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Mahatma Dalí crafted this piece with The Hermetic Library in mind specifically. Compositionally speaking, it is a minimalistic piece meant to imply a directional movement, however hesitant it may be at times. Sonically speaking, it is a fusion of a subsonic stimulation and high-register accents that lend the overall track a declassic, yet symphonic presentation.

Mahatma Dalí, a composer of vanishing-point music, strives to provide the masses with a unique listening experience. While the sustained tone branch of minimalist music is about as far away from music as it can get before it ceases to be musical, there is something undeniably rhythmic and hypnotic about it — the very things M. Dalí accentuates on.

The harmonic (and quasi-harmonic) tone-clusters that culminate M. Dalí's brand of dronology are riveting in a way that becomes increasingly difficult to describe as it plays out. When you couple this with the conceptual soundscapes that they articulate within, you'll find what the ear would otherwise dismiss as tumultuous becomes a sonic scenery wherein which your imagination is the only limiting factor in this auditory experience.

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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.

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from The Hermetic Library Anthology Album - Magick, Music and Ritual 1, released December 3, 2011

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