I didn’t know Mormons wore special underwear until I heard about Rick Perry’s special underwear.
I didn’t know Mormons wore special underwear until I heard about Rick Perry’s special underwear.
Right, in light of the mainstream teachings and practices of Islam and Judaism, they are inward-looking, contemplative traditions, that are more focused on knowing and learning about the divine, in contrast to focusing primarily on living an ethical life and fulfilling obligations. Before printed books, these traditions did have a more structurally esoteric component based necessarily upon how knowledge was transmitted: from a master to a small group of disciples. In the information age, this model seems quaint, and the teachings Sufis and Kabbalists can be readily accessed by those who want to know.
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.
Well, to get to the point, let me just mention the obvious ones: Jon Anderson was a follower of Yoginanda, Fripp was into some form of Gurdijeff-ism and Peter Gabriel was an avid student of Jung's alchemical texts. That's pretty much the bedrock of prog right there. And the list goes on, but I'll be curious to see who gets a mention. BeBop Deluxe's Bill Nelson was brought up, a pretty famous example of a prog rock mystic.
Chick Corea, Billy Sheehan, a.o. - Scientology
John MacLaughlin, Michael Walden, a.o. - Hinduism of some sorts
According to Frank Zappa, the only difference between a cult and a religion is real estate.
Usually the inventor of a cult is still alive.
Not that you did, but comparing Scientology to Hinduism is like comparing a bucket of warm vomit to Lake Baikal IMO.
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
J G Bennett talks on a couple of tracks on Fripp's Exposure.
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
^^^ And the main tenets of evolution have been proven... Over and over. Scientists only quibble about the details. I have no beef against your or anyone's religious views. Peace.
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Yeah, the whole mapping of the human genome was based on an evolutionary understanding of Biology. That's hardly the only proof, but it's good enough for me.
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
I like ham sandwiches. Mmmm.
I want to save this thread from the delete button since it seems to be rapidly deteriorating into a "beliefs/religion are stupid" kind of thing.
This is some of what professor Susan Fast had to say about the subject of progressive rock/esotericism in her book "Houses of the Holy":
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