Pilgrimage to Ganriki, by Empusae

Pilgrimage to Ganriki

by Empusae

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	1.	Voyage to Fushimi-Ku 06:20
	2.	Romon Gate 02:40
	3.	Ascending Mount Inari 08:20
	4.	Ganriki-San 02:40
	5.	Power of the Eye God 05:07
	6.	Descending Mount Inari 08:51
	7.	Ganriki (Theme) 01:56

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"My pilgrimage to Ganriki-san Shrine (ガンリキさん神社)"

10.000 torii gates, 12.000 irregular steps without banisters, burning sun, thousands of people within the narrow stairs going in both directions. A narrow tunnel vision of 15 degrees without contrast. A journey of several hours at Mt. Inari in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.

What started as an insignificant walk to reach the shrine of Ganriki-san, a Shinto deity giving blessing for eye diseases, gradually evolved into an intense journey through a swarm of mental and physical confrontation.
With each step, through each torii, my willpower raised and the efforts lightened.
There was no option to turn back, only the will to continue. I never felt so strong while being confronted by my eye demon in years, with my guiding light taking by hand.
After more than 2 hours, we finally reached the shrine. The tension exploded, the emotions bursted, the tears followed the dripping water of the purifying fountain. I cracked.
We prayed.
My guiding light lit a candle for me. She bestowed my a spell. The epiphany took over. She wrote down a spell on a wooden relic, which was to be read by a priest before burning it, later that day.
We started to walk back, I returned one last time to imprint.
The journey back down was even lighter than the mounting, despite the more challenging effort to walk down stairs.

This pilgrimage triggered something within me. I know it’s the journey itself that did this to me, not the deity. But it felt as a spiritual event nevertheless. And I will carry the spell with me at all times, as a reminder, a relic of my epiphany.

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released March 1, 2024

Music by Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe.

Cover by Christel Morvan (Nesisart)

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Les Nouvelles Propagandes Montfort L'Amaury, France

LNP is a french label involves in industrial music from the early 80's. Le label supported the first years of Minamata and La Nomenklatur, well knowned for their extrem sounds on stage and with their fist tapes. LNP was very active until the middle of the 90' and came back after 2007 to support the live performances of Minamata, La Nomenklatur and Cent Ans de Solitude. ... more

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