed by 'fans' can be seen in countless You Tube performance videos.
A Pop singer who has continuously involved herself with metaphysical themes is East Germany-born Nina Hagen, the subject of the 2015 blog article "Metaphysical Pop Songs: Gods of Aquarius". Nina Hagen's metaphysical pop songs include "Flying Saucers," "The Change" and "Gods of Aquarius." An interview video clip of Nina shows her mentioning an instance of what I've called 'the Michael pattern' that is noticeable in 'paranormal' phenomena/transcendental communication cases. 'The Michael pattern is among the topics of a July blog article about synchronicity.
The above image is a link to the 1979 song "Pop Muzik." The letter 'M' is a symbolic aspect of some cases of transcendental communication and channeling, as mentioned in previous articles about Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Andrija Puharich and the 'Centrahoma Poltergeist' case.
To be spiritually aware of 'God'/'Spirit'/'Universal Source' (etc.) is knowing that there is an interlinking innate creativity that makes each person what one might call a conscious 'channel' — in contrast to the exceptional cases of what has been called 'trance channeling' or 'total takeover' channeling.
In a 2015 article at this blog "Excerpts from The Call of the Trance", Catherine Clément is quoted from her book The Call of The Trance: "The possessed today are singers . . ."
Contemplating Catherine Clément's commentary leads one to consider aspects of life involving ethnology and states of mentality that encompass such activities as songwriting, singing, playing musical instruments, dancing and concertgoing.
Catherine's book begins with her description of watching a group trance ritual at Dakar in Senegal involving women belonging to "the global masses who live on less than two dollars a day."
In a great arena of sand, beside the ocean, women are dancing in a state of trance, watched by a thousand onlookers. They make a majestic entrance, dressed in flounced dresses and lace.
They call the trance that possesses them 'dancing.' There are around fifty of them, mostly jobless as are many of those who live in the Medina . . .
The trance doesn't come easily. You have to prompt it into being. Each of the women will go and lodge herself at the burning heart of the rhythm as a willing prisoner of the circle of drums—ten massive instruments wielded by griots [musicians and spokesmen of oral history].
Here they are on the sand, laid flat, unconscious. The drums essay different rhythms to find the one that will haunt their being. Now they have it! The women are coming out of their inertia. And when they stand, their spirits transform them.
Sometimes the spirits ['rab'] come of their own accord. That evening at Dakar, a cook from Mali fell down suddenly without warning. Often mistreated by the trance-mistress, her boss, she wasn't one of the official group but among the onlookers. Yet the spirits are no respecters of class distinctions . . . A sudden jolt and off she went. She was on all fours, growling fiercely.
I saw her up-close. Her eyes, crazed with worry, rolled in all directions, while her breathing grew panicky and her mouth opened and roared involuntarily while her every limb trembled.
Later I learnt how the cook stopped being a lion. It was done with raw meat. After she'd wolfed it down, they said, she fell into a deep sleep.
When I saw her the next day she had a broad smile on her face. In a voice hoarse from roaring, she confided to me that she felt rested.
. . . trances and dancing in another body were clearly a holiday from life.
Or much more in fact. Permission to slip out of life, to 'eclipse themselves.'
The author suggested how people living in developed industrial countries also seek some manner of 'eclipse' or break from their daily routines. Rock concerts fulfill such a desire and the excitement expressed by 'fans' can be seen in countless You Tube performance videos.
A Pop singer who has continuously involved herself with metaphysical themes is East Germany-born Nina Hagen, the subject of the 2015 blog article "Metaphysical Pop Songs: Gods of Aquarius". Nina Hagen's metaphysical pop songs include "Flying Saucers," "The Change" and "Gods of Aquarius." An interview video clip of Nina shows her mentioning an instance of what I've called 'the Michael pattern' that is noticeable in 'paranormal' phenomena/transcendental communication cases. 'The Michael pattern is among the topics of a July blog article about synchronicity.
More recently I've noticed unusual lyrics in a succession of songs by the group Imagine Dragons, including "Radioactive", "Demons" and "Thunder".
