Notes on the internal sense

I am adding to this at the bottom instead of the top.

***†"***

Here are some notes
I conveyed to the composer, regarding the rewrite;

I need to dive deeper into the core of the material and establish a new structure. That will require a focus of attention on research and writing. I'm finding out that some facts, regarding the internal sense, are putting a strain on some of what I conceptualized and I need to get clear on that. So my focus will be getting it right for the Libretto. I imagine a certain freedom for the lyrical prose, but the foundational structure must be well established. I thought it was, but I created an external body which may be at odds with the internal soul. I need to reevaluate that.

   I like the body that I structured, but I need to build that body from the internal and not the other way around.
My focus right now is to outline the internal for the whole of the piece and then redress the external. I think that the external I outlined is very nice, but if it diverges from the essence of the internal, or causes the Mind to block the internal, then it's not good. So outlining the internal will take a massive amount of work. We will need to address the music after I get that done.

Further thoughts;

  The premise here is that the Word and the stories contained there in contain an inner sense, a Spiritual meaning hidden within the literal text. This inner meaning describes the Spiritual Journey that we must all embark upon on our journey toward regeneration, which prepared us for the life of Heaven. Those who refuse the influx from heaven are destined for a life in hell.

  So the point of "I Am Alpha & Omega" is to reveal key points realitive to that Spiritual Journey. In fact, the Word in it's essence is a revelation, not only from God, but of God. We are created in His image, so in revealing Himself to us through the Word, He is revealing to us knowing the Word the Divine order and process of our regeneration from the natural degree into the Spiritual Degree and, eventually, if it is in order, into the Celestial Degree.

All this being said, I am embarking up on outlining the internal sense of the degrees I have defined in the Genealogy of the Chosen People. From this the creative license to form a theatrical representation will be crafted. It is critical that I identify the core elements first.

   I have to say that on all other Revisions I did not do this. On the last Revision I used prose to blend the external with what I perceived to be the internal. But now I see it differently. I do believe what was written is still very useful, but I expect that building an outline of the internal for the whole piece will not only make writing the external much easier (in terms of progression) but it will also define that progression in a much more tangible and orderly way.

I do have events defined, but I wish to re-evaluate what the existing progression is and what it needs to be. That can only be done if the internal progression is defined fully first.

So... That's the mission. 

timing is theoretically as such;
total length = 144 minutes.  
A1=60 minutes (12 scenes), A2=49 minutes ( 7 scenes), A3=35 miinutes ( 5 scenes)

There are six states of Regeneration which are conveyed in the internal of the Creation story. This may already have been conveyed in revisions of the script. 

I distinguish between Script and Libretto in that the Libretto is tied to the Score, whereas the Script is not.

That being in mind, I will first post the previous Script before I begin the work of Revising the Script and structuring it into a Libretto.

AG

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Terminology

    a photo taken by Jane Blair          on New Church Day              June 19th 2025   I will post pertinent terminology here, which will be foundational to the restructured Libretto. Forr the most part, I will number thoughts, that will generally apply to the rewrite. 1)  I was reading a new translation of the book "Heaven and Hell". In it, the latin phrase "filius hominis" , traditionally translated as "the Son of Man" is translated as "the Human born One" . This changes the perspective overall in a huge way and I think this will be a big part of A&O, because it infers a larger context in conveying the structure from the Ultimate Divine to the outermosts of the natural degree and further down into the deepest hell  I thought I should convey this 2) 5/29/25 - a conversation at church today was in this regard;  Creation was effected from the Prime to the Outermosts and  from thence int...
Read more

Rewrites

Image
UPDATE:    Having read about three quarters of the The Book of Jubilees, I believe I will begin structuring a revamped version of Act One, I still need to redress The Book of Enoch. I will be reading both of these books over again, as well as The Acrana Coelesetia (Swedenborg) to determine the which sequence of events will be selected to present. It is advancing. ARCHIVE: So, I am still pursuing research with ancient writings, but I have gained much more understanding about the components that need to be part of the picture. I am concerned about how to reduce the material down to an impressionistic summary that conveys both magnitude and clarity, without overwhelming the viewer with the time-frame allotted for Act One.     There is a lot of material that needs to be included in some fashion. I do think an abstract representation will be necessary, but that cannot occur without some way to convey justification. Justification suffers when the expressio...
Read more

Correspondances

Image
   I will continue to add to this post and to order these elements as they will appear in the Libretto.  Update 7/19/25     My recent thoughts on Correspondences ; I have it in my mind to review the concept of the piece, from beginning to end (Alpha & Omega) in the context of the Correspondances that should encompass the content. This is difficult to express. There are notable events conveyed throughout the Word, but there are also lesser events and concepts that contain significant correspondances.    I'm looking at it this way, it is difficult to see a sequence of events that give the "plot line" substance other than in a documentary/informative sense.  But I really believe that this correspondental interior needs to be revealed before any "plot line structure" can be locked in. I want to say established, but there is (in past revisions) a plot line of sorts.    Absolutely, the original screenplay had a good plot line...
Read more