{"id":664,"date":"2017-11-11T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gradualhate.info\/?p=664"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:54:46","slug":"the-joy-of-nature-the-empty-circle-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/?p=664","title":{"rendered":"The Joy Of Nature &#8211; The Empty Circle, Part I: Swirling Lands Of Disquiet And Catharsis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Joy Of Nature &#8211; The Empty Circle, Part I: Swirling Lands Of Disquiet And Catharsis<\/strong><br>Label: Ahnstern \u200e\u2013 Ahnstern31<br>Format: CD<br>Country: Austria<br>Released: May 2008<br>Style: Dark Ambient, Acoustic, Experimental<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Joy of Nature is a multimedia project from the Azores, with music as its main focus.<br>Musically, \u201cThe Joy of Nature\u201d is like a serpent always renewing itself &#8211; never resting in one shape, changing the form but keeping the same essence.<br>\u201cSwirling Lands of Disquiet and Catharsis\u201d is the first part of a trilogy entitled \u201cThe Empty Circle\u201d.<br>Each part of the trilogy has a correspondence with the three main hermetic-alchemical phases: Nigredo, Albedo and Rubedo and, at the same time and correspondingly, to individual experience, inheritance of our ancestors and, finally, the overcoming of a mere individual state of existence.<br>This first part corresponds to Nigredo.<br>The subtitle of this work &#8211; \u201cA Theatre lost in The Vast Abyss of Starry Skies\u201d came in a lucid dream in which appeared the idea that this world in which we live our day-to-day lives can be compared to a small theatre in a vast abyss of starry skies.<br>This album is about a world of disquiet, in which a catharsis should be done.<br>To gather the impurities, realize their nature and build something pure from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are elements of Folk, Ambient, Psychedelic and Experimental music, mixed in a coherent way, creating a unique sound and a breathtaking atmosphere, predominantly acoustic and with dark tones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traclist:<br>1 A Theatre Lost In The Vast Abyss Of Starry Skies, Pt. 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There are elements of Folk, Ambient, Psychedelic and Experimental music, mixed in a coherent way, creating a unique sound and a breathtaking atmosphere, predominantly acoustic and with dark tones. Traclist:1 A Theatre Lost In The Vast Abyss Of Starry Skies, Pt. I 8:082 The Womb, Pt. I 4:433 And Then The Clock Appeared 3:544 O C\u00edclico Retorno De Lobos E Ferreiros 5:065 Nemesis\u2019s Factory Of Nightmares Beyond The Curtain 9:556 The Dew From Erased Days 3:497 In The Kingdom Of The Blind 3:408 Absinthe, Tea And The Memory Of Autumn Leaves Falling 4:339 Dissolving Memories Into Grey Skies 3:5210 Invocando A Nobreza Para Desmanchar Feiticos 3:4411 The Womb, Pt. II 4:5812 A Theatre Lost In The Vast Abyss Of Starry Skies, Pt. 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