"Sing a song of freedom write it in the sky" - Stairway to Heaven!
"Pocket full of secrets, a belly full of lies" - Magick!
"Fiction to believe in, created then denied" - nevaeH ot yawriatS
"Tricks and mirror" - Reverse it.
"Sleight of hand" - Magick.
"Hoola hoola" - reverse it, spin it round.
"Promised land" - Heaven? Hell?
"Hail the gift of memory in this fifty-second state" - Now here's a real clue for you all (the Walrus was Paul). ;) No, j/k. I don't think this lyric is about a time frame (it certainly ain't no minute), nor a place. Liber 52 by Aleister Crowley is "An Open Letter to Those Who Wish to Join the OTO." The OTO is Aleister Crowley's secret society of practicing magician - of which Jimmy Page is not only a member, but one of the most complete as far as collection of Crowley material. The gift of memory is what is taught in Liber Berashith (a practice used by members of the OTO to gain "magickal memory" by learning to sing, talk, and listen backwards.
"Who sold me down the river and shafts me while he waits
Outside the gates of Eden, star spangled and so late" - I believe this refers to Jimmy Page. Robert Plant is here saying he was used as an instrument and Page is waiting for something (in paradise) to come true.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
"Sing a song of freedom write it in the sky" - Stairway to Heaven! "Pocket full of secrets, a belly full of lies" - Magick! "Fiction to believe in, created then denied" - nevaeH ot yawriatS
"Tricks and mirror" - Reverse it. "Sleight of hand" - Magick. "Hoola hoola" - reverse it, spin it round. "Promised land" - Heaven? Hell?
"Hail the gift of memory in this fifty-second state" - Now here's a real clue for you all (the Walrus was Paul). ;) No, j/k. I don't think this lyric is about a time frame (it certainly ain't no minute), nor a place. Liber 52 by Aleister Crowley is "An Open Letter to Those Who Wish to Join the OTO." The OTO is Aleister Crowley's secret society of practicing magician - of which Jimmy Page is not only a member, but one of the most complete as far as collection of Crowley material. The gift of memory is what is taught in Liber Berashith (a practice used by members of the OTO to gain "magickal memory" by learning to sing, talk, and listen backwards.
"Who sold me down the river and shafts me while he waits Outside the gates of Eden, star spangled and so late" - I believe this refers to Jimmy Page. Robert Plant is here saying he was used as an instrument and Page is waiting for something (in paradise) to come true.
Just my fifty cents.
Love is the law, love under will.