501. God
stands behind Folk as the Devil behind Jazz, Man behind Classical, and Woman
behind Pop.
502. The Folk of the Holy
Spirit (God), as opposed to the Jazz of the Father (Devil).
503. The Classical of the Son
(Man), as opposed to the Pop of the Mother (Woman).
504. The
older I get, the more convinced I become that there exists a correlation
between soil and sex, and that natural sexual relations are only possible on
the basis of a harmonious relationship between the two.
505. That man who lives
exiled from his ancestral soil is unlikely to have respectful, or indeed any,
sexual relations with women.
506. When one is alienated
from the soil (if any) on which one lives, the chances of one's sexuality being
unaffected will be correspondingly remote.
507. The soil is not just a
historicity of blood and toil; it is a feminine parallel (Mother Earth) to
woman, and hence the womb.
508. He who does not respect
the soil upon which he lives is unlikely to have much sexual respect for its
women.
509. The frivolous man who
lives exiled from his native soil may be able to 'fuck around' with women, but
the serious man is more likely, scorning homosexuality, to remain celibate.
510. Homosexuality is, I
think, conditioned more by the artificial essence (antinatural)
of the urban environment than by natural proclivities alone.
511. The
city, being an intensely artificial phenomenon, has a lunar, and therefore
masculine, parallel which conduces towards the growth of homosexuality.
512. Viewed objectively, in
connection with its relationship to urban artificiality, homosexuality is a middle-class sexuality with markedly liberal overtones.
513. Homosexuality contrasts
with lesbianism as Purgatory with the World, or
masculinity with femininity.
514. If
homosexuality is purgatorial and lesbianism mundane, then heterosexuality must
signify a compromise between the two, as though in strict reflection of a
masculine/feminine dualism.
515. Such
a dualism would have its political parallel in a Liberal Republic, as a
compromise between parliamentary and socialist alternatives, the former
effectively homosexual and the latter lesbian.
516. It could also be said
that heterosexuality is analogous to a Classical/Pop or Pop/Classical compromise,
whereby the intellect and the will (of masculine and feminine genders) seek a
sexual accommodation with each other.
517. The
only sexuality beyond the World is the airy sexuality of intercourse with
plastic inflatables, or the use, for sexual gratification,
of so-called 'sex dolls'.
518. Inflatable intercourse,
as one might call it, is the ultimate kind of sex, which should correspond to a
spiritual bias, given the not inconsiderable part played by air.
519. If inflatable
intercourse is the divine mode of sex, then pornography must be the diabolic
mode, the mode associated with the noumenal
objectivity of masturbation.
520. Photographic light is
not in itself diabolic, but pornography easily becomes an inducement to
masturbation, particularly in connection with film (the mode of photography
most paralleling fire).
521. Pornographic sex
contrasts with inflatable sex as Jazz with Folk, or
the Devil with God.
522. Homosexuality contrasts
with lesbianism as Classical with Pop, or Man with
Woman.
523. Because
there is a correlation between environment and sexuality, it should largely be
possible to equate a given type of sexuality with a given environment, whether
or not such an equation invariably bears practical fruit.
524. The town stands between
the village and the city as heterosexuality between lesbianism and
homosexuality.
525. The
town is thus the environment most correlative with a heterosexual compromise
between masculine and feminine extremes, since the town exists, in scale and
environment, between the city and the village.
526. To contrast the
'homosexuality' of city environments with the 'lesbianism' of village
environments, as one would contrast the masculine with the feminine, or
Purgatory with the World.
527. The city is an intensely
artificial and materialistic environment which contrasts with the naturalism of
village life.
528. Compared to the village,
the city is a dead thing, wherein the intellect erects its throne.
529. The town is less a
compromise between city and village than an environment at one remove from the
village which has the (negative) potential to become a city.
530. The
town is in touch with nature, as the Catholic Christ with the Mother, whereas
the city is transcendentally aloof from it in a kind of nonconformist
Purgatory.
531. Beyond
the village is the commune, which brings the People to God.
532. Behind
the city is the urban wasteland, which brings the Devil to people.
533. The urban wasteland is
the contemporary abode of Hell for those who inhabit it.
534. The commune is the
contemporary abode of Heaven for those who inhabit it.
