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These lyrics and artwork are from the LABYRINTH CD. For Sample Track -'The Loom of Maya' Click Here
 ANIMATED PHOTOs from the LABYRINTH C.D. LAUNCH LYRICS from the LABYRINTH C.D. :ENTRANCE Hole inside me Holy Holy Mother En-Trance En-trance In-trance Into the womb Entrance to the Labyrinth [Normal time slows down as the listener passes through the Labia Gateway into the vaginal passage. The journey back to the womb begins. The clock slows into the Dreamtime and becomes a heartbeat as we emerge from the entrance tunnel into the Spinning Chamber...] Didgeridoo -Ken Forge; Vocals -Orryelle Defenestrate and Bex; Violin -Orryelle ; Samples -Syahn and Amordios Primordios; Analogue synthesisers and drum machines -Helene Henbane Hexabranchus Sanguinias and PaTrick Kavanagh; Percussion by everyone. ROTA  The cycles of the SunAnd the cycles of the Moon [Singing cups begin] On the sacred Pentacle Turns the Wheel of Fate Determining our path Within the Lemnisc-Ate Clotho: Spin the wheel of Fate My sisters await Turn, turn, turn Verse, verse, verse The wheels spin The journey begins Implant the seed And what you sow So shall ye reap For from it shall grow The fruit you eat"  S A T O RA R E P OT E N E TO P E R AR O T A S -(Traditional Magic Circle Mantra; and Magic Square used as introduction to song, with:) eclyc siht ecudorper esaelP tcudorp siht eclycer esaelP Clotho: "I'll spin you in, Begin, begin..." Clotho spins and spins Spins the wheel the candles flicker Figures reel tumbling dancing crying out Figures weaving all the screeving scrying of the mirror-wraiths of night Banshees screaming, Griffins' flight, Gargoylian apparitions on a mission flying to the light Like moths to a flame Fire under the cauldron A broth stirred with the athame Of the Old Ones who know what the patterns show Clotho: Take this thread and with it travel Let your journey with it unravel [Clotho the Spinner -the maiden, first of the Three Fates (the Moerae) -invites the initiate to spin the Wheel of Fate to determine what Elemental pathway they begin their journey on. This sets in motion the Elemental Wheels and initiates the cyclical wheel of the TARO -the Fool's journey. The wheels gather momentum and the initiate is spun into the maze.] Samples (wheels) -Amordios; Spinner Voice -Zya ArKane; Vocals -Orryelle and Bex; Guitar -Zoid; Violin -Orryelle; Percussion and sound effects -PaTrick and Helene. CHANTAMANTRA [This piece had to be left off the LABYRINTH CD due to space limitations (74 mins!); but the lyrics are included here anyway...] The forest has a mind It's branching ideas form the Labyrinth through which we wind The paths withwhich we divine The flux of borders indistinct 'twixt space and time Instinctual invocations on the line Between the realms And so we sink and delve In cracks between the worlds And paths between the scenes Which weave the interactions of the actions and the dreams The threads withwhich we sew the seams In the fabric of realities expansive On a quest for questions to our answers? Chant-a-mantra Incant-a-mantra Imp-plant a mantra in the soundground Intense intent Intentions bent And bennnnding yet To form a loop A reel, to spin Till we take out What has gone in ...The broth of psycho-tropic plants Til Atropos cuts what Clotho implants And we look back as we advance Around and around go the sounds we incant FIRE PATH  Osiris, Father of us all, Link us with the Force of Fire Sire of the will to live, protector of your children, Charge us with the will to change (Elemental invocation written by Nema) Osiris, Hephaestus, Hestia Kali, Kali, Babalon, Baal Oduadua, Oduadua Kundalini writhing Writhing and rising Vocals -Bex, Orryelle; Piano-Discordion -Ebon Bowtell; Violin -Orryelle; Percussion -Orryelle. FIRE AND WATER Fire inspires me Water lulls me Water lulls what Fire inspires Fire ignites what Water calms Fire is my pyre and Water my balm Fire ignites what Water divines They spin together in the ether of rhyme Fire is energy, Water is time Fire leaps and Water ... waits Water spawns what Fire creates