A memorable fancy, plates 12-13 de Ulver

La canción "A memorable fancy, plates 12-13" interpretada por Ulver, es una pieza fascinante que nos sumerge en un diálogo profundo entre los profetas Isaías y Ezequiel. La letra nos transporta a un momento donde el protagonista cuestiona la afirmación de que Dios hablaba directamente con ellos, lo cual desencadenó malentendidos y condujo a la imposición de ideas erróneas. Isaías, en su respuesta, revela que no vio ni escuchó a Dios de manera literal, sino que percibió lo infinito en todo mediante sus sentidos, defendiendo que la voz de la honesta indignación es realmente la voz de Dios.

Por otro lado, Ezequiel ahonda en la filosofía oriental al afirmar que el genio poético era el principio primordial para los israelitas, despreciando a sacerdotes y filósofos de otras civilizaciones al profetizar que todos los dioses finalmente serían demostrados como derivaciones del genio poético judío. Esta visión llevaba a creer que todas las naciones terminarían sometiéndose al código judío y adorando al dios judío.

La canción refleja una perspectiva profundamente metafísica sobre la percepción humana y la búsqueda constante de lo infinito. Se adentra en temas de convicciones firmes y cómo éstas pueden obrar transformaciones monumentales en la realidad circundante. Además, se hace hincapié en la idea de trascender las limitaciones terrenales para ver el mundo como verdaderamente es: infinito.

Ulver logra una brillante combinación musical electrónica experimental con toques avant-garde y dark ambient para dar vida a esta narrativa compleja inspirada por las obras de William Blake. La estructura sonora refleja perfectamente la profundidad e intensidad del mensaje lírico, utilizando capas sonoras intricadas y atmósferas envolventes para llevar al oyente a un viaje filosófico único.

En cuanto al contexto cultural en el que fue lanzada esta canción en 2011, podemos apreciar cómo Ulver sigue explorando nuevas fronteras musicales y líricas dentro del ámbito experimental. El impacto de esta pieza va más allá del mero entretenimiento musical, ya que invita a reflexionar sobre aspectos trascendentales de nuestra existencia y percepción del mundo.

En conclusión, "A memorable fancy, plates 12-13" es mucho más que una simple canción; es una obra maestra intrigante e intelectualmente estimulante que desafía las concepciones convencionales sobre la divinidad, la percepción humana y la verdad última. Ulver nos sumerge en un universo metafísico donde se disuelven las fronteras entre lo finito y lo infinito, invitándonos a abrir nuestras mentes a nuevas formas de comprensión del mundo y nosotros mismos.

the prophets isaiah and ezekiel dined with me, and i asked them how they
dared so roundly to assert that god spoke to them; and whatever they did
not think at the time that they would be so misunderstood,& so be the
cause of imposition. isaiah answer'd: 'i saw no god, nor heard any, in a
finite organical perception; but my senses discover'd the infinite in
every thing, and as i was then persuaded,& remain confirm'd, that the
voice of honest indignation is the voice of god, i cared not for
consequences, but wrote. ' then i asked: 'does a firm perswasion that a
thing is so, make it so? ' he replied: ' all poets believe that it does,&
in ages of imagination this firm perswasion removed mountains; but many
are not capable of a firm perswasion of any thing. ' then ezekiel said:
'the philosophy of the east taught the first principles of human
perception: some nations held one principle for the origin,& some
another; we israel taught that the poetic genius (as you now call it) was
the first principle and all the others merely derivative, which was the
cause of our despising the priests & philosophers of other countries, and
prophecying that all gods would at last be proved to originate in ours &
to be tributaries of the poetic genius; it was this that our great poet
king david desired so fervently & invokes so pathetic'ly, saying this he
conquers enemies & governs kingdoms; and we so loved our god, that we
cursed in his name all the deities of surrounding nations and asserted
that they had rebelled; from this opinions the vulgar came to thin that
all nations would at last be subjected to the jews. 'this' he said 'like
all firm perswasions, is come to pass; for all nations belive the jews'
code and worship the jews' god, and what the greater subjection can be? 'i
heard this with some wonder,& must confess my own convivtion. after dinner
i ask'd isaiah to favour the world with his lost works; he said none of
equal value was lost. ezekiel the same of his. i also asked isaiah what
made him go naked and bare foot three years? he answer'd: 'the same that
made our friend diogenes, the grecian. 'i then asked ezekiel why he eat
dung,& lay so long on his right & left side? he answer'd 'the desire of
raising other men into perception of the infinite: this the north american
tribes practise,& is he honest who resists his genius or conscience for
this sake of present ease or gratification? (plate 14) the ancient
tradition that the world will be consumed in fire at the end of six
thousand years is true, as i have heard from hell. for the cherub with his
flaming sword is hereby commanded to leave his guard at tree of life, and
when he does, the whole creation will be consumed and appear infinite and
holy, whereas it now appears finite & corrupt. this will come to pass by
an improvement of sensual enjoyment, but first the notion that man has a
body distinct from his soul is to be expunged; this i shall do by printing
in the infernal method, by corrosives, which in hell are salutary and in
medicinal, melting apparent surfaces away, and displaying the infinite
which was hid. if the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would
appear to man as it is. infinite. for man has closed himself up, till he
sees things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern