If it's not Shamanic, it's not organic .. Nature is my church, and Rock N' Roll and Heavy Metal music is my religion :-) . Thank You Mother Ayahuasca !! Infinite endless eternal Gratitude !!! " It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles" - Buddha
Taken from Crow and Raven Shamanic Spiritual wisdom of thousands of years experience (Raven and Crow reveal the same).The crow (and/or Raven) is a spirit animal associated with life mysteries and magic. The power of this bird as totem and spirit guide is provide insight and means of supporting intentions. Sign of luck, it is also associated with the archetype of the trickster; be aware of deceiving appearances. If the crow has chosen you as your spirit or totem animal, it supports you in developing the power of sight, transformation, and connection with life’s magic. Throughout history, the crow has been associated with both positive and negative symbolic meanings. The most common are: Life magic; mystery of creation, Destiny, personal transformation, alchemy ( entheogen plants) - Intelligence Higher perspective Being fearless, audacious Flexibility, adaptability Trickster, manipulative, mischevious Other traditional meanings associate the crow with bad omen, death, ( of course we are talking about the death of your Ego, not a warning of physical death) . The crow also carries the power of prophetic insight and symbolizes "the void" or core of creation. The Spirit of Ravens and Crows helped create Mother Earth and life on this planet. Ravens and Crows are commonly associated with magic and the power to manipulate physical appearances. Ted Andrews in his classic on animal totems “Animal Speak” mentions that we can find crows are common animals that we can find all around the globe. As such, they are a reminder that magic is everywhere. When you encounter a crow, just tune into its behavior and it will give you a clue on how to use the magic powers it carries. Because of its affinity with life mysteries and magic, the crow (and Raven) is seen in many shamanic traditions as the spirit animal of choice for those who use magic and have the power to manipulate the law of our physical universe. The crow used to be the animal of choice of shamans, those who do shape-shifting. Crows (and Ravens) usually have black with tints of blue or purple depending on the light shining on them. Their color is symbolic of the onset of creation, of the void or what has not taken form yet. Fascinating spirit animals, they carry the energy of life mysteries and the power for deep inner transformation. As a spirit guide, the crow and Raven will guide you in getting in touch with life mysteries and develop your ability to perceive subtle shifts in energy within yourself and in your environment. It has the ability to go beyond the illusions, especially duality of right and wrong, inner and outer !! Crows are known to build their nests in very tall trees. Doing so, they can get a better vision or perspective on the rest of their surroundings. By affinity with this trait, those who have the crow as a spirit animal or totem will enjoy a position from where they can see things from a higher perspective. The crow is also watchful of intruders and predators. The sound it makes is characteristic of a loud, strident bird noise that can warn the other members of it clan over great distance. When you see your crow spirit animal, be on the watch. Have you ever watched a group of crows (and Ravens) ganging up together and chasing out birds much bigger than they are? This behavior makes the crow a useful animal totem to call when you need support in dealing with adversity. If the crow chose you as your power animal, you are encouraged to develop your personal will power and speak your truth more loudly !! While the crow appearing in a dream is sometimes considered a bad omen, a foreshadowing of sadness, this is only one of many meanings. A necessary step in facing your darkness. A deeper interpretation of this meaning is that the crow is said to fly between the worlds of life and death and an appearance in your dreams may signify a message about your thoughts on life, death and transformation. Crows are also very intelligent and dreaming about a crow or crows may be a sign of your wisdom or intuition. Your subconscious may be telling you to trust your intuition. The crow and Raven is also a symbol of transformation. What part of your life is or may be going through a transition? Whatever it is, the crow amd Raven is signaling that you are ready to make the change !! Nature is infinite magic !! : - )
Mother Ayahuasca is going to make you laugh. She's going to make you cry. She's gonna make you terrified and also put you in awe. She is gonna break you down. Break you down pretty hard. And build yourself back stronger than ever. She's gonna make you see who You really Are. And it has nothing to do with the ideas you built of yourself. Its far beyond it. Transcends time, space, forms and descriptions. You are the unbreakable and infinite Creator of the Universe. You are the flame of the Divine fire. You are perfect. You are free. You are Love. I AM Love. I am You Letter from Mother Ayahuasca. < 3 "My dear ones, my lost children of darkness and light. I come from your present and future past, from all that you have been, and from your hopes and dreams. I have been calling you for a long time, but your ears were deaf to my song. Perhaps you have found your way to me after a dark night of the soul. I cannot promise to deliver you into the light, I can only show you the doors that you have always avoided by your fears, everything from that point is up to you. I can sit with you, for a while, as you learn to light your own candles. And it is possible that your night will get darker still, and that you will need to carry many candles before the dawn appears.I am the flesh and the spirit of the sacred wisdom of the earth, of the plants, animals and birds, of the moon and of all the stars, which I reflect back to you in your own visions. I am the Holy Spirit. I am the stuff of dreams and visions and Light, even though sometimes in me you can see only your own nightmares. I am the mirror of your soul, I am the mirror of the soul of ages, and the soul of the ageless. When you behold me, you enter the realm of the bardo, of your own symbolic death; the death of your Ego, the death of all your stories about yourself that blind you. And in that realm it is not external beings that you will see - (although at some point after several ceremonies with me, after I help you shed all your illusions and fears, I will allow you to meet the Angels and enter the heavenly realms) . What you encounter are your own heights and abysses, your shadows and projections. Your creations. I am the mirror that is calling you to stop running and to turn around. To face your own evasions and to witness the countless ways in which you've learned to hide. So that you can better know yourself. In the end, you must become your own healers and shamans. I will make you work like you have never worked before. The only real journey that ever really existed, that can exist, and the only real journey that will ever exist, is the journey deep within yourself. This is where I take you. My sacrament will be the most difficult and challenging experiences of your life, yet nothing in the Universe can ever be more rewarding. I can only walk with you, for a while, and hold your hand. But the journey is yours to make. And it is a journey