Art in general, as the ultimate love and spiritual manifestation. The Hermetic philosophy, The Kabbalah. The Mysticism. The Occult. The Spiritual knowledge in general, as the only way to connect with The All.
Books. All of them. I have an insatiable crave for knowledge.
As the eclectic and holistic musician I consider myself, I can say that I enjoy any kind of music, sometimes even the bad one. But lately, I'm into Nikka Costa and Pink, all the way. Anyway, music is music and I really don't know the difference between bad and good one, given the fact that the "truth" is a completely relative concept and as a result, music is good or bad or boring or interesting according to the ears who listen.
I'm into jazz but real jazz, not that stupid misconception called: Smooth Jazz. What the f*^* is that suppose to mean? Jazz is....jazz, real musicians playing real stuff and improvising the shoot out of them not that idiotic mix of instrumental popish-easy-listening-music called Smooth.
Same with salsa. I like the real thing, you dancers and Fania fans know what I'm talking about.
Rock, same thing, I'm a big fan of British and Canadian rock, what can I tell you!
Television sucks! but I can allow to enter my mind....all by Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, History Channel and Mad T.V.
Books
The Kybalión, The Bible (The Torah and the rest), The Qu'ran, The Baghavad Gita, The I Ching, The Occult (Colin Wilson), The Work of the Kabbalist (Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi), Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco), 72 Names of God (Yehuda Berg), Holy Blood, Holy Grail (Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln), The Tree of Life (Israel Regardie), The Middle Pillar (Israel Regardie), Practical Solitary Magick (Nancy B. Watson), Dictionary of the Kazars (Milorad Pavic), Modern Magick (Donald Michael Kraig), The Stargate Conspiracy (Lynn Picnett, Clive Prince), The Science of Mind (Ernest Holmes), The Second Messiah (Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas), El Arte de la Guerra (Sun-Tzu), Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte (Horacio Quiroga), Sobre Heroes y Tumbas, El Tunel y Abaddon el exterminador (Ernesto Sabato), Mentiras fundamentales de la Iglesia Católica (Pepe Rodriguez), all by G.I. Gurdjieff, all by Herman Hesse, all by Carlos Fuentes, all by Cortazar; all by Garcia Marquez; all by Borges; short stories from Benedetti, and the list goes on and on and on.....
Heroes
My Mother, My Father, My Grandmother, Carl Gustav Jung, Jacques de Molay and Hermes Trismegistus.
About me: Surely this monstrous hybrid comes not from a mother's womb but from an Ephialtes, an Incubus or some other horrendous demon, as though spawn in a putrid and venomous fungus, son of Fauns and Nymphs, more devil than man.
-Atanasius Kircher, Mundus Subterraneus, Amsterdam, Jansson, 1665, II, pp. 279-280
Who I'd like to meet: Simply because they change and hide their names, do not give their right age, and by their own admission go about without allowing themselves to be recognized, there is no logic that can deny that they necessarily must exist.
-Heinrich Neuhaus, Pia et ultimissima admonestatio de fretribus Rosae-Crusis, nimirum: an sint? quales sint? unde nomen illud sibi ascivernut, Danzig, Schmidlin, 1618; French ed. 1623, p. 5
MAESTRO...!! A VER SI AHORA QUE GRABE UNOS TEMAS EN ESPAÑOL, PORFIN TENGO EL HONOR DE QUE TOQUE EN ALGUNA DE MIS CANCIONES.. BENDICIONES Y QUE TENGA UN FELIZ DIA
Great ! Im so happy to hear that !! Im doing good too, just teaching during the week and giging at this little spot on the weekends playing some jazz. its cool. I will be in miami in december, please let me know of any performances you have, id love to come check it out. take care ! v
