| Bruce Dickinson – Book Of Thel Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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That interpretation, mr. Ironed Maidens, is very childish. You fail into recognizing many of the beautiful metaphores of Sir Dickinson. There's nothing "satanic" on this song, which is about "Sacred Coitum" or "Hieros Gamos", a magick sexual intercourse between the main character and the priestess (which is presumably his Initiator, as it should be according to Left Hand Path, that asumes that the female polarity, negative, receptive, restrictive, is the door to the initiation). The virgin/whore duality is an attribute of Binah, the third Sephira of the Cabalistic Tree of Life, associated to the Virgin Mary and the Misteries of the Conception. The Sacred Prostitute, although giving birth, remains always a virgin for not interfering with her concept, releasing the newborn to the world after delivery. It is said that a virgin queen always represent her because it's receptive to all mages that dare to pass the abyss and reach it. That said, let's dive into the music: lamb an wolf not necessarily means God and Satan, because Alchemy doesn’t play well with the believe that Satan is anything other than a polarity, one of God’s aspects, as lead is to gold, or cold is the opposite of heat. “if you actually know Alchemy, it's about alteration of the natural world, and very occultic as well. It's all Satanic” > you seem to be fantasizing about Alchemy. Throughout his angels, God alters the natural world all the time… perhaps God is a bit satanic too :cP Stand inside the temple As the book of Thel is opening The priestess stands before you Offering her hand out, she's rising “Of course, the priestess of Thel, The Virgin. Offering her hand out to take you into the 'hidden air', the scarlet vale. I think The Virgin is reminiscent of Babylon, too, in a metaphorical sense” Is that so hard to imagine a woman’s pair of legs as the book cover, spreading out to reveal its content? The ‘hidden air’ refers to the hollow cavity known as vagina*. ‘Stand inside the temple’ = take the first step towards initiation, and enter the atrium, that seppares the profane world from the sacred one (just like the outer and inner labia resemble the double doors on a regular temple, like a church, a synagogue or a mosque). There’s so much correlation between the female genitalia and a religious building that I won’t spoil the fun of discovery. Just know that both have a structure named “vestibulum *not sure if you’ve already seen a real one, but you can browse the web, it’s full of illustrative pics. If you’re under 18, there’s some nice educational shots on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva that are neither explicit or require your parental advisory. “Near the end of the world, the dawning of the walking dead, the Demons of Hell” > there’s no such thing as “end of the world”, just a turn of aeons. The “harlot woomb of death” means that the same womb that gives birth, also gives death (one starts to die the minute he inhales the first breath). We’re all rotten cores, a biological time-bomb, just flesh jackets for our spirits. The body must perish for the soul regain its freedom. Again, there’s nothing “all satanic” here. Serpent = Kundalini, as stated by user lawofthetrapezoid. It’s the magic force unleashed on ritual sex magic (when done right) or through meditation, extenuation, extasis, etc. “The weeping virgin is again, The Virgin from Book of Thel. The veil of flesh escapes me. I'm sure it has to do with the veils of blood, pestilence, war, and darkness that Dickinson also relates to” There’s an easy explanation for the ‘veil of flesh’. That veil is the hymenal membrane. By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes And when sleep takes you tonight Will you wake to see the light...? ‘Burning of the world. The marriage hearse is odd, though. Perhaps you're marrying the sin from the pearly fangs you kissed.’ I’ll let anyone here guess what’s wrong with it. And use the examples above as tools to do the interpretation without seeing the devil hidden behind every dot and every comma |
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