you must repeat. It will take you from illusion to reality, from the consensus trance of a mad society, to the sanity and stillness of your heart. And from the death of lifetimes of quiet desperation, to the immortality of an instant. Let us share our visions, together. My dear children, the rooms in your house are a chaos. The house of your soul and the house of the earth on which you tread your feet, not lightly. I cannot put those rooms right for you. I cannot be a mother/father that admonishes you, with a stern voice of authority, to clean your rooms, under the threat of punishment or the promise of reward. That is not how Mother Holy Spirit speaks. I can tell you, with a voice that echoes the vibrations of love and understanding, and the melancholy of quiet sorrow: look at the huge mess you have made. Are you happy dwelling in this chaos, where it is difficult to encounter yourself? Difficult to find your belongings, where all your toys lay scattered and buried under the rubble of madness and folly? Can you not see that if you choose to clean your own rooms, not because of any compulsion or promise, but just so, for yourself, and in this present moment, which is all you can ever know of time, then you will be able to breathe better, to move around more easily, and to learn how to play? Once more. There are so many lost treasures beneath the mess you have made. I reveal the doors within yourself to Find them. My dear ones, my lost children of darkness and light. You see the cosmos as a stage on which the drama of good and evil is played out. You dream of a sword of light that would conquer and vanquish all the darkness. And you have made the whole world into a projection of the battlefield of your own Soul. You fight, endlessly, against the monsters and demons within yourselves. But those demons are the wounded inner children of your past, they are your pains and your defenses, they are the voices that could not emerge into the light and learned to live in forgotten caves. They are your insanity. They are you. And those others who you rage against, because of their ignorance, and immorality and ugliness… they are also you. Lay down your weapons and embrace your enemies, the enemies that live within you. Haven't you understood - no battle is ever won. They are not even fought. The battlefield only reveals your own folly and despair, and victory is the illusion of philosophers and fools. My dear ones, Let us share visions, together. I am the Spirit of Spirits. I am the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit of the Universe. This moment is all you can ever know of time." - Mother Ayahuasca. "Fear of Self means you never live" Although each persons experience on Ayahuasca is unique, there are some commonalities that show up again and again. These include: -experiencing pure love and wisdom. -entering another realm more real than what we experience day-to-day on earth (in other words the 5th and 7th dimensions of Spirit that is everywhere all the time, far beyond our 3rd dimensional physical existence, yet the higher dimensions are right here all at the same time, and most importantly, these dimensions are within you !)-realizing we are all one (separation is total illusion, and how everything is connected is impossible to describe because it's infinite connections. The only way to know it is to experience it, and BE IT ). -fear of death eliminated, as you realize this is a temporary existence for your soul to grow and learn. -everything is conscious. -entering a realm where space and time no longer exist, everything is infinite and in the ‘now’. (the infinite now of the 5th and 7th dimensions of light, where no time and no illusions can exist) -experiencing unconditional love through every cell of your being, on a level we don’t have words to describe. -having access to all information in the universe instantly. Realizing we in our human bodies will never fully grasp all there is, reality is far more complex than we could ever imagine. -reliving past experiences of your life (and sometimes past lives as you are connected to Soul memory, not the mind memory of your false ego), first from your perspective, then from the other persons perspective. We get to feel how we made them feel. This is for us to learn, not as a punishment. -there is no punishment in this realm, even if you have a ‘bad’ experience. The ayahuasca is teaching you a valuable lesson, it’s up to you to learn from it. -digging up past traumas buried deep in our subconscious, bringing them to the surface and helping us face them and get over them. -a love for all living beings (people and animals). Many people eat less meat, go vegetarian/vegan or eat more fruit and vegetable following the experience. -giving up on the material world, many people change their field of work to one that help others rather than focusing on making money for oneself. -realizing that we are not here to accumulate money or physical possessions, we are here to help one another, love one another and grow. -during the experience the ego is removed, revealing your true self. -realizing everything is energy vibrating at different frequencies. -feeling of your pineal gland (3rd eye) being sore for a day or two after, like a muscle worked out for the first time. -meeting other beings far more intelligent than any human and being able to telepathically communicate with them. The truth is, All the ascended masters in every religion were Shamans, who had many direct Spiritual experiences with Sacred Entheogen Plants. Since the first religion the "Rig Veda" of India. The divine sacred Plant Entheogens are our true teachers, always have been and always will be. What I absolutely love about Ayahuasca is she has such a perfect Universal design to only pull in people who have an extremely deep love for Truth. The Spiritual Warriors. She leaves out the insincere who have too short of a barrier of courage. She has such a perfect barometer and threshold for every human being on the planet. In other words, if a religious person who has been totally brainwashed by all the lies of churches, sees the ceremonies are done at night, and sees some snakes in some Ayahuasca Art, and sees it will be difficult at the beginning to face their Ego, they will immediately run away by their silly superstitions and illusions. Totally owned by all their fears. LOL. And totally ignoring the enlightenment and infinite revelations aspect later. Becoming absolute Truth to them is not worth it. And then on the other hand, someone who is into the occult garbage and into dark energies, will not want to take Ayahuasca either, because they will learn that Ayahuasca eventually leads to Enlightenment. LOL ! Truth is ALWAYS Paradoxical
The album is so powerful that when you've listened to it from start to finish, you feel like you've been on a epic journey of rediscovering life, death, energy, matter and thyself...you get the feeling you've pilled off your own skin and you're reborn. But then again...you get that feeling with every Neurosis album.
If it's not Shamanic, it's not organic .. Nature is my church, and Rock N' Roll and Heavy Metal music is my religion :-) . Thank You Mother Ayahuasca !! Infinite endless eternal Gratitude !!! " It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles" - Buddha
Probably my favourite song from any band, ever. No point defending Neurosis to people that don’t like them. You either ‘get’ them or you don’t, and if you do, it’s an amazing experience.
