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The Universal

by The Penitential Station

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Into Essence 19:52

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Further auditory excavations of the masses of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594). The Universal’s interleaving of polyphonic voices explores German mystic Eckhart von Hochheim’s pantheistic notion of a ‘Universal Soul’.

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‘There is something in the soul which is above the soul, divine, simple, an absolute Nothing, rather unnamed than named, unknown than known.’

‘All spirit (whether in so-called creature or Creator) is substantially one and the same. It cannot be divided; it can have no distinctive operations. Our dividual personal consciousness is, as it were, a temporary accretion on the Universal Soul with which we are in contact. Escaping this consciousness, we merge in — that is, we become — the Universal Soul. We are brought into the Essence, — the calm, unknown oneness beyond all manifestation, above creation, providence, or grace.’

(Eckhart von Hochheim,
via R.A. Vaughan, 1893)

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released August 6, 2021

The first 100 people to purchase The Universal also receive the exclusive album, Beyond All Manifestation.

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Other Forms Of Consecrated Life

Auditory excavations. Eremitic music. Pareidolia.

Somewhere in Pictland.

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