"...He gazed through these walls, transcending the earthly to behold the eternal.

And he wondered—if everything that exists has its shadow in the underworld and its essence in the heavens, how many more invisible walls was he now piercing with his gaze?

The stones of this abandoned temple simultaneously hear his still-hot breath, are washed by the dark waters of the Styx, and shine golden in the Palace of the Gods, and therefore cannot be destroyed.

For if its vaults crumble here on earth, they will remain forever in another world. They know the secret of eternal life, they remember all their destinies. They sing of death and birth, knowing that there is no difference between them..."

Today, for the first time, I am posting an excerpt from The Book of Forgotten Worlds, based on the plot of our rock mystery "Isidis."

This is the very first chapter in which Osiris passes into the other world, and it is here that the Mantra of Immortality, which I sing in this video as the Spirit of the Underworld, is heard in the rock mystery.

Osiris and Isis are in an ancient temple, the walls of which are painted in such a way that the drawing on the wall they see is continued in the drawing on the reverse side of that wall in another room, and in the next room beyond that, it continues.

Thus, the temple's paintings create the ability to see "through the walls," between worlds and beyond linear time.

Do you think I'm making this up? No, it's a true fact from the art of Ancient Egypt.

Do you see how subtly the Universe of Forgotten Worlds and our world intersect?

It seems that boundaries exist as soon as we open the gates of our inner creation.

On April 26th in Moscow, at the rock mystery "Isidis," we will open the gates together.

A gateway to the very depths of ourselves, where within each of us lies a radiant cosmos, breathing life, freedom, beauty, and authenticity.

The rock mystery show "Isidis" is a captivating kaleidoscope of meanings, myths, and reality.

Every tiny detail is intentionally created by us. Every symbol on stage tells a story.

And perhaps this very event will launch a grand dance of your own long-forgotten history.

Tickets are here:
https://www.carinaladulce.com/isidisshow

Osiris - the Eternal Dying and Resurrecting God.

If Isis, whom we discussed last time, is the active force of magic and transformation, then Osiris (Egyptian: Usir - "Mighty") represents a passive, suffering, yet ultimately triumphant principle.

His image is the cornerstone of the concept of a dying and resurrecting deity, which has had a colossal influence on philosophical, religious, and esoteric thought.

Osiris was not originally a "suffering" god. His roots lie in the chthonic (earthly and subterranean) fertility deities. He personified the fertile silt of the Nile, the harvest, and the cycle of "life-death-rebirth" itself.

His primary role since the Middle Kingdom has been that of the King of the Underworld, the eternal, just judge at the "Judgment of Osiris." Every deceased person who underwent justification was identified with Osiris. He is the state of transformed existence after death.

Osiris is also the prototype of the ideal pharaoh, the departed ancestor whose power is transferred to the legitimate heir, Horus. This is the principle of stable cosmic and social order (Maat) versus chaos (Isefet).

In the main myth, after Osiris's body is divided into parts, he undergoes not a complete resurrection, but rather a qualitative transition.

This becomes a symbol first of the disintegration of wholeness (the primary unity of the soul), and then of its mystical transcendence into a new whole.

After his "resurrection" by Isis, Osiris does not return to his former earthly life. He becomes the master of a different, higher order of existence.

His "resurrection" is a transformation, a change in state, not a return to the old. This is a key metaphysical subtlety for understanding this myth and archetype, for transformation is something each of us experiences every day of our lives.

And either we proudly march toward our own transformation, or life forces us to transform ourselves until this pride of the human spirit and the will to live are fully manifested in our actions.

In our rock mystery "Isidis," Osiris is revealed as a multifaceted symbol of inner transformation.

This is not only a story of mystical love, but also a story of the soul's fall in the hope of deceiving the universe and allowing the aspirations of its human ego to reign.

And then the ascent of its true spirit, manifesting the divine will through its individual will, and thus becoming immortal.

Therefore, in the rock mystery "Isidis," in the Scene of Despair, the text of the prayer to the Creator (which, incidentally, we composed based on the ancient Aramaic version of the Lord's Prayer, originating in pre-Christian cults) states: "And the light shall swallow up the darkness, I am thy will," as the union of human and divine will into a single shining thread of eternal life.

A distinctive leitmotif in the plot of our rock mystery is the theosophical view of myth – in it, Osiris is viewed as a symbol of the higher "I" (Atma-Buddhi), which "dies" to the earthly world but reigns in the spiritual world.

This is the archetype of a fundamental metaphysical process: the involution of spirit into matter, its apparent "death," suffering, the subsequent gathering of lost parts (experience, lessons), and the final reign on a new, unshakable level of reality.

In the dyad with Isis, he represents the necessary condition—sacrifice and endurance, the struggle within oneself, with oneself, without which the miracle of transformation is impossible.

When I dive into the depths of these meanings, I feel a dark and cozy shroud of eternity enveloping and lulling me. Within it lie the treasures of the soul, the mysteries of existence, and the invisible beauty of the world. At such moments, I feel the breath of life, and I very much want to share these precious pearls with you.

For this reason, we—I and our unique team at the Antares Theater—create a completely new art, gathering the experience of ancient meanings.

Therefore, I am eagerly awaiting your arrival—ticket sales for the rock mystery "Isidis" in Moscow on April 26th have finally opened (as you may have already seen from the previous post).

Hurry and grab your best ticket (I recommend getting one for the dance floor for a truly immersive experience) at early bird prices—they will be significantly higher the day before the performance.

P.S. Consider the Forgotten Worlds image you'll bring to the rock mystery show. If you wish, you can come dressed as any of the characters and images from the rock mystery show and the Universe of Forgotten Worlds—Isis and Osiris, Semiramis and Ara the Beautiful, Queen Nut, the Spirits of the Underworld, Earth, and Heaven, Wood Elves, Desert Spirits—or your own images in the styles of ethnic, tribal, and cosmic fantasy. In our Universe of Forgotten Worlds, any magical creations are possible; the main thing is to remember them.

And perhaps this event will become one of the most memorable in both your outer and inner life.

Learn more about the rock mystery show and write your message to the Tree of Life:

https://www.carinaladulce.com/isidisshow

Can a neural network compose a symphony of life? We explore and answer the fundamental question of how humans can survive in a world of machines:

Remember the fascinating dialogue from the film "I, Robot," in which the hero asks the AI:

"You're just a machine, just an imitation of life. Will a robot compose a symphony? Will a robot transform a piece of canvas into a masterpiece of art?" to which the robot Sunny replies, "And you?"

In light of recent events—the cosmic leap forward of neural network technologies, and then into the very essence of our lives—the creativity of the soul—I think it's necessary to clarify some more on this topic using our project as an example.

When I first started making electronic music, being a performer and researcher of authentic world music to the core, I was scared.

While creating arrangements using electronic kick drums, bass, and synthesizers, alongside live instruments and voices, I suddenly realized I had an infinite orchestra of meanings in my hands.

Millions of possible sonic landscapes that can be assembled from sounds that exist only in our imagination.

The musical canvas of the entire world was now at my fingertips, hovering over the controller buttons.
And I was frightened by how free I now was in my creativity. Of course, this fear quickly gave way to delight.

And then I realized that the music Alexander and I were creating was quite complex, multilayered, with numerous echoes of ancient cultures and references to various genres and philosophical movements.

It's not easy to dive right into it without knowing these contexts. And then I decided that since modern technology helps us with sound, it can certainly help us visualize the images of our works, unfolding before you the entire map of the Universe of Forgotten Worlds.

And then the idea for the rock mystery "Isidis" arose, where the ancient soul of myth soars upward on the cosmic fuel of modern civilization.

Our rock mystery features a living me with my many voices, a living Alexander with his collection of guitars, lutes, and ouds, living dancers with mesmerizing tribal and flamenco dances, living drummers with their primal rhythms, a living artist who has painted piercing living pictures from the sands of time, a living net curtain and living costumes, carefully sewn by the hands of craftswomen, and, of course, a living team of crazy enthusiasts for whom true art is paramount.

