All Discussions Tagged 'Holst' - Theosophy.Net2024-03-29T10:23:32Zhttps://theosophy.net/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Holst&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe Hymn/Dance of Jesus - performed after the Last Suppertag:theosophy.net,2014-04-16:3055387:Topic:1354652014-04-16T03:06:38.309ZJohnhttps://theosophy.net/profile/JohnEMead
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<p><b><u>General Information</u></b></p>
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<p>The Hymn/Dance of Jesus was performed after the Last Supper (Maundy Thursday)</p>
<p>The best edition of the Greek remains is in Bonnet, Acta Apost. Apocr. 11.1, 1898: Book V of the Historia Apostolica of Abdias (Fabricius, Cod. Apoer. N. T.: there is no modern edition).</p>
<p><b>Acts of John ch. 94, 95</b></p>
<p><b>Hymn/Dance of Jesus (After Lord’s Supper; Maundy Thursday)</b></p>
<p>94 Now before he was…</p>
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<p><b><u>General Information</u></b></p>
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<p>The Hymn/Dance of Jesus was performed after the Last Supper (Maundy Thursday)</p>
<p>The best edition of the Greek remains is in Bonnet, Acta Apost. Apocr. 11.1, 1898: Book V of the Historia Apostolica of Abdias (Fabricius, Cod. Apoer. N. T.: there is no modern edition).</p>
<p><b>Acts of John ch. 94, 95</b></p>
<p><b>Hymn/Dance of Jesus (After Lord’s Supper; Maundy Thursday)</b></p>
<p>94 Now before he was taken by the lawless Jews, who also were governed by (had their law from) the lawless serpent, he gathered all of us together and said: Before I am delivered up unto them let us sing an hymn to the Father, and so go forth to that which lieth before us. He bade us therefore make as it were a ring, holding one another's hands, and himself standing in the midst he said: Answer Amen unto me. He began, then, to sing an hymn and to say:</p>
<p align="center">Glory be to thee, Father.</p>
<p align="center">And we, going about in a ring, answered him: Amen.</p>
<p align="center">Glory be to thee, Word: Glory be to thee, Grace. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">Glory be to thee, Spirit: Glory be to thee, Holy One:</p>
<p align="center">Glory be to thy glory. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">We praise thee, O Father; we give thanks to thee, O Light, wherein darkness</p>
<p align="center">dwelleth not. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">95 Now whereas (or wherefore) we give thanks, I say:</p>
<p align="center">I would be saved, and I would save. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would be loosed, and I would loose. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would be wounded, and I would wound. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would be born, and I would bear. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would eat, and I would be eaten. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would hear, and I would be heard. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would be thought, being wholly thought. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would be washed, and I would wash. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">Grace danceth. I would pipe; dance ye all. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would mourn: lament ye all. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">The number Eight (lit. one ogdoad) singeth praise with us. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">The number Twelve danceth on high. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">The Whole on high hath part in our dancing. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">Whoso danceth not, knoweth not what cometh to pass. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would flee, and I would stay. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would adorn, and I would be adorned. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">I would be united, and I would unite. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">A house I have not, and I have houses. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">A place I have not, and I have places. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">A temple I have not, and I have temples. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">A lamp am I to thee that beholdest me. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">A mirror am I to thee that perceivest me. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">A door am I to thee that knockest at me. Amen.</p>
<p align="center">A way am I to thee a wayfarer. [amen].</p>
<p>[end of Hymn]</p>
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<p>Note: I should mention that Gustav Holst (who likely knew GRS Mead) wrote a Choral Orchestration of the above. It is a beautiful work. (if you like Choral Music)</p>
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<p>Also, The Ecclesia Gnostica Church makes reference to the above Hymn:</p>
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<p><b>[Services from the Lectionary of the Ecclesia Gnostica Church]</b></p>
<p><b>MAUNDY THURSDAY</b></p>
<p><b>Color:</b> <i>White</i> <b>Intent:</b> <i>The Mystery of the Eucharist</i></p>
<p><b><i>Altar Cross veiled in White</i></b></p>
<p><b>THE COLLECT</b></p>
<p>O God, who hast given thy children the wonderful mystery of the Eucharist ere</p>
<p>the world began; who hast sent to us holy messengers of thy love, who were without</p>
<p>father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days nor end</p>
<p>of life, but made like unto the sons of God, thou art verily the heart-blood of the</p>
<p>universe, whereby all beings live. Grant us, we pray, that we may properly</p>
