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The Temple of Poison and Grace - First Ceremony

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gloubibouga Incredible stuff ! So creepy and so metaphysical at the same time ! Really love it ! Favorite track: C I – Second Rite – Meditation on the Inexistence of Time.

disturbeddy great job ! so spendidly dark Favorite track: C I – Second Rite – Meditation on the Inexistence of Time.

yukiyukig great music great sound love it !❤ Favorite track: C I – Fourth Rite – Old Celebration of the Lengthening of Nights.

gerardgai This is great. Really different. Favorite track: C I – First Ceremony’s Exit March and Final Meditation.

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1.	C I - First Rite – The Door to the Temple 04:44	lyrics	buy track
Come and see the door to the Temple This is the Temple of Poison and Grace
2.	C I – Second Rite – Meditation on the Inexistence of Time 05:17	lyrics	buy track
"There if no need to hurry, there is plenty of Time"
3.	C I – Third Rite – A Slow Sorrowful Dance on Ashes 03:31	info	buy track
4.	C I – Fourth Rite – Old Celebration of the Lengthening of Nights 03:49	lyrics	buy track
"Summer is falling down the throat of the Forest Gods" Tsutomu Koisumi
5.	C I – Fifth Rite – Communion with the Wind 04:47	lyrics	buy track
"There is nothing like the Wind, its Transient Nature Reveals our Souls. Laid Bare in the Wind" Tsutomu Koizumi
6.	C I – Sixth Rite – Remembrance of the Stones Left Soaked in Blood in the Entranceway 04:10	info	buy track
7.	C I – Seventh Rite - Indications to Find the Source by Ayushi Kaishi 04:53	lyrics	buy track
The Stream is going sideways (authornote: translation to be refined) But you must follow the Stream to find the Source. The Source is where the Bones are planted in the Ground And Blood is pouring down from both ends of the Crystal Sphere. The World Tree is now a Weeping Willow. (author's note: here the reference to the World Tree Yggdrasil of the Norse mythology is obvious and was deliberate and significant according to the original sources) Its branches can't shelter the black bird anymore. So we must tie freshly cut strings of Flesh among the Blackened Leaves." Ayushi Kaishi
8.	C I – Eighth Rite – Joyful Celebration in the Great Hall 02:41	info	buy track
9.	C I – Ninth Rite – Minimalistic Prayer to the Source – The Monk’s Wish for Isolation 05:13	lyrics	buy track
"In the Silence and the Solitude of the Temple, let me speak the words. Let me instil the Poison and Grace, let me speak the words. Hear the Screech that brings Silence on this Sphere and Let the Silence tie the Silk of the Night with the Fabric of our Souls"
10.	C I – First Ceremony’s Exit March and Final Meditation 04:58	info	buy track

about

This is the First Ceremony of the Temple of Poison and Garce.

The Temple of Poison and Grace is a Dark Ambient / Experimental side-project by the Post-Artrock band Luminous at Core.

The inspiration for this project is the Gensen Cult, a secretive cult that existed in Hokkaido (Japan) from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century and that is supposed to have created at least one offshoot (called the Temple of Poison and Grace) in Scotland.

Intructions about the Ceremony can be found in the description of the video on YouTube.

credits

released October 31, 2019

All music and lyrics written and performed by Bruno Gaia for Luminous at Core, except:

Haruki Kaishi - Vocals on the Second, Seventh and Ninth Rites (courtesy of St Margaret Center)
Rita La Fabulosa - Vocals on the Fourth Rite
Stanislas Rirwall - Vocals on the Ninth Rite
奇妙 (Kimyō) - Vocals on the Fifth Rite

Words of the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Rites are extracted from rare texts by Ayushi Kaishi

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Luminous At Core Paris, France

Luminous at Core is a "mostly one-man" experimental project based near Paris, France. Its side-project "The Temple of Poison and Grace" deals with the secretive Gensen Cult that disappeared in Hokkaido at the beginning of the last century.

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