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Posted on 2022/12/012022/12/01

Revolver: A Spiritual Movie

Film poster for Revolver - Copyright 2005, Warner Bros.

Casino milieu, loads of money, violence - and a surprisingly profound spiritual message in this 2005 masterpiece by Guy Ritchie. read more

Posted on 2022/11/232022/11/23

Bob Dylan: Abandoned Love – Relationship and Spiritual Process

"I wear the ball and chain". Pixabay, Peggy_Marco

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. read more

Posted on 2022/01/272022/01/31

Bob Dylan’s Changing of the Guards: Interpretation as a Video

Bob Dylan - Changing of the Guards

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. read more

Posted on 2020/05/092020/05/22

Bob Dylan: Changing of the Guards (Patti Smith)

Bob Dylan and Patti Smith, "Dark Eyes", 1995, New York

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. read more

Posted on 2020/05/022020/05/02

Cat Stevens: The First Cut Is The Deepest (Sheryl Crow, Rod Stewart)

Yusuf Cat Stevens performing at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Cardiff, April 2015

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. read more

Posted on 2020/04/122020/05/01

Leonard Cohen: Ballad of the Absent Mare

Kuòān Shīyuǎn's Ten Bulls 6: Riding the Bull Home

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. read more

Posted on 2020/04/032020/04/25

Bob Dylan: Saving Grace

Bob Dylan, Azkena Rock Festival 2010

Dylan's song about death and grace may hint at a maturing spirit-soul that leads to a renewed state of being. read more

Posted on 2020/02/132020/02/14

Surrender your Ego: Queen, Innuendo

Compilation of the four members of Queen [Brian May (2008), Freddie Mercury (1977), John Deacon (1979), Roger Taylor (2005)]

Queen's Innuendo describes the fallen state of man and expresses a longing to overcome this state and the ego. The perspective on time may be a key to freedom. read more

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