Haven't spent much time yet figuring how it relates to the song, but 'skrying' was a ritual used by alchemists Edward Kelly and John Dee long ago (around 1360 or so, i think) in which Kelly looked into a crystal orb and saw visions of angels which pointed a staff at different lines, cracks and spaces in the orb which then would glow to form letters or symbols, supposedly sometimes symbols of an angelic language. They were given to these two and told that if they worked with the information given for 7 years, and worked together equally, they could learn to make the Philosopher's Stone, which could bring the Apocalypse, the new stage of mankind's evolution and higher enlightenment(not the destructive Apocalypse most people think of now). They did the best they could, but the 7 year mark came and went with no major changes.
It's theorized that this was possibly a hoax created by Edward Kelly(as he was the one who claimed to be able to skry the orb, seeing the angels and the symbols revealed to him) to take advantage of John Dee and the King's(can't remember which king it was at that time) desire for the powerful Philosopher's Stone of legend..
It is strange that after this time period, Edward Kelly was no longer mentioned in history...and some think there's possibility that he kept vital information to himself and ran off with it. Who knows? but how all that may relate, i am really not sure...
Just thought some of you might appreciate a little historic background on Skrying.
Haven't spent much time yet figuring how it relates to the song, but 'skrying' was a ritual used by alchemists Edward Kelly and John Dee long ago (around 1360 or so, i think) in which Kelly looked into a crystal orb and saw visions of angels which pointed a staff at different lines, cracks and spaces in the orb which then would glow to form letters or symbols, supposedly sometimes symbols of an angelic language. They were given to these two and told that if they worked with the information given for 7 years, and worked together equally, they could learn to make the Philosopher's Stone, which could bring the Apocalypse, the new stage of mankind's evolution and higher enlightenment(not the destructive Apocalypse most people think of now). They did the best they could, but the 7 year mark came and went with no major changes.
It's theorized that this was possibly a hoax created by Edward Kelly(as he was the one who claimed to be able to skry the orb, seeing the angels and the symbols revealed to him) to take advantage of John Dee and the King's(can't remember which king it was at that time) desire for the powerful Philosopher's Stone of legend..
It is strange that after this time period, Edward Kelly was no longer mentioned in history...and some think there's possibility that he kept vital information to himself and ran off with it. Who knows? but how all that may relate, i am really not sure... Just thought some of you might appreciate a little historic background on Skrying.