Old Friend, New Discovery

I mentioned messages from old friends in my last post. A week or two ago, my friend Sol of New York -- who lives as a corporate accountant by day & as a punk musician by night -- wrote to me. He had been to a wake at which Mira Billotte performed & he said it reminded him of me. He attached a video of her invocation at the opening of her Spira Mirabilis Mundi installation. I was honored that someone would remember me in the presence of this brilliant artist. I was also delighted at the discovery, because I was not previously familiar with her work. 

Just imagine this (from her MySpace Music page):

Artist and musician Mira Billotte (White Magic), focuses on the harmony of the divine ratio between ourselves and the Kosmos.  The installation transforms into an environment of spiritual exaltation, a place of ritual, a temple of commune with the Kosmos, bringing forth an ancient instinct, theurgy; the ritual practice of uniting with the divine.           

As within us there is a microcosm, so created in this space, a microcosm of the divine macrocosm; sand, sand paintings, Mandalas, fabrics, elements, incense, projections, altar objects, plants, other organic materials and esoteric symbols create a secret diagram of the Universe.

Opening Ceremony

Friday August 21st • 7-9PM • Free 

White Magic performs a meditative ceremony of song, and ritual, acoustically on opening night within the improvised temple.

Makes me wish I was in New York right about now. Thank you for sharing & thank you for thinking of me my friend.