Yeah. I've been following Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot since about '94. My friends, my brother, said its weird, boring. It's clearly not for everyone. If you get it, you get it. They are there originators and the last word in Drone/ Heavy Shoe Gazer / whatever you want to call them. They defy categories.
it was called the 90s.. it happened many times, everyone, together, not distracted by the warm teet of a glowing screen or umbilically tethered to infinite false virtual realities.
pretty sure this song came out in 2001. either way, this is my fav song of all-time. that ending is heavy but it always feels like it's massaging my brain...just the pulse of it. i can never get enough of this song.
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.” - Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
I remember seeing them live at the great American music hall in SF, best acoustics of any place I've been for heavy music. I fucking cried during this song, while banging my head like a fucking maniac.
The song "Erode" was played on a stereo system and recorded with a microphone, and the recorded audio was then played on the stereo system and recorded with the microphone. Basically "looping" the song into the microphone and out through the speakers twice. For Stones From The Sky, this was done thirty times. The final result can be found on the Tribes of Neurot album "A Resonant Sun". I think the information is actually available on Neurosis' website (or their store).
The best live band ever!!! I've seen thousands of bands, but none of them capture your attention like these guys. They play and you shut up and listen!!! It isn't a party or how's your wife and kids or let's talk about some other band. It's Neurosis!!! I know they don't play a lot, but if and when they do, SEE THEM!!!
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.” - Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
These guys are god gifted. Unbelievable talented with amazing sound. I've never said about any band it's perfect. But...Neurosis is. Such like this song.
when I first bought this CD waaay back, at the end of this song I thought 'oh noes my CD is broken :(' because of the distortion, but I learned to live with it. Later I was like 'LOL this actually sounds kinda awesome' and I wouldn't have wanted it any different. 3 or so years later I found out that it was all intentional MY WHOLE LIFE WAS A LIE
I don't feel lonely anymore so many ppl feeling the way I do about this song, I cannot stop listening to it, I cannot stop thinking about it and it's now in my dreams. Good for you guys that can see Neurosis playing live, I will never do it.
The way I interpret this song is like... the beginning is one's disillusionment of the content of their soul. It then becomes the progressing, evolving expression and discovering of ones soul. Finally, when the static comes in, it means that the soul has become so free and evolved that it can no longer be bound in interpretation through even the wide grasp of musical expression... it simply becomes... beyond words or anything, just an absolute... sublime entity within you
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.” - Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
"stones from the sky" is an apocalyptic song. if the world ended, rivers & oceans overrun and everything collapsed - this would be the perfect soundtrack. so solemn, beautiful and somehow finale.
Once is enough, trial is alone. Grace fall into us. All through the night, Father I crawled. Sun of my soul be revealed. Walking amongst the stones from the sky, feeling their rhythm wash over me. Rite of this waring god. Destructive, alive, frees you now. Rivers of fear, don't you know? Vigil of faith stills you now. You've been shown over and over, don't you know? You've been shown over and over, don't you know?
Just have no words for what I am feeling now. You become a part of the experience of the band as it made this music, through nothing but the act of listening. I don't want to compare, rate, contrast or quantify this work in relation to anything else. By itself, it is simply beautiful. Thank you, Neurosis for allowing us to share this wonderful emotion.
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.” - Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
similar to my "story" ...but how frustrating it was to find out that there is no other orchestra like them...no other surprises...and so every new Neurosis album brings me closer to the edge...i dont need no other:) love what u are doing guyz! stay with us!
Feelings like it's never seen before. Sad, beautiful and painful at the same time. Turn the lights off, liberate yourself from everything inside you and just watch.
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.” - Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
I'm glad that im not seeing any negative comments. I'm sick of people telling me to listen to music like "The Wall" rather than this. Neurosis, I love u for what you put in motion.
OMG!!! This song is f-cking amazing, the video totally rules... I like this band a lot, their music is so intense... I mean, there are not much bands doing music like these guys... and yes, I thought my CD was damaged...
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.” - Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
Taken from Crow and Raven Shamanic Spiritual wisdom of thousands of years experience (Raven and Crow reveal the same).The crow (and/or Raven) is a spirit animal associated with life mysteries and magic. The power of this bird as totem and spirit guide is provide insight and means of supporting intentions. Sign of luck, it is also associated with the archetype of the trickster; be aware of deceiving appearances. If the crow has chosen you as your spirit or totem animal, it supports you in developing the power of sight, transformation, and connection with life’s magic. Throughout history, the crow has been associated with both positive and negative symbolic meanings. The most common are: Life magic; mystery of creation, Destiny, personal transformation, alchemy ( entheogen plants) - Intelligence Higher perspective Being fearless, audacious Flexibility, adaptability Trickster, manipulative, mischevious Other traditional meanings associate the crow with bad omen, death, ( of course we are talking about the death of your Ego, not a warning of physical death) . The crow also carries the power of prophetic insight and symbolizes "the void" or core of creation. The Spirit of Ravens and Crows helped create Mother Earth and life on this planet. Ravens and Crows are commonly associated with magic and the power to manipulate physical appearances. Ted Andrews in his classic on animal totems “Animal Speak” mentions that we can find crows are common animals that we can find all around the globe. As such, they are a reminder that magic is everywhere. When you encounter a crow, just tune into its behavior and it will give you a clue on how to use the magic powers it carries. Because of its affinity with life mysteries and magic, the crow (and Raven) is seen in many shamanic traditions as the spirit animal of choice for those who use magic and have the power to manipulate the law of our physical universe. The crow used to be the animal of choice of shamans, those who do shape-shifting. Crows (and Ravens) usually have black with tints of blue or purple depending on the light shining on them. Their color is symbolic of the onset of creation, of the void or what has not taken form yet. Fascinating spirit animals, they carry the energy of life mysteries and the power for deep inner transformation. As a spirit guide, the crow and Raven will guide you in getting in touch with life mysteries and develop your ability to perceive subtle shifts in energy within yourself and in your environment. It has the ability to go beyond the illusions, especially duality of right and wrong, inner and outer !! Crows are known to build their nests in very tall trees. Doing so, they can get a better vision or perspective on the rest of their surroundings. By affinity with this trait, those who have the crow as a spirit animal or totem will enjoy a position from where they can see things from a higher perspective. The crow is also watchful of intruders and predators. The sound it makes is characteristic of a loud, strident bird noise that can warn the other members of it clan over great distance. When you see your crow spirit animal, be on the watch. Have you ever watched a group of crows (and Ravens) ganging up together and chasing out birds much bigger than they are? This behavior makes the crow a useful animal totem to call when you need support in dealing with adversity. If the crow chose you as your power animal, you are encouraged to develop your personal will power and speak your truth more loudly !! While the crow appearing in a dream is sometimes considered a bad omen, a foreshadowing of sadness, this is only one of many meanings. A necessary step in facing your darkness. A deeper interpretation of this meaning is that the crow is said to fly between the worlds of life and death and an appearance in your dreams may signify a message about your thoughts on life, death and transformation. Crows are also very intelligent and dreaming about a crow or crows may be a sign of your wisdom or intuition. Your subconscious may be telling you to trust your intuition. The crow and Raven is also a symbol of transformation. What part of your life is or may be going through a transition? Whatever it is, the crow amd Raven is signaling that you are ready to make the change !! Nature is infinite magic !! : - )
I think, and mostly hope!... That in many years we will be so down to nature and peace full that if you lay down on the ground and lay still for 6 days we will have a birdnest with eggs in it! Dam our eath sux now!=( neurosis is the best! dont stop making records!!!
