Messenger of Dionysos · Mused by Apollo

In ancient times, Satyr was the horned and horny messenger of Eleusinian forest god Dionysos. He mesmerized the youth of nearby villages with the musical magic of his flute and made them dance till broad daylight. In our common present, the spirit of Satyr inhabits the body of a human boy.

Searching for a new way to spread the vibe of the forest, by Dionysian decree, Satyr switched to SL and CDJ instruments, which fit the job quite nicely. Apart from those, he employs the tools Apollo chose: a blank screen and virtual ink, to jot down all he likes to think - hence this his satellite here, orbiting Earth's blogosphere!


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Single Vision, Plural Reality




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earth
a paradise,
all borders fantasy

no one alone,
all of us family

think for yourself,
question authority

keen up and delve,
act with humanity

live and let live,
sharing in empathy

single vision,
plural reality




music:  Atlantis - Paradise
(Apollo Records - 93)

inspiration: Dr. TFL

all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa

(cc) 2024, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


Happy Maybe Day!

Robert Anton Wilson - Maybe Quotes - Optimism
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Maybe Day '24: 6024 AL, July 23 - 3190 YOLD, Confusion 58 - 5784 AM, Tamuz 17 - 1403 SH, Mordad 2 - 1446 AH, Muharram 16 - 1946 AS, Sravana 1 - Fire Lord, 13.0.10.13.7, 14 Xul, 10 Chuwen (Monkey)
 

July 23 - Maybe Day 2024

happy maybe day!
excommunicate you lot
- we must shtick apart


Greetings Fellow Discordian Excommunicates, Erisian Ecstatics, H.E.A.D. Heads and other Marvellous Maybeings!

Party:cipating with Maybe Day '23 synced in perfectly with my cosmic agenda. However, this year, a plentiful of Summer buzzings impel me to keep it fnord short and sweet, with a quote and a clip .. well, "clip" ... the whole Maybe Logic documentary, rather:




And for those visitors, unfamiliar with Maybe Day: visit maybeday.net, rawilson.com, or click here to catch a glimpse of what today's festivities may or not have in store, and do not forget to click any other fnord link you may find on your path. RAW's incorrigibly optimistic quote, posted above, will become elaborated later on ..


... maybe.


From Maera and Me,
with Love and Lasagna,

Happy Birthday Monica!
#VoteLewinsky

winkblink


.: spectacles genitals brandy blunts :.


all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa
(cc) 2024, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


all  rights  reserved  -  all  lefts  reversed

Welcome To Our House



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Rhythm Controll
≡ featuring ≡
Chuck Roberts
My House



We may cry
we may grief
we may mourn
but
we shall not despair

We shall Jack our body
and Jack as we will

for as long
as we will Jack
so will Chuck


Enter


and
Welcome
to the House
that Chuck built

Welcome

to Our
House




in loving memory
of 
Chuck Roberts
Voice of House Music

 Long Live Jack
 Forever Love Chuck

Enter The Outer / Body

Enter The Outer/Body by Satyr Barbarossa - entry for FIBER Festival 2024

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Enter The Outer Body



“Where does my body stop and where does yours begin?” 

— Mary S. Applegate, Liquid Air (Air Liquide, 1992) 🔗



Concept ⇌ Sensation


For centuries, the Cartesian dualism - the concept of separation between mind & body, self & other - has dominated occidental models of reality. This dichotomy differs diametrically from the theory of nondualism, which implies oneness, unity of all in existence. As another concept, however, oneness sounds merely intriguing, until we experience it directly. 



According to Schopenhauer, our sense of separateness simply exists as a result of our will to objectify, an illusory effect of our perception of time, and space. It may take an ordeal, a shock, a sacrifice to cause a breakthrough of the metaphysical realisation, that self & other indeed exist as one. Our true reality lies in the ineffable connection within all of existence. 
 


The oriental model, encompassing this sensation, is called yoga, which translates as union or unifying — a dynamic process, not a static state. Advanced practising of asana - postures, poses - and deep meditation, leads to a transcendental state of awareness, named samadhi - blissful, direct experience of oneness. 

  

More than anything, Art can do this ..