Around five years ago, I was working at a high school in Hollywood while a TV show was filming at the site. The song I kept hearing being performed was "It's Time" by Imagine Dragons and my only reaction was: "For what?" It was some months later when I heard the group's "Radioactive" including the lyrics "I'm waking up . . . Welcome to the New Age" and "I'm radioactive." After more time went by, I heard the group's "Demons" and most recently "Thunder." Drum beats are prominent in all of these songs. As with the song "Believer," each of these Imagine Dragons songs has been in rotation at various times at my local gym — the place where I hear new Pop songs these days.
A 'Pop' artist commenting about the creative process may be read in a Las Vegas magazine article "Imagine Dragons Frontman Tells How to Write a Hit Song". Here is an excerpt:
STEP 1
Start building the rhythm. It starts typically on my computer, typically at night, thus the first album was called Night Visions. I’ll pull out my laptop and start building, usually with rhythm first. Because I was a drummer before I was anything else, what I first hear in my head is a beat. But with “I Bet My Life,” Wayne [Sermon, Imagine Dragons guitarist] sent me two guitar samples, and I pieced them together in Ableton [music production software].
STEP 2
Create a sonic environment. Then I start building around the [rhythm/guitar riff], and create an environment. I don’t really have a story or a thought planned, but I’m in some sort of state of mind when I’m building the structure of the song. Then, based on where it goes, that’s where my mind goes. . . .
In performance — "Imagine Dragons" frontman Dan Reynolds and one of his group's drums
The intrinsic need to expand one's spiritual understanding is sometimes expressed with storylines in movies, TV shows and novels that encompass metaphysical aspects of life. Listeners to Pop music will occasionally find unusual permutations of entertainment media, especially in music video scenarios such as "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" (1979) by The Manhattan Transfer. The pyramid-shaped hat seen in the video reminds me of some facets of channeling cases that have been chronicled.
Forms of entertainment can inspire reflection yet expanding one's spiritual understanding is something that is only soundly derived through contemplating and making sense of one's own life. Useful comparisons may be made with the documented case studies and transcripts of transcendental communication offering perspectives relating to Earth existence and the afterlife.
An essential message is that each human being is an immortal spirit manifesting as a unit of 'God' and the enlightened person is one who expresses 'Christ Consciousness' through actions and choices made during Earth life. Among contemporary 'channeled entities' whose commentary has been quoted in recent blog articles are 'St. Paul' (through Ray Brown), 'Lazaris' (through Jach Pursel), 'St. John' (through Kevin Ryerson), 'Ramtha' (through JZ Knight) and 'Dr. Peebles' (through Thomas Jacobson).
Other previous blog articles about metaphysical pop songs include "Metaphysical Pop Songs: Strange Angels", "Rosemary Brown Channeled Songs from John Lennon" and "Hotel California".
Recent articles about 'channeling' include "Life and the Afterlife Explained from the Other Side", "Five Videos for People Who Don't Yet Know about Authentic Channeling" and "Channeling 'Silver Birch' (In Comparison with Other Cases)".
There are currently 50 song video links from articles at this blog at the "Metaphysical Pop Songs" playlist at You Tube.
Forms of entertainment can inspire reflection yet expanding one's spiritual understanding is something that is only soundly derived through contemplating and making sense of one's own life. Useful comparisons may be made with the documented case studies and transcripts of transcendental communication offering perspectives relating to Earth existence and the afterlife.
An essential message is that each human being is an immortal spirit manifesting as a unit of 'God' and the enlightened person is one who expresses 'Christ Consciousness' through actions and choices made during Earth life. Among contemporary 'channeled entities' whose commentary has been quoted in recent blog articles are 'St. Paul' (through Ray Brown), 'Lazaris' (through Jach Pursel), 'St. John' (through Kevin Ryerson), 'Ramtha' (through JZ Knight) and 'Dr. Peebles' (through Thomas Jacobson).
Other previous blog articles about metaphysical pop songs include "Metaphysical Pop Songs: Strange Angels", "Rosemary Brown Channeled Songs from John Lennon" and "Hotel California".
Recent articles about 'channeling' include "Life and the Afterlife Explained from the Other Side", "Five Videos for People Who Don't Yet Know about Authentic Channeling" and "Channeling 'Silver Birch' (In Comparison with Other Cases)".
There are currently 50 song video links from articles at this blog at the "Metaphysical Pop Songs" playlist at You Tube.
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