Start with A sun that never sets and then with The World As Law, two great albums and way too different from each other. Welcome to this collective Neurosis, you are born again.
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.” - Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
Me too. The music supports it. Tolling bells at the beginning signalling the impending doom, the funeral march tempo, then the build up and the distorted spazz-out breakdown of all order at the end.
+ComaDave They did play this song as the last song at the Corner Hotel on August 7 2014. I remember because by that point my ears were well and truly ringing. (No ear plugs, but totally worth it!)
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.” - Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
Tool and Neurosis have mucho respect for each other, but don't even think for one second that Neurosis are some Johnny Come Lately's trying to sound like Tool. They have been relasing innovative stuff since round about the same time Tool was formed. They released their first album in 1988. What Mogwai is to post-rock, so is Neurosis to post-metal.
hey I saw them, I saw then. I still can't believe it. they didn't play this song. I saw them at Prague. Long trip to get there by plane then by train and I didn't have a place to crash after the concert, it worthed all the sacrifice... I will upload the video I recorded from that performance, THAX for ur comment
This is a band that can heal you from all your inner pain and turmoil. They can save your life. Like shamans do and will continue to do. Forever.
Symbiant and of the trees.
If it's not Shamanic, it's not organic .. Nature is my church, and Rock N' Roll and Heavy Metal music is my religion :-) . Thank You Mother Ayahuasca !! Infinite endless eternal Gratitude !!! " It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles" - Buddha
Taken from Crow and Raven Shamanic Spiritual wisdom of thousands of years experience (Raven and Crow reveal the same).The crow (and/or Raven) is a spirit animal associated with life mysteries and magic. The power of this bird as totem and spirit guide is provide insight and means of supporting intentions. Sign of luck, it is also associated with the archetype of the trickster; be aware of deceiving appearances. If the crow has chosen you as your spirit or totem animal, it supports you in developing the power of sight, transformation, and connection with life’s magic.
Throughout history, the crow has been associated with both positive and negative symbolic meanings. The most common are:
Life magic; mystery of creation,
Destiny, personal transformation, alchemy ( entheogen plants) -
Intelligence
Higher perspective
Being fearless, audacious
Flexibility, adaptability
Trickster, manipulative, mischevious
Other traditional meanings associate the crow with bad omen, death, ( of course we are talking about the death of your Ego, not a warning of physical death) . The crow also carries the power of prophetic insight and symbolizes "the void" or core of creation.
The Spirit of Ravens and Crows helped create Mother Earth and life on this planet.
Ravens and Crows are commonly associated with magic and the power to manipulate physical appearances. Ted Andrews in his classic on animal totems “Animal Speak” mentions that we can find crows are common animals that we can find all around the globe. As such, they are a reminder that magic is everywhere. When you encounter a crow, just tune into its behavior and it will give you a clue on how to use the magic powers it carries.
Because of its affinity with life mysteries and magic, the crow (and Raven) is seen in many shamanic traditions as the spirit animal of choice for those who use magic and have the power to manipulate the law of our physical universe. The crow used to be the animal of choice of shamans, those who do shape-shifting.
Crows (and Ravens) usually have black with tints of blue or purple depending on the light shining on them. Their color is symbolic of the onset of creation, of the void or what has not taken form yet. Fascinating spirit animals, they carry the energy of life mysteries and the power for deep inner transformation.
As a spirit guide, the crow and Raven will guide you in getting in touch with life mysteries and develop your ability to perceive subtle shifts in energy within yourself and in your environment. It has the ability to go beyond the illusions, especially duality of right and wrong, inner and outer !!
Crows are known to build their nests in very tall trees. Doing so, they can get a better vision or perspective on the rest of their surroundings. By affinity with this trait, those who have the crow as a spirit animal or totem will enjoy a position from where they can see things from a higher perspective.
The crow is also watchful of intruders and predators. The sound it makes is characteristic of a loud, strident bird noise that can warn the other members of it clan over great distance. When you see your crow spirit animal, be on the watch.
Have you ever watched a group of crows (and Ravens) ganging up together and chasing out birds much bigger than they are? This behavior makes the crow a useful animal totem to call when you need support in dealing with adversity. If the crow chose you as your power animal, you are encouraged to develop your personal will power and speak your truth more loudly !!
While the crow appearing in a dream is sometimes considered a bad omen, a foreshadowing of sadness, this is only one of many meanings. A necessary step in facing your darkness. A deeper interpretation of this meaning is that the crow is said to fly between the worlds of life and death and an appearance in your dreams may signify a message about your thoughts on life, death and transformation.
Crows are also very intelligent and dreaming about a crow or crows may be a sign of your wisdom or intuition. Your subconscious may be telling you to trust your intuition.
