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Phasmatis
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This track was conceived through a process of introducing acousmatic music to a wider audience through dubstep, dnb, and ambient music. This process of experimentation led to an ambiguous bass arrangement, built around the sample of “The Pentagram” by Aleister Crowley.

“The Pentagram” by Aleister Crowley

In the years of the Primal Course, in the dawn of terrestrial birth,
Man Mastered the mammoth and horse, and Man was the lord of the earth.
He made him a hollow skin from the heart of a holy tree,
He compassed the earth therein, and Man was lord of the Sea.
He controlled the vigour of steam, he harnessed the lightning for hire;
He drove the celestial team, and Man was the lord of Fire.
Deep-mouthed from their thrones deep-seated, the choirs of the æons declare
The last of the demons defeated, for Man is the lorde of the Air.
Arise, O Man, in thy strength! the kingdom is thine to inherit
Till the high gods witness at length that Man is the lord of his spirit.

Dr.Hans, from the UK, is the manifestation of the darkest recesses of your mind. It is the clawing entity. Dr.Hans is its signal processor. Some pieces are devised as creative explorations of instrumentation and environments of gnosis. The goal of the ‘scape’ which it produces it to turn mechanical ideas of aural perception into an ethereal space I can reside in emotively, usually in a darker catharsis. Many of my tracks include sigil launches and the listener must take responsibility in the contextual use of this music. I create dark albums that warp your being, but they are followed with an E.P, or antidote. You will find Dr.Hans in the fog, you may call it ‘keket’.

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from The Hermetic Library Anthology Album - Magick, Music and Ritual 6, released February 3, 2013

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The Hermetic Library at Hermetic.com // Archiving, Engaging and Encouraging the living Esoteric Tradition, Hermeticism, and Aleister Crowley's Thelema for over 20 years.

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