Sacred Works I: The Emerald Tablet

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1.	True, without any falsehood (Emerald Tablet) 01:18		buy track
2.	That which is lower (Emerald Tablet) 02:03		buy track
3.	And just as myriad things emerge (Emerald Tablet) 01:22		buy track
4.	Its father is the Sun (Emerald Tablet) 01:21	lyrics	buy track
Its father is the Sun. Its mother is the Moon. The Wind carries it within its belly. Its nurse is the Earth.
5.	The source of enchantment (Emerald Tablet) 01:50		buy track
6.	Its power is gathered (Emerald Tablet) 00:58		buy track
7.	Separate the earth from the fire (Emerald Tablet) 00:50		buy track
8.	It rises from earth unto heaven (Emerald Tablet) 00:59		buy track
9.	In this manner (Emerald Tablet) 00:56		buy track
10.	This is the consummate force (Emerald Tablet) 01:16		buy track
11.	Here unfold adaptations miraculous (Emerald Tablet) 00:57		buy track
12.	Complete now is my sermon (Emerald Tablet) 01:17		buy track
13.	Hurry (Dhammapada) 02:50		buy track
14.	Thoughts (Dhammapada) 02:51		buy track
15.	The World (Dhammapada) 02:12		buy track
16.	It would be me (Pur Bah Jami) 01:23		buy track
17.	The wind at dawn (Rumi) 01:30		buy track
18.	One body (Sadi) 02:52	lyrics	buy track
All human beings are the members of one body. Every person is a glint, shining from a single gem. When the world causes pain for one member, how can any member live in peace? If you lack grief how can you call yourself a human being?
19.	Hundreds of Ways (Rumi) 02:45		buy track
20.	Ein Gott vermags (Sonnets to Orpheus) 04:34		buy track
21.	Das Tier, das es nicht giebt (Sonnets to Orpheus) 04:08		buy track

"Full of delicate instrumentation and divine harmonies, the album is fervently beautiful." - Willamette Week (Portland, Oregon)

released June 22, 2018

Cult of Orpheus Portland, Oregon

Portland's all-original art-song and opera troupe, performing the music of composer/producer Christopher Corbell

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