If you let go a little you a will have a little peace;
if you let go a lot you will have a lot of peace;
if you let go completely you will have complete peace.
The Observing Soul: Bob Dylan, I’m Not There
Bob Dylan: Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts – A Spiritual Transformation
Dylan’s intriguing Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts lured in the background of my consciousness for a long time – now I feel it has matured enough to share my, certainly subjective, perspective of the song as a spiritual transformation. It is the second song of Dylan’s highly acclaimed 1975 album Blood on the Tracks, voted No. 9 in the Rolling Stone Magazine’s 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time (and confirmed at that position in the 2023 update) covered here. The first song from this album on this blog was Shelter from the Storm (for a video see here).
Pirates of the Carribean: A Spiritual Movie Scene
A clip from Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End evokes a strong spiritual image for an inner turning point.
Revolver: A Spiritual Movie
Casino milieu, loads of money, violence - and a surprisingly profound spiritual message in this 2005 masterpiece by Guy Ritchie.
Bob Dylan: Abandoned Love – Relationship and Spiritual Process
I count Bob Dylan's Abandoned Love among his love songs that invite to a spiritual perspective. The love to be abandoned may be earthly ties and the ego.
Bob Dylan’s Changing of the Guards: Interpretation as a Video
Many people have stated they love the song, but find it very hard to make sense of the lyrics. We look at them from the perspective of a fallen soul seeking the path of salvation.
Bob Dylan: Changing of the Guards (Patti Smith)
A lyrical masterpiece supporting a variety of interpretations, we look at the song from the perspective of a fallen soul seeking the path of salvation.
Cat Stevens: The First Cut Is The Deepest (Sheryl Crow, Rod Stewart)
This song may be catchy partly because it relates to a deep level of the soul: the initial separation from the field of unity. On the way back we may be confronted with wounds from the past.
Leonard Cohen: Ballad of the Absent Mare
Cohen's Ballad of the Absent Mare is the most spiritual rock and pop song I have encountered because it describes the full path rather than certain aspects.
Bob Dylan: Saving Grace
Dylan's song about death and grace may hint at a maturing spirit-soul that leads to a renewed state of being.