Esoteric
The Pernicious Enigma (disc 1)

The night surrounds me, In the indecipherable darkness. I smell the noise of the past.
The liveliness of the wind clearly stimulates my mind. In eternal isolation.
Those who imagine healing, Kill it, And leave it for dead.

When a new philosophy presents itself to the world, it is received differently by different people. One will evidently seize any new philosophical attempt to see to what extent it can support their personal ideas. For a certain type of person, philosophy is of secondary importance. Its value, in this case, will consist in the capacity it may have to support their ideas. If the philosophical work meets that person's expectations, they will enthusiastically adopt it and adhere to it with a fanaticism that has nothing to do with reason; otherwise, the same person will disdainfully discard that work with the impression that the author almost intended to insult them personally. Another person, however, will adopt a different approach, where mystical consistency will be immediately replaced by skepticism if they discover that the work or reading they are engaging in does not reflect their expectations or something they have never read nor heard in their life. In this particular case, the latter would indignantly reject as entirely unjustified the accusation that their mental attitude is the height of complacency and intolerance. Thus, they close their mind to the acceptance of any truth that might possibly be hidden in what is rejected without attempting to understand. Max Heindel, too, in his treatise on the history of the Rosicrucians, narrated in his book of the figure of the "child" as a superior being, who is not imbued with an oppressive feeling of superior knowledge, nor does he feel obligated to appear wise or to hide his ignorance about any topic; the child is frankly ignorant, free from preconceived opinions and therefore "hermetically" receptive. He accepts everything with that magnificent attitude of trust, in which there is no shadow of doubt. Thus, the child adheres to the teaching received until it proves right or wrong. Consequently, just as skepticism would hide the truths from us in the most complete manner, so this calm and confident attitude of mind will allow intuition, this innate science, to become aware of the truth contained in the proposition. It is the only way to discern truth from falsehood. One is not asked to believe, but to have a certain sensitivity to some factors that in today's life may be the values for which man omits in the specifics of everyday life that afflict him in a decadent manner in his soul. Therefore, a certain lifestyle, a certain situation, a type of music should not be synonymous with obfuscation or darkness for the mind of the human being too busy distinguishing reality from imagination, drowning in his desire for wisdom, for perdition. Statements that appear positively and unequivocally contradictory can nevertheless be susceptible to perfect reconciliation, between what in the metrics of society is evil.

But evil in its purest form is part of man's life; perhaps the point I would like to dwell on is the adequate affirmation that the only opinion worthy of being expressed must be based on knowledge. Only thanks to it can we evidently find a way towards knowledge and disaggregate evil in its "meta-physical" side. Prejudices, the necessary sense of making a "considered choice," have only brought turmoil to the world. If we think for a moment about wars, crusades, rapes, violence—all acts committed by man's sick mind to satisfy a deep-seated itch, to the damned desire to enrich at all costs, without then thinking about the vicissitudes and the implications and consequences that it has caused. So if knowledge, understanding must presumably be the source of all good, trying to induce man to think by eliminating every prejudice would be a determined development for the events that console us in today's landscape.

The music of the British Esoteric connects to all of this, as they attempt through themes such as misanthropy and the isolation of the soul to try to induce the human mind into an evolution that goes far beyond the unconscious imagination dictated by the unaware harmony of our inner self. "The Pernicious Enigma" is the subconscious representation of the soul, the goal on which silence extends over the pavement, absorbing the arcane depth of every sound and noise. The surrounding space where innumerable benevolence stretches in increasing amazement, painting the surrounding area with dark colors... black as the ink-like night that lies inert towards late evening, darkness and shadows reigning. A 115-minute journey of pure claustrophobic castration, locked in a room steeped in darkness, a mystical dance which surrounds the mantle of an abyssal void hidden in the depths of our now distorted innards by the arcane shadow of the entire concept. Constructs and musical arrangements that challenge the unbelievable, pieces composed of suites about 10-15 minutes long, heavy riffs as a boulder draw the occult perceptions wrapped in the outskirts of the minds of the English sextet.

An album that will make you tremble, that will cradle you in a march of shadowy darkness.
When doom has never been so cynical so evil so penetrating...

His love, made of sweetness and tenderness, knows no limits of beliefs that separate and
raise walls: it envelops and embraces all humanity; whatever the name we give Him or ourselves matters little.
Why, then, not follow His word?
Why establish dogmas that divide us?
There is only one thing that counts: that every heart be full of love for the neighbor.
The world must know one thing only; one balm to heal all our pain, one
path to lead us to Heaven.
This path is the union of all human hearts; this path is Love.
Max Heindel