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Difference between revisions of "Acts Of Magic"
(Create stub page for "Acts Of Magic" — track 8/18 on Inferno (29 May 2026)) |
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| − | * | + | * "'''Acts of magic'''" evokes Aleister Crowley's '''Magick''' (the "k" is his spelling to distinguish ceremonial from stage magic): "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will." Places the album on the Western esoteric / ceremonial-magic axis alongside "[[The Process]]" (the Process Church) and "[[Into The Magic Land]]". |
| + | * The brevity (1:18) suggests an '''interlude / invocation''' — a short ritual gesture between the Buddhist hell of "[[Naraka]]" and the Buddhist-bardo reading of "[[Memory Death]]". | ||
| + | * In some magical traditions, "acts" is also a technical term for the stages of a ritual working (Thelemic, Golden Dawn). | ||
== Samples / Lyrics == | == Samples / Lyrics == | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 22 April 2026
| Acts Of Magic | |
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| Running time | 1:18 |
| Appears on | Inferno |
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Comments
- "Acts of magic" evokes Aleister Crowley's Magick (the "k" is his spelling to distinguish ceremonial from stage magic): "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will." Places the album on the Western esoteric / ceremonial-magic axis alongside "The Process" (the Process Church) and "Into The Magic Land".
- The brevity (1:18) suggests an interlude / invocation — a short ritual gesture between the Buddhist hell of "Naraka" and the Buddhist-bardo reading of "Memory Death".
- In some magical traditions, "acts" is also a technical term for the stages of a ritual working (Thelemic, Golden Dawn).