Video/ Sound Art

Astral Atlas is a part of a large series of work consisting of music, video, paintings and photography. The first exhibition of the work was shown at C33 Gallery in Chicago, IL from Nov 30, 2023 - Jan 31st, 2024

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More information on C33 Gallery, Exhibition of Astral Atlas

https://students.colum.edu/deps/c33-gallery/paul-bonokollie-astral-atlas

Video Length: (1:11:43)

Songs and lyrics can be found on my channel:

Wildfire, Way of Hermes, https://youtu.be/3DVjZ97pmiI

Presence, Way of Hermes, https://youtu.be/xleVyXPUtwk

Eme9ald, 777, https://youtu.be/fe_liyhbxu0

Release, Way of Hermes, https://youtu.be/L77ImezoKZg

Warm Breath, Astral Atlas, https://youtu.be/DtVW9gTiEzk

Aum Zion Over, Astral Atlas, https://youtu.be/I5YJmZZVdY4

Cradle of Dreams, Astral Atlas, https://youtu.be/ezaVf7o_SDc

Beloved, Astral Atlas, https://youtu.be/TyNaGXWunvQ

Sunbeam, Astral Atlas, https://youtu.be/OY3w3t6AQZw

Electrum Eternal, Astral Atlas, https://youtu.be/QJmcNfdLdoo

Innocent Candle, Astral Atlas, https://youtu.be/VkRGUrYCrgE

Trance and Surrender, Astral Atlas, https://youtu.be/--wcrX51i3Q

The Secret, Astral Atlas, https://youtu.be/H91QBegHngc

Vishnu's Long Hum and The Other Shore, Astral Atlas, https://youtu.be/sdvMU262WKU

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The Secret by Paul Bonokollie

Astral Atlas EP

Lyrics:

Welcome to my home

You've walked one lonely road

I've come to open the doors

Of your minds eye

Come to me my child

It's not like you to hide

The love you feel inside

Under all your skin and bone

It's time you've come to find

The secret of life

Revealed in the night

In the light of your soul

Oh how your sacrifice

Was pleasing to the eye

You know how to survive

In the grace of the lord

I saw my self in your eyes

Left my ego behind

I walk the path in the signs

That will lead me to my goal

My proof will be my life

The land of my father's pride

The kingdom of heaven is Mind

Unfolding to the world

Waves of light remain

When memory has lost its stain

Then dew drops began to rain

In my love of Allah

You feel it

The secret song

The meaning

Was with you all along

The music

To soothe the seeker heart

The dreamer

Is renewed every dawn

The truth is

Not separate from

This moment

Contains all things in one

Trance and Surrender by Paul Bonokollie

Astral Atlas EP

played on my mother's dulcimer

Lyrics:

Love is all around you now

The Lord is found within your heart

I trance and surrender

And I danced when I found her

My plans will all scatter to her air

My hands abandon to your care

And soon it will be alright

My tomb will not keep me from eternal life

The moon shakes the waters of time

The sun shall bring forth the Father's light

Becoming like the burning bush on Sinai

For the fire has Come and I am

That I am and I understand we're all one

And all People are all chosen by him

And though I am No hero

I want to show that the world

Could be so beautiful

If we are open to The light we see

And not a golden calf of idolatry

And somewhere There in your world

You'll know it all and will seek to share

If you are Awakening to your divine reality

Please follow me for The peace we could bring

onto this earth

Is boundless and free

Innocent Candle by Paul Bonokollie

Astral Atlas EP

Lyrics:

When the lights burn low

Innocent Candle

You've had enough

Worked down to the bone

It's always searching for a love

When it could only be a mirror for it all

It's alright now

Come to my window

I'd leave it open

The moonlight I know

My heart's in the ocean

It's in motion

My breath of devotion

The truth is emotional

The inner flame is all we need and more

Its all right now

Here we stand to walk and shepherd the land

And here we all are, in our faith aligned with the stars

And wisdom of the old

While the Sage he walks alone

For the truth is free to know

And my temple is built on the stone

But these lies they settle for gold

Won't bring the burning walls to Rome

And so I leave my light on

For every sailor to find their home

Wont you find the source of these waters

In your soul

A flower blooms in me and you

Now I see what you really are

The Spirit moves through me and you

To bring strength to a broken heart

And peace belongs to all of us too

Release the shame and heal the scars

For the time has come, salvation is due

To realize that all is one

Amen

Tuning: D A B G C C

Electrum Eternal by Paul Bonokollie

Astral Atlas EP

Lyrics:

Gold

And Silver

Electrum moving mountains

You're breaking to the fate of a stolen power

Even in the shape don't you know that's ours

Anything you say is just a foolish out pour

Even in the day we're not looking outwards

We're busy looking in because we know what flowers

I give a loving face to believers and cowards

And Even all the saints I'm not moving around ya

You're in my space (way)

Back in time

I moved a block with my mind (stopped a clock)

You thought I would never tell

It's on a need to know

I saw the sign (red setting sun)

And I knew it was mine

And long ago

I went down below

And now I’m back

In the kings chambers

Soaked in layers

Of your love

Glory to him

You were so revealing

Opened ceilings

Overhead

Glory to me

When my soul is heavy

Sanctify me

In your light

Gloriously free

And when you call me on

To sing your song

I'll do it right

Glory to you

Tuning: D A B G C C

Sunbeam by Paul Bonokollie

Astral Atlas EP

Lyrics:

Inspire your people

Into the fight

For peace on earth

Desire burning

Inside and out

I cant deny

The fire

In you survives

After your life

The sun beaming

In through the clouds

Don't that feel nice

And if you don't try

Then you will never know

And if you don't cry

Then you would never know

And if you don't die

How would you ever know

And if you don't fly

Then you will never know

And if you leave it there

You will never know

He sat there bleeding light

From his very soul

And if the reason to love you

Is over

Send my body down

To the ocean

Tuning: D A B G C C

Beloved by Paul Bonokollie

Astral Atlas EP

Lyrics:

Believe anything you want

I love you

You are the truth that turned 3 to 1

I miss you

You asked the moon to reflect the sun

I love you

And in this world I can carry on

In your love

It was something magical

When I was by your side

The intertwining of our lives

Beloved

And don't it seems so simple now

In the wisdom that you found

When she brought heaven to the ground

With her eyes

I need you dearly

And I want you near me

Shiva my lover is Shiva

Her beauty is the end to all suffering

And if you want to be my beloved

Be free from all the other (shit)

It is all as it's meant to be

And she is in and through everything

And it is bigger than me

She is the source of all creation

The mighty living fire

And when you finally found her there

In midnight skies

When heaven cries

In your eyes

And now I see you everywhere

Your graceful touch

I love you so much

And she's in every tree and in every valley

And in your mother's call when you need somebody

It's in the garden that you sow

And it's in everybody that you know

And in me

Tuning: D A B G C C

Cradle of Dreams by Paul Bonokollie

Astral Atlas EP

D A D G B E

Lyrics:

The hands of your mother

That hold the nightingale

The breath of her song

To mend it's broken wings

She'll be waiting for you

To come home again

Rest here my doll

In the cradle of your dreams

We can wander

We can fly

You don't have to wonder

You don't have to try

We can sing

We can laugh to the sky

The love in this moment

Won't pass me by

The sands of time

Slip so easily

From working hands

In the grips of the machine

Slow down

Be gentle with your mind

Ease your soul

In the release of the Son

We can wander cedar forest

In my crystal palace

We can fly on valley winds

And be back before the end

We can sail on seas of onyx

Adrift on ocean currents

And the flame that moves us forward

Will bring us warmth through the night

x2

Anywhere you want to go

Is right here with you

Anything you want to do

Will be right in front of you

Anywhere you'd like to be

You can be right here with me

Anyplace you'd like to see

Let our eyes grow wings and be free

x2

Rest my doll ohhh rest my dear

Rest in the cradle of your dreams

Rest my love ohhh rest my love

Rest in the cradle

Of your dreams

Of you dreams

Of your dreams

Aum Zion Over by Paul Bonokollie

Astral Atlas EP

D A D G B E

Lyrics:

I heard a call this morning

A love my soul united in

And they say tomorrow will never come

So I learned to leave my sorrow

Behind

In the sun I'd love to be with her

But now our time is over

I know my song was only so fun

It's you who gave my light a reason

The night will always have it's problems

Until you see this life is not the end

And I know the way to mount Zion

And I know the way to mount Zion

Take my hand oh

Softly

Slowly

Burn me

When it's over

Over

Aum

[Bridge]

I'll find my own way

Through this broken space

In the beauty of you face

My last embrace

Yes but I know a place

In the open plains

Past the seven old old gates

My time awaits

By heaven's grace

My dues are paid

I lay bread down at your shrine

And at the temple you'll be mine (oh oh oh)

Yes I know a place

Behind my eyes

Where we can finally x2

Be free x8

Your love sleeps upon my tongue

On warm breath my song is sung

My soul escapes it's very lair

I've seen it everywhere

A stone skipped on ocean waters

She flies and then takes you under

Then lotus flowers

A cry to release my fate

Samsara rules my everyday

There is

Another way

By God's grace I'm healed

My heartbreak broke the seal

How many long days may I steal

Before I turn to your light

Return back to you

Back to you

Back to Jeu...

Turn to your light

Turn To your light...

And it's alright

Oh and it's alright....

