One way to see the Magic Square of Saturn in DSotR...
 Thursday, 22-Oct-98

      216.88.24.134 writes:

...is to divide DSOTM into 9 songs, mirroring the 9 elements of this magic square, and then dividing them into successive groups of 3s. This is best visualized as an arrangement of 9 equidistant points on a circle, divided in 3 by an equilateral triangle. This division treats "Speak To Me" as an intro to "Breathe", "Breathe Reprise" as separate from "Time" (proper), and "Eclipse" as the coda of "Brain Damage"--all valid points I feel. Thus:

GROUP I: (1) Breathe, (2) On the Run, (3) Time (proper)
GROUP II: (4) Breathe Reprise, (5) Great Gig in Sky, (6) Money
GROUP III: (7) Us & Them, (8) Any Color You Like, (9) Brain Damage

      One of the remarkable things about DSOTR is the high number of song transitions highlighted by corresponding actions in TWOO. In the above scheme, all are notably accented in this manner  except those between songs 3 & 4, 6 & 7, and 9 & 1 (8 & 9 is also not accented: see below). These points can be seen as an upright equilateral triangle within the 9 point circle. As one can  see, all of these unhighlighted transitions just happen to be the links between the above 3 groups of songs. These are also the places where what can be called "shocks" from the outside fill in  needed transitions. One is assumed: the third roar of Leo the Lion that bridges 9-1 (Groups III & I). Understood properly, this 9-1 shock directly indicates the way that the other two gaps can be filled, i.e., the transitions between Groups I & II (songs 3 & 4) and Groups II & III (songs 6 & 7).
      Another way to combine the songs of DSOTM is to arrange them in 3 triangles of 1-4-7, 2-5-8, and 3-6-9. 1-4-7 indicates songs created much earlier than DSOTM, 2-5-8 are all instrumentals with cryptic titles, and 3-6-9 have the most literal titles and lyrics.
      The unfilled gap between 8 & 9 perhaps can be explained by the fact that it occurs at the earliest and most undeveloped part of the synch, corresponding with the creation of "Brain Damage" during the MEDDLE sessions. This does not apply to its "coda", "Eclipse," which was separately created later to cap an already completed DSOTM suite.
      Admittedly, the above model borrows some from Russian mystic G. I. Gurdjieff's idea of the enneagram (see Ouspenskii's IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS). But both can be seen to resonate with the older concept of the Magic Square of Saturn.

      Brainard-BUTLER-97o

      Booker T.
 

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