Saturday, January 12, 2013

Bjork - Jesus Prayer

A video of John Tavener's 'Prayer of the Heart' which he wrote especially for Bjork (an Icelandic singer/songwriter). It is a stunning setting of the 'Jesus Prayer' - "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me".

6 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing this mesmerizing video. Very meditative. Amazing.

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  2. I first learned of this prayer from my Vedanta teacher, who advised me to read "The Way of a Pilgrim". I've used it many times since, sometimes I can remember vividly when and where, eventually it gets into your sleep.

    Icelandic is cool.

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  3. Wonderful. Bjork's rendition of the prayer seems child-like, going back into time like the NASA advent photographs do, getting closer and closer to our origin.

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  4. Amazing, Beth... So very powerful...
    And the idea of using Mandelbrot sets as the visual was truly inspired..

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  5. 4 years later, but still inspirational on this Sunday morning...Thnx - and for other things!

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