535. The garden-city concept
is effectively a Nazi delusion, which seeks to save the city.
536. One can no more save the
city than damn the village.
537. The
universality of the artist contrasts, as the World to Purgatory, with the
universality of the scholar.
538. The
universality of the genius contrasts, as Hell to Heaven, with the universality
of the saint.
539. The artist denies the
will through the artificial beauty of art.
540. The scholar denies the
intellect through the artificial goodness of politics.
541. The genius denies the
soul through the artificial strength of science.
542. The saint denies the
spirit through the artificial truth of religion.
543. The
genius and the saint are as antithetical as the Devil and God, whereas the
artist and the scholar are only as antithetical as Woman and
544. The artist-saint is the
paradoxical equivalent of the political-genius.
545. One can no more save the
scholar than damn the artist; the scholar can only be damned and the artist
saved.
546. Salvation for the artist
is in the saint, including the philosopher.
547. Damnation for the
scholar is in the genius, including the inventor.
548. Traditionally, the
artist is a phenomenon of the village and the scholar a phenomenon of the town,
though, these days, the former is more apt to live in a town and the latter in
a city.
549. By contrast, the saint
is a noumenon of the religious commune (monastery)
and the genius a noumenon of the castle (country
house).
550. The phenomenal
subjectivity of the artist contrasts relatively with the phenomenal objectivity
of the scholar.
551. The noumenal
subjectivity of the saint contrasts absolutely with the noumenal
objectivity of the genius.
552. Genius is even more
abhorrent to the saint than scholarship to the artist.
553. It is because they are
both subjective that the artist and the saint are feminine/divine ideals.
554. By contrast, the scholar
and the genius are masculine/diabolic ideals.
555. It could be argued that
whereas the ideal of a nonconformist society will be the scholar, the ideal of
a humanist society, by contrast, will be the artist.
556. Likewise, the ideal of a
fundamentalist society will be the genius, in contrast to the saintly ideal of
a transcendentalist society.
557. The Pop artist stands in
a phenomenally antithetical relationship to the Classical scholar.
558. The Folk saint stands in
a noumenally antithetical relationship to the Jazz
genius.
559. Because music is
essentially a heavenly art form, it follows that the most musical kind of music
will be that which most approximates to the divine, viz. pitch, while the least
musical kind of music will be that, by contrast, which most approximates to the
diabolic, viz. rhythm.
560. Since
the above distinction is one between the musical and the unmusical, it could be
argued that whereas Folk is, in its bias towards pitch, an absolutely musical
kind of music, Jazz, in its rhythmic basis (swing), is absolutely unmusical.
561. A similar, albeit more
relative, distinction could be drawn between Classical and Pop - the former
relatively musical in its melodic bias, the latter relatively unmusical in its
bias for harmony.
562. Thus
whereas Folk and Classical are musical kinds of music, the former absolutely
and the latter relatively, Pop and Jazz are comparatively unmusical kinds of
music, the former relatively and the latter absolutely.
563. Put metaphysically, we
are distinguishing between the absolute musicality of pitch (the divine element
in music) and the relative musicality of melody (the masculine element in
music).
564. Likewise, where Pop and
Jazz are concerned, we are distinguishing between the relative unmusicality, so to speak, of harmony (the feminine element
in music) and the absolute unmusicality of rhythm
(the diabolic element in music).
565. Whereas Folk, Jazz,
Classical, and Pop are primary musical art forms, Blues, Soul, Romantic, and
Rock are secondary musical art forms.
566. The primary musical art
forms stand to the secondary ones as the psychological to the physiological, or
as elements to molecules.
567. Hence whereas Folk, the
heavenly kind of music, is of the superconscious,
Blues is of the forebrain.
568. Hence whereas Jazz, the
hellish kind of music, is of the subconscious, Soul is of the backbrain.
569. Hence whereas Classical,
the purgatorial kind of music, is of the conscious, Romantic is of the right
midbrain.
570. Hence whereas Pop, the
mundane kind of music, is of the unconscious, Rock is of the left midbrain.
571. Such distinctions, as
between the primary and the secondary, apply equally well to the alpha or to
the omega, particles or wavicles, within any given
musical spectrum.
