The inner sky of the mind fills with images, ideas and
concepts on a continuous basis. Some of these ideas seem so real and so
powerful they become apparently autonomous.
Yet the Gods and Goddesses are creations of our own minds.
They stud the starry universe that wheels within and only within our eyes. They
provide a way for consciousness to think about the whole with all its
ambivalent and changing parts. They provide a functional cosmology based upon
real observable polarity of male and female, which tells the whole story of
creation. Consciousness flourishes in the mythic cycle that includes every
aspect and symbol of the divine. - Nicholas Mann
The rich and open canvas of the mind is the powerhouse of
our consciousness it is our best ally and also our greatest enemy and to
understand it is to be able to use that tool that is also fundamental to what
makes us who we are.
I have always been interested in meeting new people, especially
creative people; I am very interested to learn from them. Often these people
become friends and one such person was Stuart Wilde.
Stuart was an incredible writer and thinker; he was a writer
for music projects such as ‘Heartland’ and ‘Greenwood’ and his own metaphysical
books and recordings. He was a lecturer on the occult and mystical and he was a
natural comedian and bon viveur.
Some of Stuart’s ideas were so left field, but as you got to know him
you could really grasp what he was getting and he had an amazing line of
prediction which included the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, the World Financial Crash
(which no one else seemed to see coming) and the child abuse scandal involving
the Catholic Church.
But what I liked about him was his generous spirit and how he wore his
heart on his sleeve and his ability to move his mind into areas like music that
even in his own opinion had no obvious skill. We did a recording a few years
back and when I said he should sing on it he said he had a voice like ‘a frog
in a bag’, I thought he could do a Lee Marvin but I could not sway him on this.
For people like Stuart opening the mind and ‘seeing’ the inner world
and then creating from it was the magic that we as artists need to engage with.
Too much of musical teaching is wrapped up in the theory and not in the expansiveness
of the unconscious and we can benefit greatly from the pantheon of mind’s
symbology and iconography so imagine what you want and start to manifest it
through your work.
Vic
