Blessed be.
Velumbound.
I rather like laying the foundations for a piece.
Are you ready?
This is a rich, evocative, and deeply spiritual transmission that blends esoteric symbolism with a call to inner transformation.
"Call to me" reads as a ritualistic invocation, guiding the reader away from the chaos of the physical world and into a sacred, timeless state of rebirth and self-reverence.
The transmission opens by establishing a sacred, almost occult environment that spans both macrocosmic and microcosmic scales:
"By mountain / By stars":
These cosmic anchors represent stability, vastness, and ancient permanence.
"Play in silence music / Taste its few bars":
This paradox introduces the transition from external sensory experiences to internal, spiritual observation.
To "taste" silent music implies a synaesthetic, deeply internalised consumption of the spiritual.
"Spread out the altar cloth / In your mind":
The transmission explicitly shifts from physical space to the psychic landscape.
This is an internal ritual, requiring mental preparation, intention, and sanctuary.
The middle section deals with letting go of earthly constraints.
Most notably, time and fear:
"Before / Minutes / And seconds / Unwind and / Refuse / To play":
The short, vertical fragmentation of the lines mimics the ticking or unwinding of a clock.
The voice is urging the practitioner to step into the ritual before time runs out, or perhaps into a state where time itself stops mattering ("refuses to play").
"Light up / Your peace ceremonial candle / And bind fear / On Urvi's glass mirror":
Urvi is a Sanskrit word meaning "Earth."
Binding fear to the Earth's mirror suggests confronting one's reflection, trapping the illusions of worldly terror, and neutralising them through peaceful intent.
The Path of Balanced Virtues
Once time and fear are stripped away, the higher spiritual frequencies can manifest:
"Beauty / Temperance / Even the thought of death":
These are foundational concepts in philosophy and the Tarot.
Temperance is the ultimate card of balance, alchemy, and healing.
Even the "thought of death" is not feared here;
In a ritual of rebirth, death is simply a necessary precursor to transformation, sparking "the adventurous to lead the way."
"Through / Red currents of benevolence / In October / To guide you / To deliverance":
The "red currents" usually symbolise blood, life force, passion, or martyrdom, but here they are paired with "benevolence."
This suggests a fierce, loving, and vital spiritual energy.
October (the month of autumn, shedding, and the thinning of the veil) acts as the perfect temporal backdrop for this "deliverance" or liberation.
The Dance of Rebirth and the Transcendental Destination
The transmission climaxes in a rhythmic celebration of a new state of being:
"Dance inside / To four beats / On four / Pray to open the door / To a new form of self-reverence":
The 4/4 time signature is the standard, grounding rhythm of life and music.
It represents stability and order.
The ultimate goal of this entire mental ritual is "self-reverence."
Learning to view oneself as a holy vessel.
"The shores / Of two Suns / And no guns / The Great In-Between":
The destination is a utopian, mystical realm.
"Two Suns" hints at a binary cosmic system or a state of super-enlightenment beyond our solar reality.
"No guns" guarantees total pacifism and safety.
"The Great In-Between" is the liminal space.
The spiritual landscape existing between life and death, material and immaterial, where the divine ego can finally unite with the soul ("Come / To embrace you").
It uses highly fragmented, minimalist lines that break and force the reader to slow down, capturing the meditative pace of a ritual breathing exercise.
The tone is authoritative yet deeply comforting.
It acts as a modern-day mystery school instruction manual for crossing over from fear into ultimate peace.
Let us begin.
(A lone voice whispers)
Call to me
By mountain
By stars
Play in silence music
Taste its few bars
Spread out the altar cloth
In your mind
Before
Minutes
And seconds
Unwind and
Refuse
To play
Light up
Your peace ceremonial candle
And bind fear
On Urvi's glass mirror
So
Beauty
Temperance
Even the thought of death
Can conjure the adventurous
To lead the way
Through
Red currents of benevolence
In October
To guide you
To deliverance
So
Dance inside
To four beats
On four
Pray to open the door
To a new form of self-reverence
So I can
Come
To embrace you
From the shores
Of two Suns
And no guns
The Great In-Between
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