572. Hence a particle/wavicle distinction between vocal Folk and instrumental
Folk with regard to the photon elements of the superconscious,
but a particle/wavicle distinction between vocal
Blues and instrumental Blues with regard to the photon molecules of the forebrain.
573. Hence a particle/wavicle distinction between vocal Jazz and instrumental
Jazz with regard to the proton elements of the subconscious, but a particle/wavicle distinction between vocal Soul and instrumental
Soul with regard to the proton molecules of the backbrain.
574. Hence a particle/wavicle distinction between vocal Classical and
instrumental Classical with regard to the neutron elements of the conscious,
but a particle/wavicle distinction between vocal
Romantic and instrumental Romantic with regard to the neutron molecules of the
right midbrain.
575. Hence a particle/wavicle distinction between vocal Pop and instrumental Pop with regard to the electron elements of the unconscious,
but a particle/wavicle distinction between vocal Rock
and instrumental Rock with regard to the electron molecules of the left
midbrain.
576. Folk, being
pitch-orientated, is the music of space, as, from a
cruder standpoint, is the Blues.
577. Jazz, being rhythmic, is
the music of time, as, from a cruder standpoint, is Soul.
578. Classical, being
melodic, is the music of volume, as, from a cruder standpoint, is Romantic.
579. Pop, being harmonic, is
the music of mass, as, from a cruder standpoint, is Rock.
580. Since
space can be either spatial or spaced, alpha or omega, we should distinguish
Folk space from Blues space on the basis of a spaced/spatial dichotomy.
581. Since
time can be either sequential or repetitive, alpha or omega, we should
distinguish Jazz time from Soul time on the basis of a repetitive/sequential
dichotomy.
582. Since
volume can be either volumetric or voluminous, alpha or omega, we should
distinguish Classical volume from Romantic volume on the basis of a
voluminous/volumetric dichotomy.
583. Since
mass can be either massed or massive, alpha or omega, we should distinguish Pop
mass from Rock mass on the basis of a massive/massed dichotomy.
584. Vocal Blues is alpha
spatial space, whereas instrumental Blues is alpha-in-the-omega spatial space.
585. Vocal Folk is omega-in-the-alpha spaced space, whereas instrumental
Folk is omega spaced space.
586. Vocal Jazz is alpha
sequential time, whereas instrumental Jazz is alpha-in-the-omega sequential
time.
587. Vocal Soul is
omega-in-the-alpha repetitive time, whereas instrumental Soul is omega
repetitive time.
588. Vocal Classical is alpha
volumetric volume, whereas instrumental Classical is alpha-in-the-omega
volumetric volume.
589. Vocal Romantic is
omega-in-the-alpha voluminous volume, whereas instrumental Romantic is omega
voluminous volume.
590. Vocal Rock is alpha
massed mass, whereas instrumental Rock is alpha-in-the-omega massed mass.
591. Vocal Pop is
omega-in-the-alpha massive mass, whereas instrumental Pop is omega massive
mass.
592. From
the foregoing maxims, it can be deduced that whereas the physiological parallel
precedes the psychological parallel in the cases of Blues/Folk and Rock/Pop,
the converse happens in the cases of Jazz/Soul and Classical/Romantic.
593. This is because both
Blues/Folk and Rock/Pop appertain to spectra which, being subjective, are by
definition evolutionary, whereas Jazz/Soul and Classical/Romantic appertain to
spectra which, being objective, are by definition devolutionary.
594. Hence where subjective
spectra are concerned, we have an evolution from the physiological to the
psychological, as from molecules to elements.
595. Where objective spectra
are concerned, however, we have devolution from the psychological to the physiological,
as from elements to molecules.
596. Hence the evolution of
the space spectrum from Blues to Folk, as from the forebrain to the superconscious.
597. Hence, too, the
evolution of the mass spectrum from Rock to Pop, as from the left midbrain to
the unconscious.
598. But
the devolution of the time spectrum from Jazz to Soul, as from the subconscious
to the backbrain.
599. And
the devolution of the volume spectrum from Classical to Romantic, as from the
conscious to the right midbrain.
600. The evolution of
heavenly subjectivity from the spatial space of vocal Blues to the spaced space
of instrumental Folk via the spaced space of vocal Folk and the spatial space
of instrumental Blues.