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lamentations in praise |
anagrama
_nahtriheccunde
_gahinneverahtunin
_zehgessurklach
_zunnus
text from CG Jung's
septem sermones ad mortuos
seigneur aie pitié
(lord have mercy)
christ aie pitié
(christ have mercy)
christian text - french
õ satan prends pitié
de ma longue misère
(o satan have mercy
on my long suffering)
taken from Baudelaire's
'litanies of satan' |
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| gnosis |
Greek.
gnõsis. knowledge
n. (gnostic). a christian
heretic of the 1-3 c.
claiming gnosis
heretic / heretik / n. 1 the
holder of an unorthodox
opinion
Barbela. Sophia. Sabaoth.
Prunicos. Harmozel.
Eleleth. Ialdabaoth.
Astaphaeus. Aberamenthus.
Agrammakarei. Adamas.
(gnostic sects or groups)
aaa / ooo / zezophaza /
zzaieozaza / eee / iii /
zaieo / zoakoe / ooo /
uuu / thoezo / ozaez /
eee / zzeezao / zakozakeunde /
tuxuaa / lethukh /
(a gnostic text from The
Book of Ieû discovered in the
19 c). |
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| laudate dominum |
laudate dominum
alleluia
(worship thee lord)
christian text |
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| sorrowful shores of
acheron |
acheron - a river in hell
reference Dante's 'inferno'
il gran vermo
(the large worm)
reo vermo
(evil worm)
italian - the worm was one
of the titles given to satan
vexilla regis produent inferni
(the banners of hell advance) |
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| pater agnus dei |
pater agnus dei
(father lamb of god)
christian text |
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philosophy
with a hammer ________________is the music to the film video of the same title
directed and written by Mark Ellis and filmed by Daniel
Faoro. It is a collage of images and scenes exploring,
through a marriage of music and image, christian
symbolism. After two thousand years of christian imagery
it is difficult to approach such symbols with a virgin
eye. The implications contained within the image are too
strong, reinforced through history, experience and
indoctrination. Christian symbolism and morality are
ingrained in two thousand years of western cultural
conditioning. The film video explores the status of woman
and the nature of sexuality.
"as long as a woman is for birth and children, she
is different from man as body is from soul. But when she
wishes to serve christ more than the world, then she
shall cease to be a woman, and will be called a
man".
St. Jerome. |
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philosophy
with a hammer________________Through the use of imagery and juxtaposition it
questions cultural values that have been brought to our
thinking by a patriarchal christianity, that has forced
historically the position of woman in society.
"unto the woman, he said, I will greatly multiply
the sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring
forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband,
and he shall rule over thee"
Genesis 3: 16
Another idea that is explored through imagery is the
christian ideal of suffering and martyrdom. There are
symbols that have a meaning, for greater than the
aesthetic itself which are also ingrained through
cultural conditioning. It has been established what is
acceptable and what is not acceptable in imagery based on
a christian viewpoint, a viewpoint of a society where the
violent image is considered less taboo than the erotic.
This dominance has a backlash to a contemporary way of
thinking. |