The dust

Is alive

A fourth pyramid

Upside down

The first key

In mercury

my inner eye

sees through your crystal veil

Emerald

Hold all of life inside of you

Emerald

Hold all of mind inside of you

Emerald

Hold all of nine inside of you

Emerald

Hold all of time inside of you

I am nothing (Nigerdo)

She's all that's on around me

I wanna be something for you

I'll be your piece of mind

White light (Albedo)

Hermaphrodite stumbles

Illuminate your shadow

Go on and be all you desire

An open heart (Citrinitas)

And your ocean eyes

My golden dandelion

I want a piece of your everything

My muse within me (Rubedo)

Sees with emerald Eye

You are my Magnus opus

My ruby child

Give in to the sound

Imaginary 8and of Voices

Black magnetic sun

Voices of the ego, go faster and faster

x2

Disappearing in abstraction

Where bodies fall on intersections

My truth was all a lie

I've seen the other side

An orb of sound like clay in my hands

We're running out of time my baby

A fascination a sickness

When darkness engulfs and takes a hold of my mind

My flame is my disease

No one said that it'd be easy

An army marching with no one to lead it

Illuminate the night already

At times

I feel paralyzed

I try

Just hope it's not too late

I want to communicate

Can you hear me

Can you hear me

Can you hear me

Can you hear me

Can you hear me

Can you hear me

CAN YOU hear me

CAN YOU HEAR ME

F# F# C# F# A# C#

She whispered solar breathe

And I don't know what she said

She deconstructs my light

Perfume bleeding virtue

I conjured a shape in glass

Spilled blood on the ceiling

In the looking glass I saw a form

Draped in lace and silver

I just wanted to know her

Miasmas cleared

The moments gone

In lovers fear

I dreamed it all

A piece of me

In burning fields

You said something to me

I remember it now

Your hair, like light

Might glimmer

On the bedding, blood wine

On the ceiling

This sex isn't helping

Blue fire spit stones through your

Stare

Two hours ago I wished I was

Dead

Into darkness and out

The other side

I left different parts of me in the hearts

Of those I loved

Mother's and lovers all saw different things

I looked in and there I saw

Nothing

To fill these gaps of perception

Mistaking apparition

Just a broken lock and loose set

Of 27 keys

Oh Serapis please take me

Two exhales

One inhale

x7

Laughing at at the picture in the mirror

Of a man I once knew so well

Eyes deep as a bottomless well

Well that's my hell in the glare back at me

Stood and stared endlessly (endlessly endlessly endlessly)

Ocean still in a timeless crystal

Let a higher self fill the form

Left inscriptions on the inside of my brain

Wasn't too painful

Austin Osman Spare once described the subconscious pleasures

Of a sigil or a song

The method for obtaining higher knowledge

Essentially alchemy

Because every material has it's history

Your wealths is an illusion

The labor of the human should dictate value

And while I'm at it,

free healthcare for the people

And respect every gender

Or you couldn't care less well

I don't know what this songs about anymore

I just know I'd die

For my neighbor

It's a new millennium in the age of Aquarius

A kingdom on a plateau ready for renaissance

A new beginning, heaven waits on your decision

The archaic revivals in your hands

Listening to inverses

Radiation skidmarks

On the imprint of

Your left cheek

Your striptease

Of my masculinity

Dropping carpet bombs

Out of gratituity

I know hearts break

At your dreary eyes

Your solemn voice

And crooked smile

Sat alone on a carousel

A serpent came to me and showed me

A quasi devine soul in mercury

C G D G B B

I scraped my knee

And she licked the blood and bit the scab

The Queen of Death

Crooked dimensions in her head

Knock please

Don't just barge in

Cells Dying

She is calling back to them

Create

That's what makes you human

Living in your mistakes

Is worse than living in a dream

Free yourself

Before you're free from conditional

Dimensions of perception

Living well, or latching on to

Temporary comfort and pleasure

She stole half my brain

Invaded my space (on a moonlit night)

She loves me tenderly

Into her dark embrace

With menticide on my mind

"The dust is alive"

It was only a matter of time

Till we meet again, my dear friend

She awoke one long time ago

At Christ's resurrection

And birds on the eastern coast

Won't know what hit em

With worms and dark green noise

New atomic fashion nuclear fission

When the oceans at your door

You'll have no hope but going in swimming

Senescence

And the Queen of Death

And Senescence

And the Queen of Death

And Senescence

Senescence

And the Queen of Death

And Senescence

And the Queen of Death

And the Queen of Death

And Senescence

...

F# F# C# F# A# C#

Amplify the field inside of me

There's beauty and meaning in my dreams

But these holes in my chest

In and out of experience

Release (x4)

There's a station waiting on your name

Pages burning in the flame

Of exaltation, waiting at the edge of what is known, you'll see it one day on your own

Amplify the field inside of me

Moving energy

But these holes in my chest

In and out of experience

Timeless timeless

Nonexistance timeless

And to the center of a point I will go

Beyond all notions of right and wrong

I breathe in and start the show

Release (x4)

Breathe I know I know

Heaven waits on my

Decision still singing

Hare Krishna, awaken into

Refraction in that light I saw a million

Eyes, an endless sea of energy

Spaces open up to reveal the timeless

Sky, I saw my insides out of me

In Memory of Ong Bak.