In “the zone”, artists, dancers, painters meditate, following their bliss. When we feel aroused by a piece of art, music, poetry, we transcend our state of individual perceiving, expanding the physical boundaries, and move into a mutual realm of becoming — the outer body.

   

… and of all forms of Art



Music does this more than anything else, especially when we dance. Imagine a large crowd, dancing at a festival — one of our most familiar forms of coll-active meditation: rhythmic movement to a common pulse, synchronizing all postures, creating a shared state of oneness, a direct experience of the outer body.

Through art, music, dancing, we can transmit and receive this sensation. By direct experience, it propels us beyond the illusive barrier of the skin, as we extend spontaneously into the medium that embraces us. We move out of our steady state, into ecstatic trance, euphoria, rapture. As such, we expand into the outer body, the physique of life at large. 



Entering the outer body, we feel alive — quite possibly the sensation, which we continue to chase, and crave. Like a luminous shadow, it stalks us wherever we may go, waiting to tap us on both shoulders by surprise, engulfing us with goosebumps, lifting us from our ground of being, headfirst beyond our apparent borders, boundless into bliss. 



Enter the Outer/Body





writ: Satyr Barbarossa *
(cc) 2024 cc by-nc-nd 4.0



* Recently, I wrote this as my actual entry, responding to the open call to participate in the 2024 edition of FIBER Festival in Amsterdam - feeling grateful and happy to add: I made the selection!

A Scending Tea Garden

A Scending Tea Garden

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earth becomes heaven
scending to the occasion
flying green white blue


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 '[~ A Scending Tea Garden ~]'
@ Hemelvaart 35 Jaar 🔗
on Ascension Day 2024
15:00 - 01:00 @ Yurt Yoga
hidden in the Bamboo Forest



15:00 Soundbath Ceremony by Anya - in the yurt
16:00 Peotic Recital by Satyr Barbarossa - in the yard
16:15 deep tribal eclectronic psychedelic ambient techno
DJ sets by Tommy, Akira, San Shine - until 01:00

&

Matcha and other Japanese tea
all day ~ by Tea The Moment
www.teathemoment.com

at Rijkshemelvaart
 

—o


    ~ scend to the occasion ~


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☞ No Pin, Cash Only - & - Kids Yes, Dogs No ☜
☞ Free Entrance - Donations Always Welcome ☜

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freakuently unanswered questions


? what is Satyr

! in ancient times, Satyr roamed the Eleusinian forests as the horned and horny messenger of Dionysos - the god of ritual intoxication - who dispatched him to mesmerize the youth of nearby villages with the musical magic of his flute, and made them dance till broad daylight.

? where is Satyr

! in our recent past, Satyr reincarnated in the concrete jungle of Amsterdam as a DJ. At age ten, he recorded his first mix, displaying his love for early hip hop and electro, and soon his tapes were in high demand. After the Second Summer Of Love, he got turned on by new dimensions of synthetic sound and ventured into the realms of ambient, acid-house, techno and trance music, never looking back ever since.

? does he still play flute

! the Panflute has become an artefact in captivity, held safe and sound in the archeological archive of the Vatican. Yet, since them high-n-mighty early 1990s, Satyr became increasingly skilled as a player of the SL & CDJ instruments, spinning various styles of musica eclectronica, embracing a wide range of the bpm spectrum with remarkable sparkle.

Notoriously difficult to pigeonhole yet sharply focused on and specialized in ambient, chillout, psytrance & deep atmospheric techno; entertaining events for 5 to 50.000 people, by serving his spicy melange of clean cuts and dirty grooves, mixing it down and grinding it up from raw to smooth.

A few memorable events ecstasized by Satyr:
Amsterdam Dance Event (NL), Atmosphere (Berlin), Ballonnenfeest (NL), Burning Man (USA), Club A (Sao Paulo), Dance Valley (NL), Love & Magic (Oslo), Metsafestiwaal (Finland), Pan-O-Rama Festival (La Gomera), The Pi Club (Berlin), Q-Base (Germany), Senseblender Festival (Belgium), Universo Paralello (Bahia / Brazil), VooV Experience (Germany), and many more in Belgium, Brazil, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, USA & all over The Netherlands.*

* a detailed gigographic list might appear later



unless mentioned otherwise:
all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa,
(cc) 2007 - 2024, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

all rights reserved,
all wrongs forgiven