Hermina's Unknowing

Hermina considers memory, recollection, the memory palace, artificial intelligence, medieval mystics, and intentional creativity. Repetitio est Mater Studiorum (?) This episode includes an interview with NeuralMonk, who works with artificial intelligence. CREDITS From Musopen: Uppon la mi re by Thomas Preston, played by Peter van der Zwaag From Wikimedia Commons: Chorale from Bach's Cantata 140 Bethena by Scott Joplin played by Richard Zimmerman From Freesound: drone_key-d.WAV by AntonDrone of 12-inch C# Crystal Bowl by easy_thunder drone_key-d.WAV by Anton Summer Rain by X3nus From the Internet Archive: 3 Ghosts 1 by Nine inch nails From Bandcamp: Pink Marshmallow Mouth by City of the Asleep By Hildegard von Bingen: "O" from O Virtus Sapientiae sung by me Quotations from: Plato's Phaedrus Wisdom Sits in Places by Kenneth Basso Rene Descartes Julian of Norwich Special thanks to NeuralMonk <3

Hermina considers Plato's Cave, the steep path out of the cave, esoteric wisdom, pain, everyday work, cataclysmic possibilities, and hope. Credits All music was either excerpted/edited from online free libraries of royalty-free recordings in the public domain, or created by me.  From IMSLP:  Chopin's Etude in A minor, Opus 25 #11 played by Kimiko Ishizaka Chopin's Nocturne Opus 9 No 3 in B major played by Xuan He Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596 played by Marie-Claire Alain    From Freesound.org   ⁠D phase drone.wav⁠ by user Kyster ⁠Drone, Dishwasher, A.wav⁠ by user InspectorJ From the Internet Archive: 34 Ghosts IV by Nine Inch Nails (Creative Commons) Created by me:  O frondens by Hildegard, sung by me  Quotations from:  Plato's Republic   The Wizard of Oz  Hafez, Sīne mālāmāl-e dard ast ("My heart is brimful of pain")   Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda Kafka's Zürau Aphorisms Additional thanks to The Secret History of Western Esotericism podcast.

Hermina shares recent thoughts about time, disclosure, fear, dread, and history. What a time. #UFO #UAP #disclosure #time CREDITS: All music was either excerpted from online free libraries of royalty-free recordings in the public domain, or created by me. From Freesound: breakziq: the birth of electronic by user Qleg breakziq » the birth of electronic.wavOrchestral Cinematic Sounds » WADOT_Drone_02_D.wav by user WAProd dark ambient » alien sky.wav by user X3nus Purple Mountains.wav by user LeadBackToSines Ice Cream Truck - "The Entertainer" by user soundadvices symphony_background.wav by user X3nus cello » cello-G2-down-bow-bridge.wav by user xserra Music Beds 1 » Dandelion.mp3 by userTexasMusicForge From MusOpen: Kwartet Japoński II by Maciej Zolnowski Congaudeant Catholici from the 12th-century Codex Calixtinus, sung by me quotes:  The Kybalion “identical in nature but different in degree” Walt Whitman “contain multitudes” Jesus Christ “the kingdom of God is within” Meister Eckhart “the innermost part of the soul”

Hermina discusses disclosure, religion, performance, symbolism, robots, and AI.  #UFO #UAP #disclosure #AI Credits: Quotes from Joscelyn Godwin and Albert Einstein. All music and sounds were taken from online free libraries or made by me. From Freesound: Cascade 1 from user be-steele Folk tune on the lip jew's harp from user urupin  alien sky.wav by user X3nus From IMSLP:  Sarastro's aria In diesen heil'gen Hallen from Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sung by Kurt Böhme with the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Karl Böhm From Youtube:  Passacaglia mein Freund ist mein by Johann Christoph Bach, recorded by Voices of Music  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04VyEsm5QEU&ab_channel=VoicesofMusic-Topic Made by me:  An edited clip of Perotin's Beata Viscera, sung by me