Fire flickers and water streams Fire spins and Water weaves Fire manifests what Water dreams Fire and Water at war make steam Yet in heat and moisture all things are conceived Guitar, violin -Orryelle; Vocals -Orryelle, Bex; Samples -Patrick WATER PATH  [The condensation from the steam at the end of the previous track forms drops, then trickles...] Drip drop, drip drop Tick tock, Tick tock... Are you clockwise or are you Anticlockwise? Tock tock tock tock tock tock... If you hear too many tocks you'll getIn-tock-sicated, In-tock-sicated, In-tock-sicated A constant ticktickticktick makes you constantickpated I would rather be sync o p ate d Ticktockticktock, Dripdropdripdrop... I hear water dripping I hear clocks a-ticking I hear water dropping I hear clocks a-stopping I hear water dripping I feel my mind is slipping Away And I know I have no reason to feel this way I have no reason, I have no reason I need no reason, I need no reason I just feel my Way I hear water trickling I feel feeling tickling Sometimes when you don't know what is real You have to stop thinking and just feel Close your mind and open your heart Lock up logic ... and let loose art Isis, Mother of us all, link us with the Ways of Water.Fierce as the tigress, subtle as the flow of ocean,Flood our hearts with love. [Elemental invocation written by Nema] Water's flowing, water's flowing, I don't know which way it's going... Isis, Is Is, This is the tune of Neptune This is the song of the siren Hymn to Hathor, Naiads and Nereids Undines under the Ocean Let your words all wash away In the em-ocean let them play Let your words all washsh away In thbldagbn dfdfgblg blg blg mbllblglmnn Ah... ... Guitar, violin -Orryelle; Vocals -Orryelle, Bex; Samples -Amordios; Synths, percussion -Patrick and Helene. CROSSROADS (Pt I) [Each of the four Elemental pathways, with lyrics interwoven, converge on each other at the Crossroads of the elemental/aeonic Caduceus. The web they form via spatial (represented with stereo and volume) orientation is the warp and weft of the Loom of Maya] Vocals -Orryelle; Other instrumentations as credited on each Elemental Pathway (fire, water, air and earth). MEDICINE WHEEL [Each Elemental Path eventually spirals into the centre. The chanted names of tail-biting serpents of timemit spiral in opposite directions to transport us beyond time via an aural double-helix] Are you clockwise or are you Anticlockwise Are you clockwise or are you Clockfoolish? Come dance widdershins with us Bes, Universal Ancestor, Link us with the depths of space Smallest of the Gods, borderline of energy and matter, Anchor us in the uncertainty of being [Elemental invocation written by Nema]  Journey with me to the centre of the Medicine Wheel Follow me there where your spirit can heal Where all the shadows melt Where all is known and felt Oroboros, Oroboros, Oroboros... Tiamat, Tia-Maat, TeyaMayet, T(he)-I-am-at... The continuing tale of the snake which eats its own tail I hope I haven't got far to go because I've got vertigo The learnings of the shaman and the yearnings of the Way I feel Lead me to the centre of the Medicine Wheel Where sex is a hex * and every dream is real Journey with me to the centre of the Medicine Wheel Follow me there where your spirit can feel *['hex' originally meant a glyph, rune or spell and had no negative connotations] Vocals -Orryelle, Bex, Helene; Guitar, Bass -Orryelle; Synth -Patrick; Samples -Patrick, Orryelle LOOM of MAYA [In the Centre Initiates meet the Weaver, Lachesis, mother aspect of the Three Fates, who weaves their threads into the Web of Fate.] Spiels of thread, Threads of spells All weaved into the wondrous webs All a part of the flow and ebb The hoops and wheels Spun and reeled The loops and spools Strung and spieled Into the Web of Fate For She is the guardian of the second gate Mother, And the Crone awaits Soft webs, gossamer webs, webs of finest silken strands Wound and bound with the Weaver's hands Wind-blown webs, wind-swept webs, Lines of Life, Cords of Power Fasten together in this quickening hour Threads of tales, tales of threads All