While we’re all still waiting for this book to come out – it will be soon, I promise, and I don’t make promises lightly – let me share with you some information on Keys.
Within the Ministers of Grace universe, all angels and Nephilim have two innate musical components: the Magnificat and Keys.
The Magnificat is the sound of Grace, the very essence of the divine, that exists within their soul and fuels their lifeforce. Only other creatures with Grace can sense it, and every Magnificat is unique. If you could hear it, it would sound like a song or a chant. It can gradually evolve over time, so that while you would still be able to name that tune from day to day, year to year, the instrumentation and tempo will differ with that angel or Nephil’s general state of mind or being or health.
Keys are similar, but they run deeper. They are the core quality of angels and Nephilim. They operate as something as a default emotional response, and they are expressed musically. There are twelve Keys: Joy, Comfort, Inspiration, Protection, Gratitude, Unity, Harmony, Renewal, Freedom, Fortitude, Lucidity and Fulfillment. Three pairs of Keys are twinned: Comfort and Protection; Renewal and Fulfillment; and Freedom and Lucidity.
How do they work? An angel with the Key of Protection would feel safe and secure when she’s at rest, whereas a Nephil with the Key of Lucidity would feel that all existence is alive and bright, infused with clarity, when he’s at his most calm state. As infants and children, angels and Nephilim broadcast them clearly. As they mature, they learn to control them, and there are two reasons for this. The first is that it is telling to know what it is that motivates them. A Nephil with the Key of Freedom might not be reliable in a situation that requires a great deal of patience and long-term toil, just as an angel with the Key of Fortitude might not always be yielding and understanding in a scenario that would require more subtlety and delicate finesse. The second reason Keys are controlled is that they tend to record all the experiences that an angel or Nephil has had over her lifetime. Unless a mature Nephil wants an angel to know everything he’s lived, then he would be better off keeping it to himself.
What might Keys sound like, if we could translate them into Western Music? I’ve compiled two Spotify playlists that demonstrate what they might sound like, one with classical music and the other with popular music. Embedded playlists are at the very bottom of this post.
Joy – W.A. Mozart, Overture, Le Nozze di Figaro
Comfort – J.S. Bach, Suite for Orchestra No 3, BWV 1068, II. Air
Inspiration – Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, XI. Limoges, la marché
Protection – Gabriel Fauré, “La Cantique de Jean Racine”
Gratitude – G.F. Händel, Serse, “Ombra mai fù”
Unity – Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No 6 in F Major, “Pastoral”, I. Allegro ma non troppo
Harmony – Edvard Grieg, Fire Salmer, II. “Guds Søn Har Gjort Mig Fri”
Renewal – Benjamin Britten, Hymn to St Cecilia, III. “O ear whose creatures cannot wish to fall”
Freedom – Jean Sibelius, Symphony No 6 in D minor, I. Allegro molto moderato
Fortitude – Carl Orff, Carmina Burana, “Ave Formosissima” into “O Fortuna”
Lucidity – Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird, Finale
Fulfillment – Arnold Schönberg, Verklärte Nacht, I. Grave into II. Molto Rallentando
N.B. The Spotify playlist is incomplete, as they’re lacking the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Radiohead’s In Rainbows ☹. I’ve provided a link to where you can listen to the track elsewhere on the interwebs.
Joy – The Beatles, “I Saw Her Standing There”
Comfort – Goldfrapp, “Let It Take You”
Inspiration – Stevie Wonder, “As”
Protection – Depeche Mode, “Home”
Gratitude – Jimi Hendrix, “May This Be Love”
Unity – Earth, Wind & Fire, “That’s the Way of the World”
Harmony – Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Renewal – Jeff Buckley, “Morning Theft”
Freedom – Elton John, “Rocket Man”
Fortitude – Led Zeppelin, “Kashmir”
Lucidity – Björk, “It’s Not Up to You”
Fulfillment – Radiohead, “All I Need”
If you really think about it, it’s not really all that difficult to conceive of all life of being composed of music. If you don’t believe me, just check this out.
If I had a Key, it’d probably be Gratitude. What would your Key be? Just think of a time of when you were most content. What did you feel then? Tweet or Facebook or G+ or comment me below if you want to share what your Key would be, although you might want to keep that to yourself.
♥ EAB
