William Blake’s voice simultaneous with eternity
vision”.
Through tantra, Buddhism and chemical
experimentation Ginsberg went through frequent
transcendental experience. Ginsberg was the
definitive shaman-poet. His poem Kaddish is
arranged around ancient prayers and chants. It is
a sublime and coalescent burst of energy named
after the traditional service for the dead which his
mother was denied. Written against the pain of his
mother's last days, its last lines summon the crow
to try to express the inexpressible “caw caw caw”.
This is done in the same way “Eli, Eli lamma
Lamma Sabacthani” is used at the end of howl.
Shaman’s and priest’s often use mantra’s and
summon spirit animals or take on animal or bird
forms to perform certain rituals. In Kral Majales
Ginsberg summons the spirit of the May king in an
attempt to conjure up a freight against what he
believes to be malevolent. In “Witchita Vortex
Sutra” he “combines elements of mythological
history, personal psychic exploration,
multicultural interaction and prophetic
incantation” discovering that only art can save a
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