weaved into the wondrous web Into the Web of Fate In the Loom of Maya For She is the Weaver and the Cutter awaits You have passed the second Gate The threads are drawn together A matrix matted of matter and ether Spun from threads of tales and tricks, >From twists and turns of Fate inwhich Different lifelines converge Mesh and merge Binding, winding, dividing, divining ..In the Web of Fate In the Loom of Maya Delicate webs, in-tric-ate webs; Binding webs, Bonding webs, warm webs, wet webs, gentle lapping sticky webs... Guitar -Zoid; Violin -Orryelle; Double bass -Alex; Vocals -Orryelle, Bex ATE THESEUS/THESEA vs THE MINOTAUR  {The Three Fates merge into a kama-kali formation, triple-headed and eight-limbed. They become a single Goddess -Kali, Hecate, Urdu, Orchill or Arachne. The Ancient Greek tale of Theseus vs the Minotaur is an esoteric key to the hidden existence of Arachne, the 13th sign of the lunar zodiac which was suppressed by the Christian patriarchy. The Arachne birth-time is the second half of Taurus (half a bull -the Minotaur) in the solar zodiac and the first half of Gemini (half a pair of twins -Theseus). These two meet in the centre of the Labyrinth, Arachne's web. Thus the merging of the Three Fates heralds the meeting of the Initiate as Thesea/Theseus with the Minotaur, their animal self, the beast within, and also their anima or animus, the other gender within. These aspects are after a struggle re-integrated. Aeonically, the re-union represents the double currents of Horus and Maat (the twins) merging into Baphomet, the Hermaphrodite. } Spinner, Weaver, Cutter, Maiden, Crone and Mother The Three Fates converge, Energies spiral and surge and soar As Thesea/Theseus meets the Minotaur Thesea(s)/Minotaur: 'Who are you?' 'Who am I?' 'I am you' 'In Lakesh' (Mayan proverb meaning 'I am another yourself') [The Initiate (Thesea/Theseus) 'dies' in the tomb/womb, his peaking heartbeat (increasingly audible since the Spinning Chamber) stops.] Vocals -Orryelle, Bex; Drum machine-Amordios; Metal percussion , drum and electric guitar-Orryelle; Samples -Amordios, Patrick, Tony Sawrey; Piano-discordian -Ebon; Panpipes -Zain; Drum-kit -Louie Burdette; Heartbeat sequenced by Marcus . CHAKRA CHANTING Click HERE for more information about the Chakra Tones and audio of them being chanted. We 'are divided for love's sake, For the chance of union' (-from A.Crowley's Liber AL vel Legis.) Ohhh [Muladhara/Base] Ooohh [Svadisthana/Navel] Aaahhh [Manipura/Solar Plexus] Ayyyy [Anahata/Heart] Eeeee [Vissudha/Throat] Mmmm [Ajna/Third Eye] Nnnggg [Bindu/Back of Skull] Ohhh [Sahasrara/Crown/Universal Base] [8 different vocal tones, one for each chakra, one on each note of the C major scale, as the spirit of the slain Minotaur ascends the spiral stairwell to Caer Arianrhod; the magickal singing Cups of the Sun and the Moon interweave over these chakra tones from left to right speakers to form an aural Caduceus, representing the rising Kundalini] Vocals -Orrryelle, Bex, Zain, Zya, Ken, Mitch; Singing Cups -Ken and Zya] PANDAEMONAEON The winds they blow and the tides they ebb And Arachne ascends Her wondrous web In the 13th hour She assumes Her power On the 13th day of the 13th moon In the 13th hour She has come to devour With dementia to the tune... of... PANDEMONIUM! >From Shamanic to Religious through the Aeons And now we're leaving the Rationalist Aeon As we go into the... ... PAN-DAEMON-AEON! Baphomet, IO Pan, Shiva-An/Shakti The Horned One Reborn Hermaphroditic and three-Horned The Marassa united Black-winged, cloven-hooved and second-sighted Kanacheta, Kanacheta Atum, Atum, Atum Manic Panic/ Yonic Sonic Hermaphroditic Fuck the Patriarchy Fuck the Matriarchy Let's just have An-Archy This is the Age of the Horned Childe [The Marassa are the sacred twins in the Voudoun tradition. Kanacheta is Ouranian Barbaric for the Horned Hermaphrodite, Baphomet -the modern incarnation of Pan. Shiva-An is the Horned form of the creator deity of the Hindu pantheon, hermaphroditic when united with Shakti. Atum is the hermaphroditic creator deity of the Egyptian pantheon.