Grand Conjuration inspiration?

[soundave]

Here's an interesting document about "Grand Conjuration". I wonder if any of this finds its way into the whispers and whatnot that abound on the track.

 

[Maggai]

interesting

 

[Braighs]

Summary:
Thanks for your time Lucifer. You were a great help, and you didn't smell too bad.
Now, don't mess with me anymore or I will smite you with the "blasting rod" of Jahova.

ok, I just skimmed.

edit: I love the part "To make one dance completely naked"
cool read.

 

[OctoberEthereal]

Very interesting. How the heck did you find that?!
And I'll admit, I'm going to go listen to "Grand Conjuration" right now and see if I can hear Mikael whispering, 'Melinda.' haha.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

man that song is soooooooooooo fucking brutal

 

[soundave]

Very interesting. How the heck did you find that?!
And I'll admit, I'm going to go listen to "Grand Conjuration" right now and see if I can hear Mikael whispering, 'Melinda.' haha.

Google is pretty awesome! I had to sift through all the links to the song, of course. I was actually trying to figure out if there was a band or album called Grand Conjuration (I keep finding that more and more of Opeth's song titles come from other bands--names, titles, lyrics, etc.). I actually came across a different document first that only summarized the Grand Grimoire, and merely listed the Grand Conjuartion as the last of the conjurations. So I expanded my search to be "Grand Conjuration Magic". I still had to sift, but I eventually found this. Pretty cool reading, I think. Mike said he went through a lot of Anna's books while writing GR... she must have something about this ceremony, because it is, as far as I can tell, the ONLY Grand Conjuration in all of magic (?). It makes me appreciate TGC a bit more now. I always thought "Grand" was a kind of odd adjective to use, but knowing now that it actually comes from something else, it makes sense.

 

[KjeXXXer]

I enjoyed how Mike used 'grand' instead of 'great,' which is way to overused.

 

[OctoberEthereal]

Haha. Google. Of course. It works wonders.

p.s. "Great Conjuration," would have been a sucky title.

 

[soundave]

I enjoyed how Mike used 'grand' instead of 'great,' which is way to overused.

It's taken directly from the Grand Grimoire as translated, I believe, by the occultist Eliphas Levi. So, it wasn't his choice touse "Grand", per se. It was the translator (from the French).

 

[Korlich]

WHAT HAS THIS TO WITH THE GRAND CONJURATON

 

[OctoberEthereal]

Everything, actually.

 

[Braighs]

WHAT HAS THIS TO WITH THE GRAND CONJURATON

lol

 

[Jude]

"Grand" usually sounds gay, but oddly enough in the case of "The Grand Conjuration" it sounds way better than great. This is really strange.

 

[soundave]

Everything, actually.

Thank you. That was nicer than I would have put it.

 

[KjeXXXer]

It's taken directly from the Grand Grimoire as translated, I believe, by the occultist Eliphas Levi. So, it wasn't his choice to use "Grand", per se. It was the translator (from the French).

Indeed. I am silly.
But it's still better than 'great.'

 

[~random~]

The Grand Conversation

 

[A. Iverson]

The Grand Conjucation

 

[soundave]

Indeed. I am silly.
But it's still better than 'great.'

Agreed. Also better than, say, "The Fabulous Conjuration"

 

[Sandrothecoolman]

Agreed. Also better than, say, "The Fabulous Conjuration"

Speak for yourself.

 

[soundave]

Speak for yourself.