Update: The extended broadcast of this musical essay is now available for listening on the “Archived Musical Essays” webpage, along with the playlist on the “Program Playlist” page, of the Tower of Song website at revradiotowerofsong.com
Tune in at 12 AM, January 12th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present part 1 of his Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series entitled, “The New Year & Rebirth in Archaic Myth and Ritual.” In this musical essay series, the GS attempts to trace the origin of our secular New Year celebration back to the sacred New Year commemorations of archaic peoples, who sought to abolish profane time through cosmogonic myth and ritual and go back–way, way back–to “the time of the beginning” of creation, thereby transcending profane time and achieving rebirth–a new beginning.
Please be sure to check out the fantabulous webpage dedicated to this musical essay series, the “New Year’s” webpage. It’s accessed at revradiotowerofsong.com