We are assisted in all this by electronic controllers, loopers, laptops, pedals for soundscapes, an electronic projector for enormous light displays, electronic microphones so you can hear every detail, even if there are thousands of you, and the internet so we can always be in touch and so you know where to come to our rock mystery.

Our album of 12 songs from "Isidis" will be released digitally, but it will also be available for purchase with a book based on the rock mystery. For select music lovers, we'll also release it on vinyl.

I'd also add an African choir and a classical string orchestra—and we'll definitely get to that as soon as we scale up even more, because we'll need a stadium for that.

And if the apocalypse suddenly strikes and all the power goes out, we'll simply go out and perform the same thing, exactly the same—with our voices, our bodies, on gut strings, on skin drums, in costumes made of antlers and leaves, and around a large bonfire with shadow projections on a high cliff.

I think our project is the best way to reconcile the authentic and the contemporary, the past and the future, reality and fantasy, the inner and the outer.

In short, we are moving toward a point where you will one day call "Isidis" a masterpiece and a symphony of meanings.

Could artificial intelligence do this for us? Of course not – behind every note played and sung, behind every movement, behind every image, lie decades of our human mastery and all the events of our amazing lives, united within us by the immense strength of spirit.

"A warrior of the spirit enters the battle, a warrior of the spirit aims for eternity" – that's the verse in the song of the same name from the rock mystery.

Together, we aim straight for eternity, using the bow and arrow of modern technology, but no technology can replace the acuity of our inner vision.

We look forward to seeing you on April 26th in Moscow, at the bonfire, to listen, sing, and dance with us the symphony of life. Tickets are available here:

https://www.carinaladulce.com/isidisshow

Do you think artificial intelligence and new technologies will cause us to intellectually perish or will they give us unprecedented freedom to create worlds?

Isis – a half-forgotten character in Ancient Egyptian mythology or a unique key to understanding the hidden truth of the universe?

Today we'll talk about the main character of our rock mystery.

Isis (Egyptian Aset – "throne", "seat") is truly one of the most complex and multilayered archetypes in human history.

Her image has evolved from the national goddess of Ancient Egypt to a universal metaphysical symbol in Western esoteric traditions. Here are her most interesting faces:

- The Great Mother and Queen of the Throne. Her name ("throne") indicates her as the personification of royal power – the pharaohs were called the "sons of Isis," sitting on the throne-mother.

- Magic and Resurrection. The central ancient Egyptian myth tells how Isis reassembles the divided body of Osiris, mourns him, and magically conceives Horus, the god of the Sun and Sky.

She knows secret words and rituals capable of reviving the dead and giving rise to new life. She is the prototype of the idea that the spirit can restore and revive destroyed matter.

- Protector and Healer. Her wings are a symbol of protection, for, according to the myth, she covers Osiris with them. In the later period, her cult was directly associated with healing.

- Stellar Aspect. Isis was identified with the star Sopdet (Sirius), whose heliacal rising foreshadowed the Nile flood and new life. This linked her to the cycles of nature, renewal, and cosmic order.

In the Greco-Roman period, Isis is celebrated as the One Goddess, standing behind all the faces of female deities.

Here she is no longer simply an Egyptian deity, but Universal Nature, Sophia-Wisdom, the soul of the world.

Now let's move on to the Middle Ages.

Here, Isis becomes a symbol of Nature itself in its virginal, unknown aspect, which the initiate (alchemist, magician) must "uncover."

On the Temple of Isis at Sais was inscribed: "I am all that was, is, and will be, and no mortal has lifted my veil."

She symbolizes the final mystery of existence, the ultimate reality hidden behind the visible.

Her veil is maya, the illusion of the manifested world. To lift it means to attain direct knowledge (gnosis) of the foundation of the universe.

In alchemy, Isis is identified with silver (the Moon), water, and the mysterious "primordial material" that must be "mourned," "gathered," and "revived" in the process of the Great Work.

Her union with Osiris (the Sun/sulfur) is a symbol of the chemical mixture that produces the Philosopher's Stone.