The crow and Raven is also a symbol of transformation. What part of your life is or may be going through a transition? Whatever it is, the crow amd Raven is signaling that you are ready to make the change !!
Nature is infinite magic !! : - )
Mother Ayahuasca is going to make you laugh. She's going to make you cry. She's gonna make you terrified and also put you in awe. She is gonna break you down. Break you down pretty hard. And build yourself back stronger than ever. She's gonna make you see who You really Are. And it has nothing to do with the ideas you built of yourself. Its far beyond it. Transcends time, space, forms and descriptions. You are the unbreakable and infinite Creator of the Universe. You are the flame of the Divine fire. You are perfect. You are free. You are Love. I AM Love. I am You
Letter from Mother Ayahuasca. < 3
"My dear ones, my lost children of darkness and light. I come from your present and future past, from all that you have been, and from your hopes and dreams. I have been calling you for a long time, but your ears were deaf to my song. Perhaps you have found your way to me after a dark night of the soul. I cannot promise to deliver you into the light, I can only show you the doors that you have always avoided by your fears, everything from that point is up to you. I can sit with you, for a while, as you learn to light your own candles. And it is possible that your night will get darker still, and that you will need to carry many candles before the dawn appears.I am the flesh and the spirit of the sacred wisdom of the earth, of the plants, animals and birds, of the moon and of all the stars, which I reflect back to you in your own visions.
I am the Holy Spirit. I am the stuff of dreams and visions and Light, even though sometimes in me you can see only your own nightmares. I am the mirror of your soul, I am the mirror of the soul of ages, and the soul of the ageless. When you behold me, you enter the realm of the bardo, of your own symbolic death; the death of your Ego, the death of all your stories about yourself that blind you. And in that realm it is not external beings that you will see - (although at some point after several ceremonies with me, after I help you shed all your illusions and fears, I will allow you to meet the Angels and enter the heavenly realms) . What you encounter are your own heights and abysses, your shadows and projections. Your creations.
I am the mirror that is calling you to stop running and to turn around. To face your own evasions and to witness the countless ways in which you've learned to hide. So that you can better know yourself. In the end, you must become your own healers and shamans. I will make you work like you have never worked before.
The only real journey that ever really existed, that can exist, and the only real journey that will ever exist, is the journey deep within yourself. This is where I take you.
My sacrament will be the most difficult and challenging experiences of your life, yet nothing in the Universe can ever be more rewarding. I can only walk with you, for a while, and hold your hand. But the journey is yours to make. And it is a journey you must repeat. It will take you from illusion to reality, from the consensus trance of a mad society, to the sanity and stillness of your heart. And from the death of lifetimes of quiet desperation, to the immortality of an instant.
Let us share our visions, together.
My dear children, the rooms in your house are a chaos. The house of your soul and the house of the earth on which you tread your feet, not lightly. I cannot put those rooms right for you. I cannot be a mother/father that admonishes you, with a stern voice of authority, to clean your rooms, under the threat of punishment or the promise of reward. That is not how Mother Holy Spirit speaks. I can tell you, with a voice that echoes the vibrations of love and understanding, and the melancholy of quiet sorrow: look at the huge mess you have made. Are you happy dwelling in this chaos, where it is difficult to encounter yourself? Difficult to find your belongings, where all your toys lay scattered and buried under the rubble of madness and folly? Can you not see that if you choose to clean your own rooms, not because of any compulsion or promise, but just so, for yourself, and in this present moment, which is all you can ever know of time, then you will be able to breathe better, to move around more easily, and to learn how to play? Once more. There are so many lost treasures beneath the mess you have made.
I reveal the doors within yourself to Find them.
My dear ones, my lost children of darkness and light. You see the cosmos as a stage on which the drama of good and evil is played out. You dream of a sword of light that would conquer and vanquish all the darkness. And you have made the whole world into a projection of the battlefield of your own Soul. You fight, endlessly, against the monsters and demons within yourselves. But those demons are the wounded inner children of your past, they are your pains and your defenses, they are the voices that could not emerge into the light and learned to live in forgotten caves. They are your insanity. They are you. And those others who you rage against, because of their ignorance, and immorality and ugliness… they are also you. Lay down your weapons and embrace your enemies, the enemies that live within you.
Haven't you understood - no battle is ever won. They are not even fought. The battlefield only reveals your own folly and despair, and victory is the illusion of philosophers and fools.
My dear ones, Let us share visions, together. I am the Spirit of Spirits. I am the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit of the Universe. This moment is all you can ever know of time." - Mother Ayahuasca.
"Fear of Self means you never live"
Although each persons experience on Ayahuasca is unique, there are some commonalities that show up again and again. These include:
-experiencing pure love and wisdom.
-entering another realm more real than what we experience day-to-day on earth (in other words the 5th and 7th dimensions of Spirit that is everywhere all the time, far beyond our 3rd dimensional physical existence, yet the higher dimensions are right here all at the same time, and most importantly, these dimensions are within you !)-realizing we are all one (separation is total illusion, and how everything is connected is impossible to describe because it's infinite connections. The only way to know it is to experience it, and BE IT ).
-fear of death eliminated, as you realize this is a temporary existence for your soul to grow and learn.
-everything is conscious.
-entering a realm where space and time no longer exist, everything is infinite and in the ‘now’. (the infinite now of the 5th and 7th dimensions of light, where no time and no illusions can exist)
-experiencing unconditional love through every cell of your being, on a level we don’t have words to describe.
-having access to all information in the universe instantly. Realizing we in our human bodies will never fully grasp all there is, reality is far more complex than we could ever imagine.
-reliving past experiences of your life (and sometimes past lives as you are connected to Soul memory, not the mind memory of your false ego), first from your perspective, then from the other persons perspective. We get to feel how we made them feel. This is for us to learn, not as a punishment.
-there is no punishment in this realm, even if you have a ‘bad’ experience. The ayahuasca is teaching you a valuable lesson, it’s up to you to learn from it.
-digging up past traumas buried deep in our subconscious, bringing them to the surface and helping us face them and get over them.
