"i should only believe in a god that would know how to dance"

-Friedrich Nietzsche

"Shiva the world dancer. he's dancing on a little dwarf whose name is forgetfulness. that's ourselves, forgetful of our eternal identity with shiva.
one of his right hands holds a little drum. and the drum goes tic tic tic tic that is the tic of time which creates the world of time. and the world of time is like a veil thrown across the face of eternity. and we cannot penetrate it. eternity is not a long time, it has nothing to do with time, it is the dimension that is aclueded from our own experience by the veil of time.
his left hand holds a flame, and that is a flame to burn away the veil of time.
the lower right hand says "do not be afraid".
the other left hand is called the elephant hand or the teaching hand, it points to the lifted left foot, which means release. the right foot on the back of forgetfulness.
so this dance with creation, destruction and passing time, holds in the center the still point of the head, and this is what lives in us. we don't feel the weight of shiva, his foot on the back anymore than the little dwarf does. but he is there and his dance is to call us to that knowledge."

-Joseph Campbell

Don't be shy, dance.

Aum ॐ

is the sound that is not made by any two things striking together.
the sound of the energy of the universe of which all things are manifestations. the sound of the radiance of god.
all words are simply fragments of Aum.

the four stages of ॐ

"a" - waking consciousness. ego consciousness. duality. Aristotelian logic: a is not (not a).
"u" - dream consciousness. when you dream you are surprised by your dream, yet your dream is you. you, as subject, are surprised by your self as object. you seem to be two, you and your dream, but you are one. subject and object are the same. this is the midway point to transcendance, to realize relationship as identity. gods, heavens and hells are the cosmic aspects of dreams. and dreams are the personal aspect of myths.
"m" - deep dreamless sleep. consciousness.
silence.

9 muses

goddesses who inspire the creation of literature and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge, related orally for centuries in the ancient culture, that was contained in poetic lyrics and myths. The compliment to a real woman who inspires creative endeavor is a later idea.

Muse        Domain            Emblem
Calliope        Epic poetry    Writing tablet
Clio                History            Scrolls
Erato        Love poetry    Cithara (lyre family)
Euterpe        Song and poetry  Aulos (like a flute)
Melpomene       Tragedy            Tragic mask
Polyhymnia      Hymns            Veil
Terpsichore Dance            Lyre
Thalia        Comedy            Comic mask
Urania        Astronomy      Globe and compass

danza es la gracia del movimiento