I was probably wrong. Either way, the lyrics strongly lean towards the idea of enlightenment - or, rather, endarkenment - being a source of suffering, and ultimately only a conformation of truths necessarily excepted to go forward on the esoteric quest: All things change, suffer, die. Entropy as the source of infinite/ultimate wisdom, death as the great pacifier and clarifier.
An odd thought: Dimethyltryptamine, the chemical produced in the brain during certain states of dream, religious ecstasy, and near-death experiences, is a close relative to one of Coil's favourite psychedelics, 5-MeO-DMT... Although, considering that both are used "recreationally" (loose term, considering the rarity and odd effects), and the predilection of the group's members towards the psychedelic experience, I don't doubt that both were encountered in their travels...
I thought it was "... in the body of Christ..."
I was probably wrong. Either way, the lyrics strongly lean towards the idea of enlightenment - or, rather, endarkenment - being a source of suffering, and ultimately only a conformation of truths necessarily excepted to go forward on the esoteric quest: All things change, suffer, die. Entropy as the source of infinite/ultimate wisdom, death as the great pacifier and clarifier.
An odd thought: Dimethyltryptamine, the chemical produced in the brain during certain states of dream, religious ecstasy, and near-death experiences, is a close relative to one of Coil's favourite psychedelics, 5-MeO-DMT... Although, considering that both are used "recreationally" (loose term, considering the rarity and odd effects), and the predilection of the group's members towards the psychedelic experience, I don't doubt that both were encountered in their travels...