I think that strangestangel hit the mark on the correction.
Also, if any of you Ulver fans have read anything by Derrida; I wonder if you caught any connection to how the song states the inability of the speaker to convey his thoughts effectively so he decides not to say anything at all rather than be misunderstood. Derrida speaks of the same when he talks of the Father (Author) being separated from the Son (piece of writing). Once this occurs, the intention of the father/author is lost by the separation of the son/work. The son in effect kills the father, and this is where the defilement that strangestangel talks about comes in. The beauty of the speaker's understanding of the sublime cannot be conveyed without corruption. Oh, and whole bit about science in the beginning is about how science is a false ruler that tells us that 'the spirit' doesn't exist, and our reliance on it hinders our ability to understand it.
Especially since "Gnosis" translates into Knowledge, I think that this point of view fits particularly well.
And Strangestangel, the song is not just agreeing with Rimbaud. The entire song is reworked from his poem "A Season in Hell". I think that You may have known that already but it was not clearly expressed and it should be known for other readers.
I think that strangestangel hit the mark on the correction.
Also, if any of you Ulver fans have read anything by Derrida; I wonder if you caught any connection to how the song states the inability of the speaker to convey his thoughts effectively so he decides not to say anything at all rather than be misunderstood. Derrida speaks of the same when he talks of the Father (Author) being separated from the Son (piece of writing). Once this occurs, the intention of the father/author is lost by the separation of the son/work. The son in effect kills the father, and this is where the defilement that strangestangel talks about comes in. The beauty of the speaker's understanding of the sublime cannot be conveyed without corruption. Oh, and whole bit about science in the beginning is about how science is a false ruler that tells us that 'the spirit' doesn't exist, and our reliance on it hinders our ability to understand it.
Especially since "Gnosis" translates into Knowledge, I think that this point of view fits particularly well.
And Strangestangel, the song is not just agreeing with Rimbaud. The entire song is reworked from his poem "A Season in Hell". I think that You may have known that already but it was not clearly expressed and it should be known for other readers.