(« Emblem 45 » from Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier)

The fifth and as of yet unwritten chapter is entitled «…

(Detail from « The hares and frogs » by Wenzel Hollar)

The fourth chapter of the series is entitled « Lepufology 401 : Responding To An Invasion. » Having accepted to collaborate…

(« Aerospaceplane » by Unknown Artist)

The third chapter of the series is entitled « Lepufology 301 : Racing Spacecrafts. » This time, things get a little more complicated for Jack Babbitt as he gets abducted and taken into the alien headquarters in the Wiltshire, UK, where he…

(« Conejo » by Ecelan)

In the second episode, entitled « Lepufology 201 : Investigating Burrows, » we follow our good friend Jack in Flatbush, Alberta, to investigate reports of strange occurrences. Here's the storyline…

(« Watching The Arrival Of The Mothership » by Mark Brumfield)

The Lepufology Project started as an instrumental composition meant as a tribute to Robert Anton Wilson's book « Quantum…

(« Maitreya the Conqueror » by Nicholas Roerich)

I read the The Tibetan Book of the Dead twice. I started with a French…

(« Akshobhya Buddha » by VanemTao)

The last section of « Between Worlds » is entitled « Determination » and is intended to depict the intermediate state of rebirth, known as the « sidpa bardo, » the…

(« The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya » - Unknown Artist)

« The Dance Of The Archetypes » culminates with an encounter with the Lord Of Death, a fearsome demonic deity appearing in smoke and fire, who…

(« Dance of the Lord of Death » by Jean-Marie Hullot)

« Dissolution » is a very short section which represents the moment of physical death itself. It corresponds to the first « between world, » or first bardo :

The…

(« Buddha painted on a rock wall in Tibet » by Unknown Artist - photography by onwardtibet.org)

« Between Worlds » is a suite in five movements that started as a song entitled « Requiem » which was written in response to the deaths of my father and…

(« Artwork on the Anschutz Medical Campus » by Rinaldodsouza)

The conclusion of the suite, « Epilogue, » is a short section wherein I present my interpretation of the parable. The music is basically a reprise of the introduction, with a very simple acoustic guitar and vocals…

(« The path to enlightenment » by rohit gowaikar)

As instructed, Simon follows his roshi to the meditation hall. When they reach the door of the zendo, the master steps inside quickly, turns around, and slams the…

(« Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji Meditation Hall » by Michael Dougan)

After Simon tells his roshi the story of the man who waited at the door of the Law, the student begs his master to explain the dark…

(« Ganjoji in Izushi » by 663highland)

The third part of « The Door Of The Law » is entitled « Parable » and presents the part of the story wherein Simon, the Zen student, reads to his master the bewildering…

(« Huike Thinking » by Shi Ke)

« The Door Of The Law » is a suite in six chapters inspired by « A Parable About A Parable » from RAWilson's « Quantum Psychology, » itself inspired by Kafka's «…

(« De Profundis 1 » by Kate Parry Evans)

« De Profundis » is the fifth and final movement of « Lifeforce. » I discovered the title when time came to name the various sections of « Between Worlds. » I opened my encyclopedic dictionary and started looking for words beginning with « d » in the…

(« A free body diagram of a mass on an inclined plane » by Mets501)

How long have I hankered

For the right way to go

How far have I wandered

To know what I now know



Laying under the moon

Rising up with the crow

And the wail of the…

(« The Sea of Ice » aka « Polar Sea, » aka « The Wreck of Hope » by Caspar David Friedrich)…

(« The Crystal Ball » by John William Waterhouse)

« Uncertainty Principle » gets its title from Heisenberg's quantum mechanics principle which states by precise inequalities…

(« Tea In The Studio » by poligraf)

« Infused » is the third movement of the suite and is intended to communicate the energy felt in the state of inspiration and hyperactivity, prior to the…