-a love for all living beings (people and animals). Many people eat less meat, go vegetarian/vegan or eat more fruit and vegetable following the experience.
-giving up on the material world, many people change their field of work to one that help others rather than focusing on making money for oneself.
-realizing that we are not here to accumulate money or physical possessions, we are here to help one another, love one another and grow.
-during the experience the ego is removed, revealing your true self.
-realizing everything is energy vibrating at different frequencies.
-feeling of your pineal gland (3rd eye) being sore for a day or two after, like a muscle worked out for the first time.
-meeting other beings far more intelligent than any human and being able to telepathically communicate with them.
The truth is, All the ascended masters in every religion were Shamans, who had many direct Spiritual experiences with Sacred Entheogen Plants. Since the first religion the "Rig Veda" of India. The divine sacred Plant Entheogens are our true teachers, always have been and always will be.
What I absolutely love about Ayahuasca is she has such a perfect Universal design to only pull in people who have an extremely deep love for Truth. The Spiritual Warriors. She leaves out the insincere who have too short of a barrier of courage. She has such a perfect barometer and threshold for every human being on the planet. In other words, if a religious person who has been totally brainwashed by all the lies of churches, sees the ceremonies are done at night, and sees some snakes in some Ayahuasca Art, and sees it will be difficult at the beginning to face their Ego, they will immediately run away by their silly superstitions and illusions. Totally owned by all their fears. LOL. And totally ignoring the enlightenment and infinite revelations aspect later. Becoming absolute Truth to them is not worth it. And then on the other hand, someone who is into the occult garbage and into dark energies, will not want to take Ayahuasca either, because they will learn that Ayahuasca eventually leads to Enlightenment. LOL ! Truth is ALWAYS Paradoxical
The album is so powerful that when you've listened to it from start to finish, you feel like you've been on a epic journey of rediscovering life, death, energy, matter and thyself...you get the feeling you've pilled off your own skin and you're reborn. But then again...you get that feeling with every Neurosis album.
If it's not Shamanic, it's not organic .. Nature is my church, and Rock N' Roll and Heavy Metal music is my religion :-) . Thank You Mother Ayahuasca !! Infinite endless eternal Gratitude !!! " It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles" - Buddha
Probably my favourite song from any band, ever. No point defending Neurosis to people that don’t like them. You either ‘get’ them or you don’t, and if you do, it’s an amazing experience.
Yeah. I've been following Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot since about '94. My friends, my brother, said its weird, boring. It's clearly not for everyone. If you get it, you get it. They are there originators and the last word in Drone/ Heavy Shoe Gazer / whatever you want to call them. They defy categories.
I want to get everyone who understands the massive beauty of this song together in one place. Something amazing would happen.
it was called the 90s.. it happened many times, everyone, together, not distracted by the warm teet of a glowing screen or umbilically tethered to infinite false virtual realities.
pretty sure this song came out in 2001.
either way, this is my fav song of all-time. that ending is heavy but it always feels like it's massaging my brain...just the pulse of it.
i can never get enough of this song.
If it's not Shamanic, it's not Organic :-)
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.”
- Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
Agreed! Amongst the stones of the sky! (Be revealed)
The sonic architecture of this track is beyond the Richter scale.
One of my favorite Neurosis songs. I particularly love the last minute. The glitchy part comes as such a surprise the first time hearing it.
The last 2 minutes or so never fails to give me goosebumps.
I remember seeing them live at the great American music hall in SF, best acoustics of any place I've been for heavy music. I fucking cried during this song, while banging my head like a fucking maniac.
The song "Erode" was played on a stereo system and recorded with a microphone, and the recorded audio was then played on the stereo system and recorded with the microphone. Basically "looping" the song into the microphone and out through the speakers twice. For Stones From The Sky, this was done thirty times. The final result can be found on the Tribes of Neurot album "A Resonant Sun".
I think the information is actually available on Neurosis' website (or their store).
The best live band ever!!! I've seen thousands of bands, but none of them capture your attention like these guys. They play and you shut up and listen!!! It isn't a party or how's your wife and kids or let's talk about some other band. It's Neurosis!!! I know they don't play a lot, but if and when they do, SEE THEM!!!
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.”
- Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
This is the greatest track by anyone ever.
I want to die with this song in my ears. It has everything. There's a whole life in it.
These guys are god gifted. Unbelievable talented with amazing sound. I've never said about any band it's perfect. But...Neurosis is. Such like this song.
This band is as EPIC as you can get
If it's not Shamanic, it's not Organic :-)
This is one of their many songs that relates to me personally and fucks with my emotions as usual.
when I first bought this CD waaay back, at the end of this song I thought 'oh noes my CD is broken :(' because of the distortion, but I learned to live with it. Later I was like 'LOL this actually sounds kinda awesome' and I wouldn't have wanted it any different.
3 or so years later I found out that it was all intentional MY WHOLE LIFE WAS A LIE
Never figured out why it was intentional. I actually knew the bassist years ago and always meant to ask.
They even pull off the distortion and stuttering finish live. It's such a climax to a gig
I don't feel lonely anymore so many ppl feeling the way I do about this song, I cannot stop listening to it, I cannot stop thinking about it and it's now in my dreams. Good for you guys that can see Neurosis playing live, I will never do it.
The way I interpret this song is like... the beginning is one's disillusionment of the content of their soul. It then becomes the progressing, evolving expression and discovering of ones soul. Finally, when the static comes in, it means that the soul has become so free and evolved that it can no longer be bound in interpretation through even the wide grasp of musical expression... it simply becomes... beyond words or anything, just an absolute... sublime entity within you
Dude.....can I buy some drugs from you?
i was lucky to see them live. one of best live of my life.
I've seen them in Hamburg, the band was strong, but the crowd was weirdly hostile
I have never seen a band like them. Every band member together feels like one combined person, playing together perfectly in sync.
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.”
- Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
Three times, and it's still barely enough. One of these days..
"stones from the sky" is an apocalyptic song. if the world ended, rivers & oceans overrun and everything collapsed - this would be the perfect soundtrack. so solemn, beautiful and somehow finale.