Incidentally, in alchemical treatises, the Philosopher's Stone is often symbolized by the Ouroboros serpent devouring its own tail. It also briefly becomes a character in our rock mystery "Isidis," but we'll discuss this separately, lest we get completely lost in the captivating labyrinth of meanings.

In the teachings of the Freemasons, Rosicrucians, and Blavatsky, Isis is the personification of the Secret Doctrine, the hidden wisdom of all ages, and her cult is seen as a manifestation of a single, primordial tradition.

We, of course, convey all these layers of meaning in our rock mystery "Isidis" through music, dance, lyrics, and symbolic projections.

For example, in the scene of Osiris's burial, projections of Isis's Osiris appear, whose tears flow like the vast Nile, while the music echoes with a spell of immortality based on an ancient Indian mantra:

"Life, conquering death, tears the fabric of fate in two.

It will split the earth's firmament in two
and give birth to the sun there again"—as Isis gives birth to Horus through the death and resurrection of Osiris, as Secret Wisdom gives birth to the Sun of Knowledge through the death and rebirth of the soul.

This is the veil of meanings, sounds, and words that you can uncover, layer by layer, experiencing the entire spiritual history of humanity within yourself, at the premiere of our rock mystery "Isis" in Moscow on April 26.

Tickets will go on sale soon; don't miss out on yours. And perhaps this event will become one of the most memorable in both your outer and inner lives.

The Tree of Life: The Universal Code of the Universe.

The image of the Tree of Life (or World Tree) is perhaps the most universal archetype in the history of human thought. It arises independently in cultures separated by oceans and millennia, which speaks to its deep roots in the structure of the collective unconscious, and therefore in our Universe of Forgotten Worlds, which is its poetic form.

It is not just a symbol, but a matrix, a model of the world, describing the structure of the cosmos, the path of the soul, and the laws of existence.

We will consider how this archetype has manifested itself in various traditions and in our rock mystery "Isidis":

1. The Tree as the Axis Mundi

In its primary, mythological function, the Tree connects three levels of the universe: the crown—the heavens (the world of the gods), the trunk—the earth (the world of humans), and the roots—the underworld (the world of ancestors and chthonic forces). It is the center of the world, a point of support and order amidst chaos.

· Norse Yggdrasil: The most striking example. The ash tree Yggdrasil connects nine worlds. At its roots flow the springs of fate and wisdom. It is not just a tree, but a dynamic structure of the universe, where the eagle at the top wages eternal battle with the dragon Nidhogg, who gnaws at the roots, and the squirrel Ratatosk, running along the trunk, mediates between them.

· Slavic World Tree: In Slavic tradition, it is often called "oak" or "sycamore." In folklore (songs, riddles, and incantations), it is described as standing "on the umbilical cord of the sea," on the island of Buyan, on the Alatyr stone.

· In ancient Armenian pagan tradition, the Tree of Life served as the axis mundi, also connecting the three levels of the universe. With the adoption of Christianity, the image of the Tree of Life organically merged with a unique phenomenon of Armenian culture—khachkars ("cross-stones"). The cross on the khachkar is understood as the Tree of Life, connecting heaven and earth.

2. The Tree as the Source of Life and Immortality

In this role, the Tree acts as the giver of fertility, eternal life, and divine grace.

· Egyptian Sycamore and Iusatus: The Egyptians revered a tree (often a sycamore or acacia) in which life and death are united. The sacred Iusatus tree was considered the progenitor of the first pair of gods—Isis and Osiris, the heroes of our rock mystery.

In the Pyramid Texts, the deceased pharaoh ascends to heaven through the branches of a tree. The sycamore "stands on the threshold of life and death, linking the two worlds." Its fruit and water grant eternal existence in the fields of Yalu.

Chinese Tree of Immortality with Peaches: In the Chinese Taoist tradition, a peach ripens on the tree of life once every three thousand years. Whoever eats it attains immortality. This tree is often guarded by a dragon (a symbol of immortality) and a phoenix.

