This month composer’s choice is dedicated to Lorrie Kazan – because she is a muse …or maybe all 9 of them rolled into one body ! Its a pretty big call I know but having collaborated with Lorrie during last month’s One Mind Live Guest Guide, I found myself being very deeply moved by her insights and meditations.
At home I have a small ceramic shrine that my daughter Jasper made specifically to the nine ancient greek muses when she was a teenager. It’s where I burn incense and light candles and make little prayers.
It will be no surprise to One Mind Live members that I think the 9 muses are there to be accessed – from a deep archetypal place, rich in culture, grace and most definately an interface between this world and the world that we are shaping from our futures. The muses are within us all to ask for help and guidance.
The 9 muses are:
- Clio is the “Proclaimer ”- Muse of history (often holding a scroll).
- Euterpe the “Well Pleasing ” Muse of music or flutes (often playing flutes).
- Thalia the “Blooming ” or “Luxuriant ” – Muse of comedy (often holding a comic mask).
- Melpomene the “Songstress” – Muse of tragedy (often holding a tragic mask).
- Terpsichore -“Delighting in the Dance”- Muse of dancing and choral song (often shown dancing and holding a lyre).
- Erato the “Lovely” – Muse of lyric and love poetry (often playing a lyre).
- Polymnia “She of many Hymns ” (Polyhymnia) – Muse of sacred poetry or of the mimic art (often shown with a pensive look).
- Urania the “Heavenly ”- Muse of astronomy (often holding a globe).
- Calliope “She of the Beautiful Voice ” – who was their chief- Muse of heroic or epic poetry (often holding a writing tablet).
Enjoy….
Steve
Source: Britannica Academic, s.v. “Muse,” accessed June 14, 2017,
http://academic.eb.com.ipacez.nd.edu.au/levels/collegiate/article/Muse/54410.
Stephen Fearnley is an award-winning filmmaker, artist and composer. He composes transformational soundscapes for the meditation journeys of One Mind Live – a unique worldwide online group meditation community. To sample One Mind Live, go HERE