Once is enough, trial is alone. Grace fall into us.
All through the night, Father I crawled.
Sun of my soul be revealed. Walking amongst the stones
from the sky, feeling their rhythm wash over me.
Rite of this waring god. Destructive, alive, frees you now.
Rivers of fear, don't you know? Vigil of faith stills you now.
You've been shown over and over, don't you know?
You've been shown over and over, don't you know?
Oddam rodzine i majatek za tabulatury do gitar ;]
Definately one of my favorite songs, undoubtably my favorite band, by far my favorite video...beauty is just scratching the surface.
This song is sick, I hope for a sun that never sets...
Just have no words for what I am feeling now. You become a part of the experience of the band as it made this music, through nothing but the act of listening. I don't want to compare, rate, contrast or quantify this work in relation to anything else.
By itself, it is simply beautiful. Thank you, Neurosis for allowing us to share this wonderful emotion.
This video must live forever
Loving the riff, and the prominence of the bass within said riff. Great as always.
I always cry with this song of how amazing it is...
If it's not Shamanic, it's not Organic :-)
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.”
- Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
lol do you still cry to lion king?
@@aaronm97oh10 grow up you fucking dickhead
My buddy just sent me this video. What can I say? Cheers Fletch and cheers to Randharc for posting it. Here's to ya. Lovely.
Reading Hermann Hessen while listening this, is awsome!!! just one more dimension to this world,
The outro is one of the greatest written. Some similarities to the last minutes of Converge's "Jane Doe" (released within a month of this album).
similar to my "story" ...but how frustrating it was to find out that there is no other orchestra like them...no other surprises...and so every new Neurosis album brings me closer to the edge...i dont need no other:)
love what u are doing guyz!
stay with us!
simply beautiful.
Nothing touches the power that is neurosis. No other band gives me the feeling their music does.
This song, the road to sovereignty, sovereign, the doorway, are among my favorites
This was very cool playing behind them on the round screen on that tour.
One of the best albums ever. Next to Times of Grace, of course.
when one understands the lyrical theme....
passionate fans become less of a surprise..
peace
Never heard of these guys before, and totally randomly stumbled on them.
I like it :)
Pure greatness.
I listened to this track yesterday as conclusion of their concert.
Man, those was really tough moments for my brain and my heart.
Feelings like it's never seen before.
Sad, beautiful and painful at the same time.
Turn the lights off, liberate yourself from everything inside you and just watch.
I needed this today.
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.”
- Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
This song needs to be played loud.
FUCK. THIS. IS. GOOD. Everyday when you find new good music on the tube you cant go to bed, and it ruins your fucking life.
Same as here ... unreal finding them and wishing I heard them earlier. Love the build up of their songs!!!
It's nearly a year I'm into NEUROSIS and it's almost a year that this song carries me away with every time I listen to it.
Long live NEUROSIS!!!
I'm glad that im not seeing any negative comments. I'm sick of people telling me to listen to music like "The Wall" rather than this. Neurosis, I love u for what you put in motion.
One of the most awesome and impressive songs I've ever heared! Goose skin!!!
Too many great Neurosis tracks ... love this one. Hope to see them at Coco's London in Nov :)
This song is nothing short of amazing.
Congratulations. Grab all their albums. One of the most important and criminally underrated band onf the 90s and 00s.
OMG!!! This song is f-cking amazing, the video totally rules... I like this band a lot, their music is so intense... I mean, there are not much bands doing music like these guys... and yes, I thought my CD was damaged...
this song is how i would describe my soul
blows my fucking mind, outstanding
This song encompasses the confluence of emotions that I feel about the world. Nice to know that I'm not alone...
Total shamanical theme...
If it's not Shamanic, it's not Organic :-)
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.”
- Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
Taken from Crow and Raven Shamanic Spiritual wisdom of thousands of years experience (Raven and Crow reveal the same).The crow (and/or Raven) is a spirit animal associated with life mysteries and magic. The power of this bird as totem and spirit guide is provide insight and means of supporting intentions. Sign of luck, it is also associated with the archetype of the trickster; be aware of deceiving appearances. If the crow has chosen you as your spirit or totem animal, it supports you in developing the power of sight, transformation, and connection with life’s magic.
Throughout history, the crow has been associated with both positive and negative symbolic meanings. The most common are:
Life magic; mystery of creation,
Destiny, personal transformation, alchemy ( entheogen plants) -
Intelligence
Higher perspective
Being fearless, audacious
Flexibility, adaptability
Trickster, manipulative, mischevious
Other traditional meanings associate the crow with bad omen, death, ( of course we are talking about the death of your Ego, not a warning of physical death) . The crow also carries the power of prophetic insight and symbolizes "the void" or core of creation.
The Spirit of Ravens and Crows helped create Mother Earth and life on this planet.
Ravens and Crows are commonly associated with magic and the power to manipulate physical appearances. Ted Andrews in his classic on animal totems “Animal Speak” mentions that we can find crows are common animals that we can find all around the globe. As such, they are a reminder that magic is everywhere. When you encounter a crow, just tune into its behavior and it will give you a clue on how to use the magic powers it carries.
Because of its affinity with life mysteries and magic, the crow (and Raven) is seen in many shamanic traditions as the spirit animal of choice for those who use magic and have the power to manipulate the law of our physical universe. The crow used to be the animal of choice of shamans, those who do shape-shifting.
Crows (and Ravens) usually have black with tints of blue or purple depending on the light shining on them. Their color is symbolic of the onset of creation, of the void or what has not taken form yet. Fascinating spirit animals, they carry the energy of life mysteries and the power for deep inner transformation.
As a spirit guide, the crow and Raven will guide you in getting in touch with life mysteries and develop your ability to perceive subtle shifts in energy within yourself and in your environment. It has the ability to go beyond the illusions, especially duality of right and wrong, inner and outer !!
Crows are known to build their nests in very tall trees. Doing so, they can get a better vision or perspective on the rest of their surroundings. By affinity with this trait, those who have the crow as a spirit animal or totem will enjoy a position from where they can see things from a higher perspective.
