Publication details
Spiritualita Colina H. van Eeckhouta a Church of Ra : Dualita a bolest
| Title in English | Spirituality of Colin H. van Eeckhout and the Church of Ra : Duality and Pain |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sacra |
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| Web | http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/142522 |
| Keywords | Colin Hector van Eeckout; Amenra; Church of Ra; extreme metal; extreme rituals; pain; modern primitivism; straight-edge hardcore; alternative spirituality |
| Description | Colin H. van Eeckhout is a Belgian singer, songwriter, and one of the founding members of the Belgian music collective Church of Ra. I focus closely on his post-metal band Amenra, through whose music, symbolic and ritual performances – like suspension and other types of flesh hook insertions – Colin wants to convey his own spirituality and experience of existential pain. The duality of life and existence of immanent life’s pain is by him and the other members of CoR taken as a serious and grave spiritual theme, although it can be used as a potential for the process of healing through catharsis (both for the band members and for their audience). Moreover, I focus on Colin’s own personal spirituality with links to its broader connotations in the context of CoR’s music, art, and performances – especially the extreme rituals. I will also briefly introduce and analyze the so-called “modern primitive movement”, through its philosophy became bodily pain sacred and extreme rituals are taken (beside else) as means to a transcendental state. |
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