C G D G B B

Soul siphon

Deconstructing demons

Cascading overlapping

Intersecting patterns

I focus on my breathing

Pandora your so sweet to me

You were the cataclysm on society

I'll capture you in blue

Lose you in the dark ooz

And when you intersect the sun

Your unseen center drew me in

Dark red tentacles graced victorian skies

In your box I found a piece of my mind

My piece of mind

End blossoms into end blossoms

End blossoms into end blossoms into end

Status check in the static

Your readings never reached me

Let's go dancing with the heathens

I love your primordial hairdo and half born galaxies

Form a circle with your siren

Let my ears burst out my eyelids

When all senses converge in one instant

Let me breath in it's essence

And when you intersect the sun

Your unseen center drew me in

Terrifying solar winds graced my town

Disappearing in the sound of your love

It's all in love

End blossoms into end blossoms

End blossoms into end blossoms into

End blossoms into end blossoms

End blossoms into end blossoms into

End into end

Into end into end.

C G D G B B

Entering fractal coastlines

Paramecium in my eyes

My books and bindings break

And pages of pleasure

Shook when I met her

I felt heavenly presence

Flowing in the weather

Entering fractal coastlines

Paramecium in her eyes

My books and bindings bleed

And pages of pleasure

Shook when I met her

I saw heavenly presence

Wearing my sweater

Golden crown rising through murky waters

My blood sang with the quaking sun

The mirror taught me how to annihilate my simple soul

On Hermes way I face my trial

Peace in the light

Finding a way to make it alright

Racing in my mind

There's a portal there at the end of a siren

x2

D D A F# A D

Unyielding patronage

A slow burning fire

A field of energy

My radio tower

Light bleeding

I'm a Contortionist

My limbs are on backwards

A field on my city

It's pushing against me

Body bending

x2

Do you really wanna be mine

Do you really wanna be mine

See what's in my mind

See what's in my mind

Do you really wanna be mine

Do you really wanna be mine

See what's in my mind

See what's in my mind

Demon stole the child's dream, I can see the darkness

Walls start pushing down on me, start to realize it

Contort into society, and put into boxes

Commodify everything you see, and you'll fetishize it

Conscious waves of energy, peaks and balances

Transcendental alchemy, my metamorphosis

Escaping from reality, hiding in dark spaces

This fantasy has no place for me, I want off this planet

Relinquish human desire

Free from turning wheel devotional empire

Racing through an open door

Mercury reflecting to my core

Astral projection

Loss of recollection

At my souls intersection

Golden imperfections

Gotta lean in my direction

Be more see more

Gotta move with the pressure

Be more see more

(x4)

Turning wheel (x8)

D D A F# A D

Wildfire

Can't keep away from you

I need water

x6

Mystical father

Your words are reigning true

Wake me from my slumber

Soon my lover

My heart come shining through

Golden light like wildfire

Your happiness is so reflective

Kisses until my lips go red

Your love is like a flowing river

Kindly spread like wildfire

Wildfire x10

C G D G C D

Swimming through deep clear ocean above

Street commotion disconnection deep in love

Dripping past down sinking rivers melting sun

Fall away let sleeping giants left untouched

Laying in the dark green mountain undergrowth

It's a fine place to die here worm food I hope

Lay me in the river release my soul

Let the valley wind carry me far from my home

I was blind I'll find my way

You were my one as my world began to fray

Turn back to the seed like no one no one

Ripped me from the seams I know why know why

Ahhh ahhhhhh ahhhhhhh

Swallowed up in ten thousand things

Hallowed out from the outside in

Stripped back circuit blood boiled off

Your strung out on every thought

Ancestors waiting everlasting

Only masters understand how to break from your loving

Fossils mixed in sedimentary rock

Your shadow begged for your comfort

You'll scream his name till your lungs hurt

Just like the bird hit the window in summer

You'll never know what that meant to his lover

Lost in my mind no other way

That storm all year in silver rain

Thunder demon snatched my silver line

Keep me in this prison I'll close my eyes

Ahhh ahhhhhh ahhhhhhhhh

Somewhere a sunrise

And I'll meet you with my new eyes

Fall apart in my arms

Never meant to do you any harm

The faster I go the less I see

I'll meet you in the in-between

My shadow carved into the floor

My heart swept to your shore

My river to the sea, seems I'm on my way

My soul my comet released from your orbit

In freezing darkness my heart turned cold

It's a dangerous vision to live alone

Ahhh ahhhhhh ahhhhhhhh