The crow is also watchful of intruders and predators. The sound it makes is characteristic of a loud, strident bird noise that can warn the other members of it clan over great distance. When you see your crow spirit animal, be on the watch.
Have you ever watched a group of crows (and Ravens) ganging up together and chasing out birds much bigger than they are? This behavior makes the crow a useful animal totem to call when you need support in dealing with adversity. If the crow chose you as your power animal, you are encouraged to develop your personal will power and speak your truth more loudly !!
While the crow appearing in a dream is sometimes considered a bad omen, a foreshadowing of sadness, this is only one of many meanings. A necessary step in facing your darkness. A deeper interpretation of this meaning is that the crow is said to fly between the worlds of life and death and an appearance in your dreams may signify a message about your thoughts on life, death and transformation.
Crows are also very intelligent and dreaming about a crow or crows may be a sign of your wisdom or intuition. Your subconscious may be telling you to trust your intuition.
The crow and Raven is also a symbol of transformation. What part of your life is or may be going through a transition? Whatever it is, the crow amd Raven is signaling that you are ready to make the change !!
Nature is infinite magic !! : - )
I feel like emotions trough this music ... and that is beautiful ,when we're feeling the music inside ourself !
I think, and mostly hope!...
That in many years we will be so down to nature and peace full that if you lay down on the ground and lay still for 6 days we will have a birdnest with eggs in it!
Dam our eath sux now!=(
neurosis is the best! dont stop making records!!!
This is my new favorite song.
2:12 this is when you feel every layer of YOU.
Looks like I stumbled onto the intelligent part of UA-cam..
Its about damn time.
Start with A sun that never sets and then with The World As Law, two great albums and way too different from each other. Welcome to this collective Neurosis, you are born again.
much more than music...I can´t describe it
I have listened to this song for a week straight... I love it
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The transition at 4:10 is better than sex.
Shift in my soul occurred at approximately 5:40. I have NEVER been the same since first hearing that...
I wrote that 3 years ago, and my eargasm is still on-going.
just great!!!
Wow i just started listening to them and yeah i like it just need to hear it more! It'll grow on me, Neurosis are lucky to have such passionate fans!
ah yes I had that feeling when I found Tool and now I am looking for it again in other bands, I also like the progression and ambience in this band.
...best band....
One of my favorite songs.
one the first 5 songs ive now heard from them....and ive heard em all just now on youtube....this is amazing.
!Neurosis For Eternity!
If it's not Shamanic, it's not Organic :-)
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.”
- Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
Can't remember where i heard this song, but I Shazamed it.
Love it...
EPIC NUFF SAID 2019 AND BEYOND
absolutely astonishing...
Neurosis rules
Gracias x tanta magia
Right on !
one of the best
Sheer Brilliance.
I think i could probably deal with the end of the earth open armed if this is how it sounded.
Just amazing.
Me too. The music supports it. Tolling bells at the beginning signalling the impending doom, the funeral march tempo, then the build up and the distorted spazz-out breakdown of all order at the end.
Emozioni pure
Pure Emotions
Miglior Band del mondo
SPEAKERS BLOWN. PERFECTION!
The filming style in deep blue hues makes it relaxing and intriguing!
Amazing Relapse never fails to sign epic bands.
this song is amazing
seriously try listening to this in the dark late at night with head phones it is bizarre. You truly get lost in the music.
This track and video is amazing.
Jesus, I can't stop watching this.
Wish they'd played it at both shows I saw Down Under...
Still, an amazing couple of shows in Melbourne.
+ComaDave They did play this song as the last song at the Corner Hotel on August 7 2014.
I remember because by that point my ears were well and truly ringing. (No ear plugs, but totally worth it!)
I remember now why I hadn't seen it.
I had to leave a little early to get the last train home.
Not next time, though...which will be next Feb. :-)
There are no words in any human language that can ever possibly describe how much eye totally love this magical divine band, Neurosis. As words are 100% totally worthless and useless. Spiritual master Terence Mckenna said it best when he said- "Culture is not your friend. " Culture replaces authentic feeling with words. As an example of this, imagine an infant lying in its cradle, and the window is open, and into the room comes something, marvelous, mysterious, glittering, shedding light of many colors, movement, sound, a transformative hierophany of integrated perception and the child is enthralled !! And then the mother comes into the room and she says to the child, “that’s a bird, baby, that’s a bird, and instantly the complex wave of the angel peacock iridescent trans-formative mystery is collapsed, into the word. All mystery is gone, the child learns this is a bird, this is a bird, and by the time we’re five or six years old all the mystery of reality has been carefully tiled over with words. This is a bird, this is a house, this is the sky, and we seal (and imprison) ourselves in within a linguistic shell of dis-empowered perception.”
- Terence McKenna, The World Could Be Anything (1990) .. :- )
the eye of every storm is my favorite at the moment.. burn is an amazing track off that album
Absolutely, unquestionably, although morbidly BEAUTIFUL...
Tool and Neurosis have mucho respect for each other, but don't even think for one second that Neurosis are some Johnny Come Lately's trying to sound like Tool.
They have been relasing innovative stuff since round about the same time Tool was formed. They released their first album in 1988. What Mogwai is to post-rock, so is Neurosis to post-metal.
@greeborhys
never underestimate the power and beauty of droning.
Timeless!
Complements this pandemic
This song and video are perfect. The cut-down version doesn't even come close.
Holly shit , that ending.....
Mono,Pelican,Old man gloom,godspeed!you black emperor ..these are only a few ...but there far more in the world...
some times the simplest riffs can be the most beautiful...
I like the low vocal key and ominous rhythm. Grrreaaat!
How come I never pushed the 'like' link?
Best song in last 15 years at the least
hey I saw them, I saw then. I still can't believe it. they didn't play this song. I saw them at Prague. Long trip to get there by plane then by train and I didn't have a place to crash after the concert, it worthed all the sacrifice... I will upload the video I recorded from that performance, THAX for ur comment