Some Velvet Morning Lyrics

Lyric discussion by martenland 

Cover art for Some Velvet Morning lyrics by Lee Hazlewood

One can enter the gate(Eden's Gate)when one is "straight"meaning singularity of consciousness. Esoterically, Hazelwood is talking about the opening of the third eye or the opening of higher-self. Phaedra is the illusionary world of matter representing the female principle. Adam or Mankind(Man and Woman)in order to return to life must not "touch" or be conditioned to the illusion of the material world. "Look at us, but do not touch, Phaedra is my name. This means eating of the tree of good and evil. It is a trap because we are caught in the conflict of duality.

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