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"[[All Reason Departs]]" is the fourteenth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.
  
 
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== Comments ==
 
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* The longest track on the album. The title has at least two distinct readings, and the album supports both:
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* The progression on this track is similar to “[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]” on [[Music Has The Right To Children]].
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** '''Goya''''s ''El sueño de la razón produce monstruos'' ("The sleep of reason brings forth monsters", ''Los Caprichos'' No. 43, 1799) — rationality abandoned makes space for demonic imagery. Consistent with an album called ''[[Inferno]]''.
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* The Second part of the track may have been inspired or influenced by the track, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3_BGkFqvng/ Make Some Room by Sade].
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** The '''''via negativa''''' / '''apophatic''' mystical tradition (Pseudo-Dionysius, Meister Eckhart, ''The Cloud of Unknowing''): the soul's ascent to God requires the abandoning of discursive reason, because God is beyond categories. Reason ''departs'' in the direction of gnosis — the ecstatic, unitive, wordless encounter.
 
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* The runtime — '''6:14''' — is a common Christian shorthand for Matthew 6:14 ("For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you").
 
  
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
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* From 0:28, a reading of a passage written by occultist [[wikipedia:Aleister_Crowley|Aleister Crowley]] from "[[wikipedia:Magick_(Book_4)|Magick, Liber ABA, Book 4]]" (Part III: Magick in Theory and Practice, Chapter XII: Of the Bloody Sacrifice: and Matters Cognate), sampled from the 2005 documentary "[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2748112/ Megiddo II: The New Age]".<ref>{{#widget:YouTube|id=0u-AChDp4aU|start=9148}}</ref><ref>https://genius.com/39985134</ref>
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There is a magical operation of maximum importance<br>
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The Initiation of a New Aeon<br>
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Before man is ready to accept the Law of Thelema, the Great War must be fought<br>
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This bloody sacrifice is the critical point of the World Ceremony of the Crowned and Conquering Child<br>
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As lord of the Aeon<br>
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* From 0:41 to 1:12, what seems to be a muffled sample of a Buddhist chant can be heard, alongside the sample of the Crowley passage.
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* At 3:14, a chopped up sample of a voice can briefly be heard.
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* From 4:49 onwards, a chopped up sample of a song (likely some sort of children’s song) can be heard.
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* At 5:33, a highly obfuscated voice can be heard for two seconds before fading away, although it’s currently unknown what the voice is saying.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* The glitching background noise that can be heard in "[[Deep Time]]" continues into the beginning of the track before fading.
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* The melody starting at 1:12 is reminiscent of the melody in "[[Deep Time]]".
  
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== Videos ==
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== Videos ==
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== Audio ==
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== See Also ==
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* "[[Deep Time]]"
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 16:22, 4 September 2026

All Reason Departs
Running time 6:14
Appears on Inferno (2026)
Next Arena Americanada
Prev Deep Time


"All Reason Departs" is the fourteenth track on Boards of Canada's fifth studio album, Inferno.


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Samples / Lyrics[edit]

There is a magical operation of maximum importance
The Initiation of a New Aeon
Before man is ready to accept the Law of Thelema, the Great War must be fought
This bloody sacrifice is the critical point of the World Ceremony of the Crowned and Conquering Child
As lord of the Aeon

  • From 0:41 to 1:12, what seems to be a muffled sample of a Buddhist chant can be heard, alongside the sample of the Crowley passage.
  • At 3:14, a chopped up sample of a voice can briefly be heard.
  • From 4:49 onwards, a chopped up sample of a song (likely some sort of children’s song) can be heard.
  • At 5:33, a highly obfuscated voice can be heard for two seconds before fading away, although it’s currently unknown what the voice is saying.

Trivia[edit]

  • The glitching background noise that can be heard in "Deep Time" continues into the beginning of the track before fading.
  • The melody starting at 1:12 is reminiscent of the melody in "Deep Time".

Videos[edit]

Audio[edit]

See Also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ https://genius.com/39985134