The word 'angel' comes from the Greek word 'angelos' meaning 'messenger'. Theologically, they often represent a sort of mediation between humankind and the 'Divine' or 'God'. Tutelary angels (or 'guardian' angels) emerged in the religious imagination of the 5th-century C.E., largely from the work of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, who developed an elaborate 'hierarchy' of angels. (From this mysterious pseudopigrapher, we actually get the word 'hierarchy' -- hierarkhes or 'sacred ruler'.) But that aside, music in general has served, for me, as both a sort of comforting tutelary angel and a divine medium/messenger of information these past few years. So this is my personal tribute to music, my personal guardian angel, haha; hope you enjoy.
Below is an image of Damien Hirst's sculpture entitled 'Anatomy of an Angel' displayed at Tate Modern in London.
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0:00:17 - id: Jack Layton
0:00:27 - promo: cfrc
0:00:40 - Stars - 'Death to Death'
0:04:46 - Kelan Phillip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - 'Apsara'
":"5:13 - talking: about Abaddon, Apsara, Gabriel, and Polyhymnia, [1]
0:14:03 - d'Eon - 'I Don't Want to Know'
0:20:43 - young family - '$$'
0:23:55 - Steve Hauschildt - 'Polyhymnia'
0:26:55 - Imperial Topaz - 'Angel of the Overpass'
0:31:56 - promo: volunteer application
0:33:15 - psa: snid (studies in national and international development)
0:34:00 - Oneohtrix Point Never - 'Boring Angel'
0:38:16 - DJ Elmoe - 'Whea Yo Ghost At, Whea Yo Dead Man'
0:40:45 - Don Cherry - 'Chenrezig'
":"4:22 - talking: on Chenrezig, developing tradition of 'Satan', and responsible interpretation, [2]
0:53:36 - Stereolab - 'Monstre Sacre'
0:57:21 - The Incredible String Band - 'Job's Tears'
1:04:04 - id: Amy Goodman
1:04:20 - psa: loving spoonful
1:05:06 - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - 'Quail & Dumplings'
1:09:28 - The Blacktop Cadence - 'Are You My Angel'
1:14:21 - Earth - 'A Plague of Angels'
":"4:46 - talking: on feminine pronouns for G-d and Carl Jung's bird/angel archetype of the psyche, [3], [4], [5]
"Once upon a time there was a peasant woman and a very wicked woman she was. And she died and did not leave a single good deed behind. The devils caught her and plunged her into the lake of fire. So her guardian angel stood and wondered what good deed of hers he could remember to tell to God; 'She once pulled up an onion in her garden,' said he, 'and gave it to a beggar woman.' And God answered: 'You take that onion then, hold it out to her in the lake, and let her take hold and be pulled out. And if you can pull her out of the lake, let her come to Paradise, but if the onion breaks, then the woman must stay where she is.' The angel ran to the woman and held out the onion to her. 'Come,' said he, 'catch hold and I'll pull you out.' he began cautiously pulling her out. He had just pulled her right out, when the other sinners in the lake, seeing how she was being drawn out, began catching hold of her so as to be pulled out with her. But she was a very wicked woman and she began kicking them. 'I'm to be pulled out, not you. It's my onion, not yours.' As soon as she said that, the onion broke. And the woman fell into the lake and she is burning there to this day. So the angel wept and went away. So that's the story, Alyosha; I know it by heart, for I am that wicked woman myself. I boasted to Rakitin that I had given away an onion, but to you I'll say: ‘I've done nothing but give away one onion all my life, that's the only good deed I've done."
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (The Brothers Karamazov)
Further Info:
[1] Dummy Interview with d'Eon
[2] The 'Satan' in Hebrew Scriptures (Yale Video Lecture)
[3] Feminine Conceptions of God in Hebrew Scripture
[4] Carl Jung on Divine Beings and Birds
[5] 'Angels, Spirits and the Devil' by Emil Brunner (Book Chapter)
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