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Topic: Forteana in progressive rockPosted By: Toaster Mantis
Subject: Forteana in progressive rock
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 04:31
http://www.forteantimes.com/front_website/themag/about.php" rel="nofollow - In case you don't know , the term Forteana refers to the study of unknown phenomena that for the moment fall outside the boundaries of the realm of science - after Charles Fort, one of the first to study such things, and remained popular with the same countercultural milieus as birthed the initial progressive rock movement. See http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/814/a_saucerful_of_secrets.html" rel="nofollow - this Fortean Times article named after the second Pink Floyd LP, whose opening track describes extraterrestrial contact and communion between these to the Medieval outlaw http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/hereward-the-wake-introduction" rel="nofollow - Hereward the Wake .
Hawkwind in particular seem to have a song about basically every kind of mysticism or paranormal fringe-science that was popular in alternative circles: http://www.orgonics.com/whatisor.htm" rel="nofollow - Orgone accumulators , psi power, Lord of Light alluding to both ley lines and ancient astronauts and some kind of spiritual singularity transfiguration in the same song, the http://www.souledout.org/cosmology/7rays/7rays.html" rel="nofollow - Seven Rays described in the tradition of Theosophy, the list goes on.
http://visupview.blogspot.dk" rel="nofollow - That blog I found a while ago about the intersection between occultism and Forteana on one hand with popular culture on the other, specifically posting a detailed exegenesis of Blue Öyster Cult's inspiration from esoteric religion and historical conspiracies, remember it? Well, VISUP seems to also have a http://visupview.blogspot.dk/2012/10/the-neurosis-mysteries-part-i.html" rel="nofollow - two http://visupview.blogspot.dk/2012/11/the-neurosis-mysteries-part-ii.html" rel="nofollow - parter about Neurosis as well as http://visupview.blogspot.dk/2012/06/psychedelia-in-diabolus-part-iii.html" rel="nofollow - one about occult influence on the 1960s/1970s prog scene (of course Hawkwind but also Jethro Tull, Rainbow, etc) in addition to modern successors like Meshuggah who earlier commanded http://visupview.blogspot.dk/2011/04/obzen.html" rel="nofollow - an entire article of their own , Queensr˙che, Tool who http://visupview.blogspot.dk/2011/03/tool-shed.html" rel="nofollow - did the same et cetera. In fact, I recommend the whole Psychedelia in Diabolus article series as worth reading.
They also have an... http://visupview.blogspot.dk/2011/04/syd-barrett-against-gates-of-dawn.html" rel="nofollow - interesting (to say the least) take on the life and work of Syd Barrett.
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Replies: Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 07:09
For some obscure reason I still have that book, The Book of the Damned,
by Charles Fort. It was very popular in the 70s but I've never made the
connection with the music of the day. Probably because I've never been
that interested in pop song lyrics.
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 14:05
I'm not sure if there are any prog-rock groups directly inspired by Fort himself actually, though I'd be surprised if Hawkwind don't have at least one song about him.
------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 09 2014 at 22:45
Not strictly only Forteana but The Men In Black by The Stranglers has a whole set of songs about various aspects of the ufo enigma including Biblical references.
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin