∞ Moments under Lamplight ∞

Evening under Lamplight 80: Hermes II

rla — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:07:03 +0000

We invite you to attend to Hermes, or Mercury, the trickster god, but we also see him crossing boundaries, over the edge, earthing and unearthing, and leading us through dreams to the Otherworld “where the time and the tempo fly”. Poems by Emily Dickinson, Robert Graves, and Karen Yelena Olsen, tribute to Levon Helm and mazeltov to Jim Steinman. And, as always, the Kinks, Dylan, and RLS.

Hermes Logios

Evening under Lamplight 79: Pan’s Pipes

rla — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:54:16 +0000

Pan: "sunshiny, lewd, and cruel"

Lamplight 79.2 [Click this link rather than the links above, please.] We’re attending to the energy of Pan, which springs up to us through the music of his pipes, bringing the Spring energy of kindness and anger. We look at Wind in the Willows and RLS’s essay on “Pan’s Pipes”, and we hear a selection of Pan music played, some of the time, on the pan-pipes themselves.

Evening under Lamplight 78: Eyes

rla — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:13:22 +0000

We invite you to come attend to Eyes with . We have music from Dr Hook, Billie Holiday, Faye Kellerstein, the Lovin’ Spoonful, Taj Mahal, the Kinks, Dylan and Miriam Makeba, and readings from Raymond Chander, William McGonnagall and RLS. But come see with your own eyes.

Evening under Lamplight 77: Gambling

rla — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:31:51 +0000

You’re invited to attend to GAMBLING – playing your hand, placing your bets, bluffing, of course, and tossing the dice. Rambling gamblers are here, and that knavish Jack of Hearts, and a special look into the *aleatory* aspects of life. The show was a lot of fun to do, and my gamble is that it will also be a lot of fun to listen to. Wanna bet on it?

Evening under Lamplight 76: Come Dancing

rla — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:23:24 +0000

We invite you to Come Dancing, as we attend to various aspects of dancing – at the pally, with Henry, with swaying skirt, without clothes, on Shabbat, with an Amazing Dancing Bear, and, of course, to the end of Love.

Evening under Lamplight 75: Getting Unstuck

rla — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:35:39 +0000

Dante and Virgil stuck before the Gates of Dis

Are you feeling a bit stuck here at the beginning of the New Year? Lift yourself out of the doldrums with this episode of Evening under Lamplight as we explore different ways we might be stuck and the ways we might free ourselves, getting unstuck. We look for guidance to Dante’s myth of the Inferno, where he is stuck before the Gates of Dis, in danger of being paralysed by Medusa, waiting for the Messo da ciel, the one sent from heaven, to help him move on – and to move us on as we embark on new year adventures.

Evening under Lamplight 74: Gifts

rla — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:36:06 +0000

Why not give a gift of Evening under Lamplight – to you and those dear to you? All it takes is a click to listen to the show, which this month looks at different aspects of gifts: in Homer, in Irish fairy woods, on Broadway, from Spain, and, yes, at Christmas time too, though there’s something perverse about our Christmas gift songs. You are invited to attend to what’s on offer.

Evening under Lamplight 73: Autumn Departure

rla — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:24:57 +0000

We are attending to the Autumn Energy of Departure: life seems to diminish, and calls us to depart on a new journey, first into darkness, and then springing into new life. But first, the Calling out of the Wasteland, and the testing to see if we are really ready for this journey. It’s threatening only to the ego. So let’s look at some Wastelands, some methods of Calling and being Tested.

Evening under Lamplight 10: Winter

rla — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:42:26 +0000

Lamplight 10 Winter

Journey through the Seasons

Here is an old 209Radio show, about Winter – that stage of the Cyclical Journey.

Evening under Lamplight 72: Confusion

rla — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:31:27 +0000

“Confused, misused, and in the dark” – is that what’s wrong with you, brother? Well, come along with us and attend to a show on Confusion – filled with delightful songs and wise words. What more do you want? We have Temptations, the Old Philosopher, George Eliot, Henry Adams, Ted Baird, RLS on “Crabbed Age and Youth” – and music by Lovin’ Spoonful, Randy Newman, and of course Kinks and Dylan. We invite you to attend.