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The Fool
04:32
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"Beloved Fool, Beloved Master…
There’s thousands of dreams to conceive and chase after…
There’s always time, and a space to play…
Realms to dive into, Waters washing doubts away…
Back and forth the pendulum sways,
Yet here & now, in your place you stay.
You’ve always belonged, & you’ll always be home,
Resounding the primordial sound - OM.
Beloved Fool, Beloved Master…
With your sacred tears & divine laughter.
Travel far, & forget your prowess nonetheless, and continue to be the
child, always seeing life anew.
Stretching, reaching, growing, and becoming, through and through.
Beloved Fool, we’re counting on you.
You stand on the precipice of possibility in every moment.
To not leap is to deny yourself the knowing of your liberation.
Do you truly have a choice? Yes and no…
For the truest choice is always already made,
Long before the stars in the sky were but
a twinkling in the depths of silent mystery.
Venture forth, brave traveller, for the treasures you seek are to be found on the path within…
Within what?
Why, you of course....
O there will be challenge -
there will be fire and brimstone and back-stabbing serpents and rotten hellish beasties but fear not.
They are your true face when the end is the beginning,
and the beginning is never ending.
Blessings on your path, Dear Traveller.
All of the infinite costumes you wear are here in support of this divine sojourn.
If only you venture forth with the heart bursting open with the raw,
naive intelligence of pure wonder.
If you could see all of your beauty at once,
the universe would be obliterated in ecstatic remembrance -
dare to see it anyway.
After all, what else is there to do, my sweet friend?”
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2. |
Birth
00:52
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"A bottle of pure adventure…A tepid puddle of complacency & comfort…The flaming sword of judgment? All are for sale, and all are ripe for the choosing…But! Be mindful of your choice…For if you do not heed my warning, you may find yourself face to face with the conundrum of stagnant, putrid purgatory….Or, sweet paradise! It’s up to you…”
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3. |
Earth
04:17
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4. |
The Lovers
02:51
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“Darling, Darling:
It appears I have been searching for you, since the stars first appeared in the night sky…
Since the first rays of the morning sun graced this barren earth…
How many eons have I longed and yearned for but a moment of your timeless gaze, the endless depths of your beauty, the bursting passion of your loving embrace.
I have despaired, and sobbed for so long, my beloved. So as to collapse this heart, like a house being demolished by flame.
Utterly broken…broken.
And this is when I see, I finally see, that my search was in vein…For you, my darling, lived inside my breath all along…
...And if I were to never even gaze upon your face in the physical plane before it was my time to exit it,
Angel,
That would be a price I would gladly pay.
So pure and complete is my love for you....I love you.”
~ Wyn Evans ©2020
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5. |
The Empress
04:38
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“The feast is laid out before us, my loyal citizens. Rich red, luscious green grapes, platters of the finest fare from the furthest reaches of the earth. This is my gift to you: Anyone may sit at my banquet table, but know that your utmost cordiality is not optional. Otherwise you shall taste the blunt end of my royal heels: I do not wish to frighten you, but while I may appear to be a creature of pure majesty, inside me is a lioness that can tear you limb from limb.”
~ Wyn Evans
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6. |
The Moon
01:33
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“Nothing but the faint rush of the wind in the pines, the muted calls of the forest creatures penetrates this ethereal quiet
Silence permeates these hallowed grounds
Anything could emerge from this womb of calm
Even the deliciousness of fear is welcome here; as much as the smooth taste of joy
The hairs on the back of your neck bristle an electrifying permanence
It is then my presence is known - I am beauty incarnate; your mother’s mother, before mothers were born.
Praise my silken magnificence, the glossy overtones of my divine harmonics
My glory melts all illusion, obliterates all falsehoods in endless rapture, and supreme nourishment.”
~ Wyn Evans
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7. |
The Sun
02:41
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“The moon came to me last night
with a sweet question.
She said,
‘The sun has been my faithful lover
for millions of years.
Whenever I offer my body to him
brilliant light pours from his heart,
thousands then notice my happiness
and delight in pointing to my beauty.
Hafiz, is it true that it's our destiny to turn into light itself?
And I replied,
Dear Moon, now that your Love is maturing
we need to sit together, close like this more often,
so that I might instruct you how to become who you are.”
Embrace your shadows, embrace your light
Step forth, lest be froze in fright -
You are The Star,
You are The Sun,
You are The Moon,
Exhale glorified tombs,
Inhale new life & bloom…
P1 - Hafiz
P2 - Mehtab
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8. |
The Star
02:31
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“Gotta step in this, how I’m repping this -
This is what I do when I grab the mic and check and then,
When I see myself, when I just start glistening, then I listen to my crystalline energy -
This is what I do with my inner me, this is what I do when I step inside of me, when I listen to my community -
You gotta respect it, and I gotta be the person to hear myself when I want to hear it out -
Walk it out, talk it out, this is how I hear it out.
So, let me start like the Magician, so I bring it up then I bring it down again cuz I’m not the one bringing the magic and you know I can be so slightly tragic, but that leads to me just healing myself - I gotta feel it to heal it. This is the person I do it when I reveal it: my soul is just in it when I put these words in it, how I use my lyrics is shiftin’ and how I got a grasp within it when I throw myself in it like the tree that I am…
Let me jump off this cliff, unwillingly; forever freein’ me & my dogs because we loyal as **** - Moving thru all the fog, like a swamp in the bog, because I’m with the force on Luke’s back, strong as a horse - Naive as a child to only have the need to learn the spiritual cloud, raining down brainstorm a thunder forever wonder how does the summer go in, within, like the winter - Stay in my center - When I feel like Master Splinter…
So take a piece of this pizza dish, eat it up, make a wish, pack your bag up and think about the foolishness - Spread your wings and soar to this - Make true art with this. Asparagus, a superfood, & I’m giving you gratitude, for you listenin’, resonate with this picture & state, top up your glycerin, there I go again, just flip again, Acrobat with my words again. Creative juices are splurging in, one time with that word again…
And I grab a pen, start scribbling, chicken scratch keeps up with my thoughts within, a sparksmanship, have to put my heart in it - Feel the dark within ~ purpose of life: keep it to the right and I leave what’s left, pick up with my step, using my rep, become a pep talk - This is how I walk, this is how I get it when I talk it out - I am the Fool, I have the tool, and number one is the rule…”
~ Secquoyah Lacy
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9. |
Justice - Judgment
05:38
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“The flaming sword of judgment...The righteous sword of truth.
Justice rules our court, just truth builds our force. There’s no way to seek shade from the piercing, brilliant light of day. & we know there’s no hiding in the cold…
These scales impale and prevail, no lies nor flaws can survive by your side in the midst of this ice blade’s blow.
It is written, it is so. The source of sorcery, it is the LAW.
So what is the truth, O righteous one? Will your words set us free? Or will you continue to pretend? ‘Til your rotten, bitter, hanging end.
There’s no hurry, and there’s no time to waste.
Make haste, step up, and speak…”
“Light am I, Light I am ~ I am the light, the light I am, the light I am…”
“What are you waiting for? ...What are you waiting for?? I've been with you for thousands of lifetimes, and now's your chance to actualize your dreams! I am your soul, I am YOU. I am the light of divinity, and I need to see my form expressed through YOU! Your sovereignty is my sovereignty, and this Earth NEEDS OUR LIGHT! There's no hiding, there's no playing small ~ Yes, parts of you will be incinerated and yes, parts of you will not survive, but I assure you, I promise you(!) the experience of infinity in the flesh!”
“What is holding you back? We’ve been obliterating the shadows for eons.
No soul benefits from your fear, no life is lifted by your down-sizing, and no one grows from your shrinking.
I’ll be here, in your breath, & your heart, RAGING as the light until all souls are set free”
~ Mehtab
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10. |
The Devil
03:56
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“Panic! It is I, your nightmare! & guess who I am? You’ll never guess because it’s too close to you…It’s you!
Obey me, heed me! Fall into my spiked trap. Clap on these heavy irons! Feel the pain. Hear my agony, hear my cries. I hurt and bleed to show you the terror that you have been running from your entire existence.
Crash! Smash! Fuck you! Hear me!
I will crumble every wall in your prison. I will destroy and dismantle every hiding place until you breathe in my unholy glory. Please! I am dying! …For your love…”
♂ ~ Wyn Evans
“I lurk in shadows: a goat! Square pupils to charm & alarm you. Horns, so eager to slice - I am Lucifer! He who fell from grace. Condemned the whole damned human race. And yet, I entice, I sacrifice. My cloven hooves hard on the mountain’s climb, OH! You’ll try to avoid it with every step, but know the truth: You never shall be free - of my long embrace, my binding chains, my angel’s face!!!
There is no light without darkness, no darkness without light: It’s all a foolish plight!
So join me in this black abode, my hell is a womb! A mother’s lode…
Together we shall mesh: The spirit, soul, and flesh. We create, we formulate. Together we unbind ~ Together in this darkness, we shall achieve Divine…”
♀ ~ Christine Valentor
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11. |
Death
01:10
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“This is how it all ends: Shrieking, hollering hounds...Crumbling, crumbling until even the dust of your former self is left is returned to the void space from whence it came...Brace yourself, the fall from this height may shake you in ways unimaginable from your current & familiar roost.
Will you unfurl your wings & learn to fly on the way down? Or will you smack the pavement with a bloody, gruesome thud? That, I cannot tell you, for true knowledge can only be uncovered in the heart of the storm.”
~ Wyn Evans
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12. |
The Tower
03:55
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13. |
The Magician
05:38
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“Ah..Welcome, Dear Customer. To the Endless Shop of Mystery. I am your host today, and it is a delight to be that for you. Please, take a look around, take your time..
Which of my wares sparks the magic in your heart? A bottle of pure adventure, a tepid puddle of complacency & comfort, the flaming sword of judgement? All are for sale! And all are ripe for the choosing...And since you’re such a loyal customer, I will offer anything on my shelves to you at no charge...But! Be mindful of your choice…
Listen closely as your body considers each product. Allow compassion for yourself to be your compass. For if you do not heed my warning, you may find yourself face-to-face with the conundrum of stagnant, putrid Purgatory...Or, sweet Paradise! It’s up to you…”
~ Wyn Evans
“Beloved Fool, Revered Master…
Your kingdom reigns with echoes of laughter…
There are no dreams, there’s nothing to control: It’s all right here, Heaven unveiling its soul…
Lies & lives of all kinds have passed through your mind, & you’ve mastered all hazes, mazes, & dazes ~ Gracefully anchoring light into each of these dark places.
The demons, shadows, devils, & beasties are disarmed by the light of your heart, uplifted, seen, & respected...at once, for a start.
Perfectly planned, perfectly timed, perfectly in sync, as you listen through your spine.
Beloved Fool, Beloved Master…
With your sacred tears & divine laughter.
We’re counting on you to see it through, breathing your deepest breaths, ‘til all life is renewed.
Beloved Fool, we’re counting on you.”
~ Mehtab
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Mehtab Kirtan Chicago, Illinois
Moon's reflection of the Divine Song.
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