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Cryptical Envelopment Lyrics
The other day they waited, the sky was dark and faded,
Solemnly they stated, "He has to die, you know he has to die."
All the children learnin', from books that they were burnin',
Every leaf was turnin', to watch him die, you know he had to die.
The summer sun looked down on him, his mother could but frown on him,
And all the others sound on him, but it doesn't seem to matter.
And when the day had ended, with rainbow colors blended,
His mind remained unbended, he had to die, you know he had to die.
Solemnly they stated, "He has to die, you know he has to die."
All the children learnin', from books that they were burnin',
Every leaf was turnin', to watch him die, you know he had to die.
The summer sun looked down on him, his mother could but frown on him,
And all the others sound on him, but it doesn't seem to matter.
And when the day had ended, with rainbow colors blended,
His mind remained unbended, he had to die, you know he had to die.
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This one day I was down in San Fran, good sunny day. Yeah, well, anyway, when I heard the Cryp coming to, I was just sitting there. But then I got up, started feeling it. Like, you know the way you is when you're at a Dead show? So any way, Ann Coulter was right there! I'm not shitting you man, she's too skinny for my tastes, I like plus-sized woman. Yeah, and then I was like, any way, I only realized this years later if you get my drift. I think Cryptical Envelopment is about just watching, not doing anything, like SM or someone B&Ding you, like AC, in her car boot baby got no back.
Pretty sure the song is about the process of ego death that must come before the transcendental journey. "The Psychedelic Experience", the guidebook for tripping, was very popular and well regarded back then.
Pretty sure the song is about the process of ego death that must come before the transcendental journey. "The Psychedelic Experience", the guidebook for tripping, was very popular and well regarded back then.
Here's the gist of the book (from Wikipedia):
Here's the gist of the book (from Wikipedia):
The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a Tibetan Buddhist text that was written as a guide for navigating the process of death, the bardo and rebirth. In The Psychedelic Experience the authors discuss the Tibetan Book of the Deadand use the process of death and rebirth presented in it as a metaphor for the experience of...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a Tibetan Buddhist text that was written as a guide for navigating the process of death, the bardo and rebirth. In The Psychedelic Experience the authors discuss the Tibetan Book of the Deadand use the process of death and rebirth presented in it as a metaphor for the experience of ego death or depersonalization that is commonly experienced under the influence of psychedelic drugs. Similar to how the intended function of the Tibetan Book of the Dead is to be used as a guide for death and rebirth, The Psychedelic Experience is meant to be used as a guide on how to properly handle experiences of ego death while undergoing the psychedelic experience. The book discusses the various phases of ego death that can occur on psychedelics and gives specific instructions on how one should regard them and act during each of these different phases. In addition to containing more general advice for the readers on how to use psychedelics, Part of this text was used by The Beatles in the song "Tomorrow Never Knows". A reading from the book was recorded by the authors on an LP under the name The Psychedelic Experience in 1966, and reissued on CD by Folkways in 2003.