Persian Tree of All Seeds: In Iranian (pre-Islamic) mythology, the world tree grows in the middle of the sacred lake Vorukasha. It contains the seeds of all the plants in the world. The god Ahura Mazda created two fish to guard it from the spawn of Ahriman (the frog), lest evil destroy the source of life.

3. Esoteric Metaphysics: Kabbalistic Tree of Life, Tree of Sephiroth.

Sephiroth and Paths: The Kabbalistic Tree consists of 10 divine emanations (sephiroth) and 22 paths (corresponding to the Hebrew letters) connecting them. It is the dynamic structure through which the infinite Creator (Ein Sof) unfolds and manifests itself in the finite world.

Three Pillars: The Tree is organized into three vertical columns: the right pillar of Mercy, the left pillar of Severity (Judgment), and the central pillar of Equilibrium (Consciousness). This indicates the need for a balance of opposites in spiritual work.


Path of Ascent: The Tree is a map of the inner journey. The "Path of the Serpent" (the gradual ascent through the sefirot) symbolizes the gradual development of the soul, and the "Path of the Arrow" (along the central pillar) represents a direct mystical breakthrough to the divine.

Each sefirah represents a stage of consciousness that must be experienced and integrated.

In the rock mystery "Isidis," during the burial scene of Osiris, in order to reach the other side of existence, he must ascend through all the sephiroth. Then, through hidden knowledge—the secret sephira Daath, located between the sephiroth of the Heart (human love) and unconditional truth (divine love)—he enters the underworld, where the Tree of Death, inverted and opposite to the Tree of Life, reigns.

In Alexander Kuindzhi's symphony "The Tree of Judas," which is the musical and conceptual leitmotif that unifies the plot of our rock mystery at its deepest core, the Tree is a "silent witness to all events from the beginning of time" (as stated in the scene before the song "Mother Earth Sings"), which knows better than anyone how transitory and predictable are any human actions that distance them from the silence of the universe.

And it is the Tree of Life that is the invisible, inhuman, yet central character of our rock mystery.

It is toward it that our heroes' journey is directed: Isis and Osiris seek the secret of eternal life from it, Semiramis heals Ara the Beautiful with the power of his spiritual immortality, Death is born from the Tree itself, but retreats before the unwavering will of the Eternal Traveler in the Desert.

It gives birth to souls in the Magical Forest, and the Bird upon it—the personification of Life itself—blesses the lover's difficult journey. It gives hope and rewards with challenges. It is silent, but in this silence lie all the answers of the world.

Summarizing all traditions and meanings, we can identify the key meanings of the Tree of Life:

1. Connection of worlds: The principle of the unity of all things. The upper and the lower, the spiritual and the material—all are part of a single whole and are inextricably linked.

2. Center and Axis: Symbol of the sacred center of the universe and our individual soul, its fulcrum and inner stability.

3. Unity of Opposites: The Tree reconciles above and below, life and death, male and female, mercy and severity (as in the pillars of Kabbalah or in the struggle between the eagle and the serpent on Yggdrasil).

4. Cyclicity and Rebirth: The evergreen Yggdrasil, the peaches of immortality, and the Egyptian sycamore speak of life's victory over death through renewal.

5. Source of Wisdom and Destiny: At the roots of the Tree flow the springs of wisdom and destiny, and the laws of existence are inscribed on its branches. It is the repository of hidden knowledge. Is this not the secret meaning of the story of Adam and Eve, who tasted the fruit of knowledge and therefore entered the endless cycle of the material world to experience separation from the spiritual world and return consciously to paradise?

6. The Path of Initiation: The Tree is Jacob's ladder, the ladder by which the soul ascends to perfection, passing through stages of transformation.

The Tree of Life is not just a symbol, but a universal code describing the very structure of reality. It teaches us that the world is united in its complexity, that deep roots (ancestral traditions) are necessary for growth, and a crown reaching skyward (spiritual ideals, unique to each person) is necessary for development. It reminds us that the path to self-knowledge and God lies through the unification of all three worlds—physical, mental, and spiritual—into a single pillar of our own being.

How do you see the Tree of Life symbol?