} Vocals -Orryelle, Bex, Helene; Drum machine, Samples -Amordios; Guitar, violin -Orryelle; Drumkit -Louie Burdette. CRUX ov the CRAX [The Initiate's thread is cut by Atropos, Crone of The Three Fates, who ushers them into the Mirror Chamber containing the Spiral staircase, to reflect infinitely in the transition between death and rebirth] Drum-machines, Samples -Amordios; Vocals, violin -Orryelle CROSSROADS (Pt II) [Each of the four Elemental pathways, with lyrics (see homepage) interwoven, split from each other out from the Crossroads of the elemental/aeonic Caduceus] Vocals -Orryelle; Other instrumentations as credited on each Elemental Pathway (fire, water, air and earth). AIR PATH: ..Ha!  Horus, elder brother of us all, link us with the Arts of Air Hawk-headed warrior lord, liberator of your siblings, Free our minds with winds of change (Elemental invocation by Nema) Sylphs and Will-O-the-wisps gossamerGlossolalia spksqpefscvecsdkjspefosdjdfdfsdapdssq... ... Inhale a mantra Exhale a mantra Inspire a mantra Expire a mantra AHA Shu, Prana-Deva Shu-Heru Quetzalcoatl Sshhhu.... Vocals - Orryelle, Bex, Zain, Mitch, Ken, Zya ; Panpipes -Zain. SPACE ..Nuit... Samples/synth -Patrick; Vocal -Bex EARTH PATH:  Maat, elder sister of us all, link us with the energy of Earth. Lady of the scales of justus, Dancer of the mask of balance, Unite us in shared work. (Elemental invocation by Nema) The driads rise from the bark The druids rise from the dark Cernunnos, Cernunnos come unto us Kokopelli, Ceridwen, Demeter, Pan Pangenitor, Coatlicue, Gaia, Gaia GgigglingGgobblinggGgoblinsss... Didgeridoo -Ken; Chanting -Sol Nygir and Orryelle; Rocks -Helene; Giggling Gobbling Goblins -Orryelle, Helene; Drum -Orryelle; Synth -Patrick; Samples -Syahn, Amordios ATOR [ROTA chant and magic square from Spinning Chamber re-versed with:] Please recycle this product Please reproduce this cycle Re-verse re-verse re-verse Re-turn re-turn re-turn Credits the same as ROTA in the SPINNING CHAMBER. EXIT/REBIRTH [Back out through the vaginal passage to be Reborn from the womb of the Labyrinth, with the anima/animus/animal-self reintegrated] Credits same as for ENTRANCE, plus the live birth by Zya Arkane of LilGimel Iannu Syzygy Arkane...  Firewebs photo (c)99 Jethro, Other Images and Words (c)99 Orryelle Defenestrate. Music (c)1999 Musicians as credited Mixed and Engineered by PaTrick Kavanagh at St Peters Studios (Sydney) -(02)9516 2689. Digitally Edited by Marcus Kellor (Melbourne) -(03)9482 7063 Much of the LABYRINTH C.D. was recorded ritually, jams in St Peters Studio within invocational frameworks, cauldrons with fire or water (according to the elemental theme of the piece) providing atmosphere and also live elemental sounds which can be heard on the tracks. Then it was a gradual process of effecting, appending, mixing and editing the abundance of potential material into the conceptual parameters of the journey.   The LABYRINTH C.D. LAUNCH:-Which was also the EXHIBITION OPENING of the Works (Painting, sculpture, installation, photography, drawing) of Orryelle and dolls of Innana -was wonderful fun. This Launch (27th July �99, Melbourne, Aust.) featured Performance by METAMORPHIC RITUAL THEATRE CO. choreographed to Tracks from MUTATION PARLOUR's new LABYRINTH C.D., plus live music by Tardis and a lustrous BANQUET at SUBTERRAIN Performance Cafe Heidi as Atropos, Cutter (Crone) of the Three Fates. This photo has not been digitally effected!  Left -Jesse as Clotho, Spinner (Maiden) of the Three FatesThe ritual performance at the CD launch/exhibition opening was well-documented, as can be seen from the stills (well they were still til I put them through the .gif animator program!) now on this page. There will be extracts from the digital video footage on this site soon...  The Crowned and Conquering Child -Horus (played by Evan Flux) becomes the Sun God of the New Aeon, while Maat (Kali Foster) weighs the heart of the slain Osiris against her Feather.   Mummified Osiris is granted safe passage through Amenta (the Egyptian Underworld).
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