<p>reverence and worthily receive the unspeakable mystery of thy mystical body and</p>
<p>blood now and forevermore. Amen.</p>
<p><b>THE LESSON</b></p>
<p><b>The lesson is taken from the Psalms of David:</b></p>
<p>Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good; delight thou in the Lord, and</p>
<p>He shall give thee thy heart’s desire. Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy</p>
<p>trust in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. He shall make thy righteousness as clear</p>
<p>as the light, and thy just dealing as the noonday. O rest in the Lord; wait patiently</p>
<p>for Him; for the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the</p>
<p>abundance of peace.</p>
<p><b>Here endeth the lesson.</b></p>
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<p><b>THE GOSPEL</b></p>
<p><b>The gospel is taken from the Gospel according to St. John:</b></p>
<p>Amen, Amen, I say unto you, he that believeth on Me hath everlasting life. I am</p>
<p>that Bread of life. This is the Bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man</p>
<p>may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living Bread which came down from heaven;</p>
<p>if any man eat of this Bread, he shall live forever; and the Bread that I will give is</p>
<p>My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.</p>
<p><b>Here endeth the gospel.</b></p>
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<p><b>GOOD FRIDAY</b></p>
<p><b><i>No Holy Eucharist is to be celebrated on this day. It is advisable that the priest</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>consecrate a sufficient number of hosts, as well as a chalice of wine on Maundy</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Thursday, to suffice for communion on Good Friday and on Holy Saturday.</i></b></p>
<p><b><i><u>A special service for Good Friday may be celebrated in the evening, which incorporates a Gnostic form of the Adoration of the Cross and the Holy Dance as recorded in the Apocryphal Acts of John.</u></i></b> (emphasis mine - jem)</p>
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<p><b>For those interested, below is the lyrics for Patti Smith’s Gost Dance (see (Daily) "Meditation")</b></p>
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<p><b>Ghost Dance (Patti Smith)</b></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfzqX_88QzM&list=RDcfzqX_88QzM" target="_blank">Ghost Dance</a></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman">We shall live again<br/> We shall live</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">What is it children that falls from the sky?<br/> Tayi, taya, tayi, aye aye<br/> Mannah from Heaven, from the Most High<br/> Food from the Father, tayi, taye aye</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">We shall live again<br/> We shall live again<br/> We shall live again<br/> Shake out the ghost dance<br/> (We shall live)</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">Peace to your brother, give and take peace<br/> Tayi, taya, it leaves two feet<br/> One foot extended, snake to the ground<br/> Wave up the earth, one turn around</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">We shall live again<br/> We shall live again<br/> We shall live again<br/> Shake out the ghost dance<br/> (We shall live again)</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">Stretch out your arms, now tip and swing<br/> Rude up thy bird, tayi, tayi<br/> Threw out the shoe over the soil<br/> Dust off the words that shaped from the tale</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">We shall live again<br/> We shall live again<br/> We shall live again<br/> Shake out the ghost dance<br/> (We shall live again)</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">Here we are, Father, Lord, Holy Ghost<br/> Bread of Your bread, host of Your host<br/> We are the tears that fall from Your eyes<br/> Word of Your word, cry of Your cry</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">We shall live again<br/> We shall live again<br/> We shall live again</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">What is it, Father, in Your eye?<br/> What is this [Incomprehensible] , eyes of God?<br/> [Incomprehensible] feels, just what I need<br/> You used to fly me the way to speed</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">What is it, Father, holy that night?<br/> What is it, Father, that moves to the right?<br/> What is it, Father, that is waiting in Heaven?<br/> What is it, Father, that shapes from Your hand?</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">What is it, Father, that makes me spin around?<br/> What is it, Father, that brings, bring me down?<br/> What is it, Father? You can't tell what I like<br/> What is it, Father? I just ride [Incomprehensible]</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">What is it, Father? I can tell you one night<br/> What is it, Father? I can tell what I like<br/> What is it, Father, are You into shape?<br/> What is it, Father, are You calling today?</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">What is it, Father [Incomprehensible]<br/> What is it, Father [Incomprehensible]<br/> What is it, Father [Incomprehensible]<br/> What is it, Father [Incomprehensible]<br/> What is it, Father [Incomprehensible]</font></p>
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<p>Another aside: The Native American Indians also had a “Ghost Dance” which was somewhat of a (Messianic?) rising again of their Nation, as Jesus was the Messiah who was to lead the rebuilding of the Jewish Peoples' Nation. Other similarities exist. see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_dance" target="_blank">Wikipedia-GhostDance</a></p>
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