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ISSUE 8: “Hyperspace” explores cosmic and metaphysical landscapes through various artists’ perspectives. “Hyperspace” generally refers us to diverse concepts and experiences of metaphysical spaces, or imaginal spaces unbound by physical or phenomenal limitations. And in this issue we’ll be entering dreams, dragon lairs, solar attunements, and Venusian atmospheres, all engaging musical spaces beyond the merely acoustic. Symbols mark the path of these imaginal territories, as sonic maps of a greater Mystery. We begin with poet Lucía Hinojosa Gaxiola, who shares some materials from a new film-in-progress, Dream Sequence, which honors her friend and collaborator Louise Landes Levi. In “Temples in Psychic Space” I talk with musician and visual artist Arrington de Dionyso about how trance experience informs his music and painting. This is followed by “Mapping the Sun,” a talk with composer Kara-Lis Coverdale, who offers reflections on her recent motet, Sol, as well as insights into her creative process and spiritual perspective. We close the issue with “Sun Ra’s Symbol Cymbals,” my essay on Solomonic myth and magic in the life of cosmic jazz magus, Sun Ra.

Audio: "Angels and Demons at Play" by Sun Ra, performed by Matt Marble