Springtime. Grace. Meditation. I still don't know what's going on. #UFO #UAP #Meditation Credits: All music was taken from royalty-free, public domain materials online. From Freesound.org: G-string drone by user Quilt G-string_drone.wav From MusOpen: O Primavera, SV 68 by Claudio Monteverdi played by Michel Rondeau https://musopen.org/music/4318-o-primavera-gioventu-dellanno-sv-68/ Traccia IX by  Massimiliano Pascucci , performed by Vox Àltera Ensemble https://musopen.org/music/43822-a-te-che-per-sempre/ From Bandcamp: Zefiro Torna by Claudio Monteverdi  Performed by Magnificat  https://magnificat.bandcamp.com/track/monteverdi-zefiro-torna Classically Inclined Jupiter from The Planets by Gustav Holst https://classically-inclined.bandcamp.com/album/the-planets-suite-op-32 https://bandcamp.com/download?id=1431362003&ts=1680630619.3960612377&tsig=730f8edc7ac54319def44750ffde5e33&type=album

Et in Arcadia ego. Hermina discusses the struggles of this journey and the concept of "unknowing," a term from the medieval text The Cloude of Unknowyng. #unknowing #cloudofunknowing #growingpains #humility #etinarcadiaego #bookeofnature #beauty #truth Credits: From Musopen: Omnes amici mei by Carlo Gesualdo, sung by Vox Altera ensemble Lachrimae, or Seven Tears, 1. Lachrimae Antique by John Dowland, performed by I Solipsisti The Bells of St. Anne de Beaupré by Alexander Russel, played by Paul Pitman

Hermina discusses thoughts on darkness, faith, intention, virtues, psychedelics, prayer, and alchemy. #collective #consciousness #UFO #UAP #alchemy #faith #prayer #mythology #virtue Credits: All music was either excerpted from online free libraries of royalty-free recordings in the public domain, or created by me. From MusOpen: O Magnum Mysterium by William Byrd, recorded by Ensemble Morales Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, cantata for choir and orchestra by Buxthehude BuxWV 76a From Freesound.org: Night across the stars by user x3nus G Drone by user Strathamer Text sources: Julian of Norwich, music by me Psalm 121 and chant oral tradition, pointed by me Text and music sources: My faith it is an oaken staff in contrafactum by me, Tune by Amzi Chapin and text by Thomas Lynch

Hermina shares some thoughts on etymology, binauaral beats, chant, and storytelling. #binauralbeats #chant #incantation #storytelling #meditation Credits : Music and sounds were from online free libraries of royalty-free recordings, or made by me using compositions in the public domain, in this case by Hildegard von Bingen. From MusOpen: Solo e pensoso for 5 recorders – Eijkhout performed by Papalin from me: O virtus sapientiae by Hildegard From freesound.org Binaural Beats (Theta Waves 4 Hz) by  Fabrizio84 The Last Mystery.wav by X3nus From Wikimedia commons: Schola Gregoriana-Antiphona et Magnificat.ogg From MusOpen: Wachet auf, Bachwerkverzeichnis 645 by JS Bach, played by Michael Schopen I'd also like to credit both Joscelyn Godwin and Jeffrey Kripal, whose ideas have influenced my thoughts about some of the topics I discussed in this episode. If I sounded different on this episode, I apologize but I was at the very end of recovering from a cold.

Hermina tells the story of her UFO sighting. #UFO #UFOs #UAP #UAPs #meditation Show Notes The following sounds came from MusOpen: Quartet Japonski by  Maciej Żołnowski John Dowland's Mr. Bucton's Galliard by I Solipsisti Anonymous Medieval Dance Tunes performed by Paul Arden-Taylor (shawm, bombarde, recorder, rauschpfeife) Elizabeth Wright & Malcolm Peake The following sounds were used from FreeSound: "CHOIR FROM 5000 SINGERS : ALUNKI as CANON" by GRAS_SG   “pigeon_wings.flac " by Zabuhailo “G-string_drone.wav” by Quilt “chant.mp3” by christislord “DSGNDron_The Breath And Rumble Of Otherworldly Menace_EM.wav” by user newlocknew “cambodian music 02” by user rucisko