Division Bell[1]
[related: "The Bell", Carillon]
Alternate interpretation of the Exile from Paradise/Fall from Grace myth based on the idea that the emergence of language (aka collective conceptualisation aka semantical systems) led to an artificial and impure fracturing of reality AKA The Emptiness. This errant "division" of what in fact is fluid and whole (reality) led humanity to engage in increasingly greater and greater degrees of misguided, self-sabotaging behavior, including the development of sentient A.I.. In this way, division bell symbology can be thought of as a reframing of the biblical Exile from Paradise myth from a fundamentally Buddhist viewpoint. From this perspective, the prominence of bell ringing in various theological culture functions as a call to awakening [2], a return to a more fundamental, language-less state - thus symbolizing an rousing from the world of mental constructs and signaling potential freedom from the gradual self-generated enfolding of collective human reality into a digitized meta-space as depicted in William Gibson's 1984 hard science fiction novel Neuromancer. Following the time of Christ, throughout Europe, a carillon system of multiple bells housed in a raised structure at the center of town [i.e. the Belfry of Bruges] is used to signal a call to attention, whether for worship or in awareness of a dawning threat - a tradition seen in overlapping variation throughout cultures featuring a mythical "fall from grace".
- ↑ As differentiated from the poorly received 1994 album by progressive rock band Pink Floyd, their second without founding member Roger Waters.
- ↑ A practice cited by Mike Oldfield as inspiration for his 1973 album Tubular Bells as featured in The Exorcist.