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March 09, 2005
David Bowie: The Laughing Gnostic
I remember watching David Bowie's video 'Major Tom' in 1981, during the first few weeks of MTV being on the air. MTV was really something back then, nothing like it is now. I've been a fan of his ever since, not so much for his music (some of it I really like), but for his vision. I never guessed thought just how far-out and intelligent he really was until around 1987, when I was listening to an interview with him on radio.
When I first tuned in I had no idea it was him. The interviewer asked him about what he thought UFO's might be, and he said something like (paraphrased),
"A friend and I were travelling in the english countryside when we both noticed a strange object hovering above a field. From then on I have come to take this phenomona seriously. I believe that what I saw was not the an object, but a projection of my own mind trying to make sense of this quantum topological doorway into dimensions beyond our own. It's as if our dimension is but one among an infinite number of others."
I was amazed at his use of language, and then even more suprised to disocver it was David Bowie who was speaking.
Peter R Koenig is working on a book about David Bowie, and he's provided a preview of his work here:
The Laughing Gnostic: David Bowie and the Occult
Posted by paul at March 9, 2005 12:37 PMI can compare notes on this... David Bowie has intelligence written all over him. Its reflected on screen in the best scenes of the Labyrinth and its there, often subtly, in the lyrics of his music (in at least 10% of his tracks theres a "secret depth", best accesible in semi-psychotic states of consciousness). I got a lot of my best delusions* from listening to David Bowie songs and that says a lot :o). My only concern is his fame...surely transdimensional beings disguised as humans should actively avoid public recognition ;-)
*delusions arent necessarily false beliefs, i prefer to think of them as "reality differentiations"
Posted by: s1m0n at March 9, 2005 05:20 PMwhy should transdimentional beings disguised as humans not be famous?if he wasn`t famous we`d never know of his existance.i personally know a number of transdimentional beings.they aren`t famous,but that`s not from a lack of effort on thier part.one can only do so much,after all.no matter what the status of our dimensionality.
Posted by: alistair at March 9, 2005 05:40 PMI remember as a kid, my first heroes were Ziggy Stardust, which led to Iggy pop, and Van Gogh.
After years of work, David Bowie has shown that he still grows as a musician, his last album being a little gem of music. His lyrics always as insightfull, he looks better than ever, still puts on a great show (the dvd edition of his last album is a wonderful live concert), and he still feels like great energy.
I have tremendous respect for his work throughout the years.
Transdimensional Bowie or not, i think he's a great artist.
man, that's crazy. I knew david bowie was out there, but i didn't know he was a famous version of terrence mckenna.
and haha, 1981. that's when i was born. make you feel old, paul??
Posted by: george at March 10, 2005 05:38 AMim a lurker coming out to say hello
Posted by: trannies at March 26, 2005 10:32 PM