Hermina's Unknowing

Episode Nine: Memory

Hermina considers memory, recollection, the memory palace, artificial intelligence, medieval mystics, and intentional creativity. Repetitio est Mater Studiorum (?) This episode includes an interview with NeuralMonk, who works with artificial intelligence. CREDITS From Musopen: Uppon la mi re by Thomas Preston, played by Peter van der Zwaag [https://musopen.org/music/performer/peter-van-der-zwaag/] From Wikimedia Commons: Chorale from Bach's Cantata 140 Bethena by Scott Joplin played by Richard Zimmerman From Freesound: drone_key-d.WAV by Anton [https://freesound.org/people/Anton/sounds/21922/]Drone of 12-inch C# Crystal Bowl [https://freesound.org/people/easy_thunder/sounds/264181/] by easy_thunder [https://freesound.org/people/easy_thunder/] drone_key-d.WAV by Anton Summer Rain by X3nus From the Internet Archive: 3 Ghosts 1 by Nine inch nails From Bandcamp: Pink Marshmallow Mouth by City of the Asleep By Hildegard von Bingen: "O" from O Virtus Sapientiae sung by me Quotations from: Plato's Phaedrus Wisdom Sits in Places by Keith Basso Rene Descartes Julian of Norwich Special thanks to NeuralMonk <3

Episode Seven: A Time to Be Alive

Hermina shares recent thoughts about the July 26th hearing, time, disclosure, fear, dread, and history. What a time. #UFO #UAP #UFOs #UAPs #disclosure #time CREDITS: All music was either excerpted from online free libraries of royalty-free recordings in the public domain, or created by me. From Freesound: breakziq: the birth of electronic by user Qleg breakziq [https://freesound.org/people/Qleq/packs/37533/] » the birth of electronic.wav [https://freesound.org/people/Qleq/sounds/673105/#]Orchestral Cinematic Sounds [https://freesound.org/people/WAProd/packs/37397/] » WADOT_Drone_02_D.wav [https://freesound.org/people/WAProd/sounds/670524/#] by user WAProd [https://freesound.org/people/WAProd/] dark ambient [https://freesound.org/people/X3nus/packs/26969/] » alien sky.wav [https://freesound.org/people/X3nus/sounds/476785/#] by user X3nus [https://freesound.org/people/X3nus/] Purple Mountains.wav [https://freesound.org/people/LeadBackToSines/sounds/652032/#] by user LeadBackToSines [https://freesound.org/people/LeadBackToSines/] Ice Cream Truck - "The Entertainer" [https://freesound.org/people/soundadvices/sounds/128573/#] by user soundadvices [https://freesound.org/people/soundadvices/] symphony_background.wav [https://freesound.org/people/X3nus/sounds/514842/#] by user X3nus [https://freesound.org/people/X3nus/] cello [https://freesound.org/people/xserra/packs/5049/] » cello-G2-down-bow-bridge.wav [https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/77758/#] by user xserra [https://freesound.org/people/xserra/] Music Beds 1 [https://freesound.org/people/TexasMusicForge/packs/234/] » Dandelion.mp3 [https://freesound.org/people/TexasMusicForge/sounds/2684/#] by userTexasMusicForge [https://freesound.org/people/TexasMusicForge/] From MusOpen: Kwartet Japoński II by Maciej Zolnowski Congaudeant Catholici from the 12th-century Codex Calixtinus for St. James (feast day July 25) sung by me quotes:  The Kybalion “identical in nature but different in degree” Walt Whitman “contain multitudes” Jesus Christ “the kingdom of God is within” Meister Eckhart “the innermost part of the soul” Thanks to David Grusch, Ryan Graves, and David Fravor!

Episode Six: Alive

Hermina discusses disclosure, religion, performance, symbolism, robots, and AI.  #UFO #UAP #disclosure #AI Credits: Quotes from Joscelyn Godwin and Albert Einstein. Also Nietzsche (briefly--"the abyss") Additional thanks to Jocelyn Godwin whose books continue to inspire me. All music and sounds were taken from online libraries or made by me. From Freesound: Cascade 1 from user be-steele [https://freesound.org/people/be-steele/] Folk tune on the lip jew's harp [https://freesound.org/people/urupin/sounds/179995/#] from user urupin  alien sky.wav [https://freesound.org/people/X3nus/sounds/476785/#] by user X3nus [https://freesound.org/people/X3nus/] From IMSLP:  Sarastro's aria In diesen heil'gen Hallen from Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sung by Kurt Böhme with the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Karl Böhm From Youtube:  Mein Freund ist mein by Johann Christoph Bach, recorded by Voices of Music (Ciaccona) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04VyEsm5QEU&ab_channel=VoicesofMusic-Topic [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04VyEsm5QEU&ab_channel=VoicesofMusic-Topic] Made by me:  clip of a piece by Perotin with added echo, sung by me

Episode Five: One Year Since the UFO

Springtime. Grace. Meditation. I still don't know what's going on. #UFO #UAP #Meditation Credits: Music was taken from royalty-free, public domain materials online. From Freesound.org: G-string drone by user Quilt G-string_drone.wav [https://freesound.org/people/Quilt/sounds/32085/] From MusOpen: O Primavera, SV 68 by Claudio Monteverdi played by Michel Rondeau https://musopen.org/music/4318-o-primavera-gioventu-dellanno-sv-68/ [https://musopen.org/music/4318-o-primavera-gioventu-dellanno-sv-68/] Traccia IX by  Massimiliano Pascucci [https://musopen.org/music/composer/massimiliano-pascucci/] , performed by Vox Àltera Ensemble https://musopen.org/music/43822-a-te-che-per-sempre/ From Bandcamp: Zefiro Torna by Claudio Monteverdi  Performed by Magnificat  https://magnificat.bandcamp.com/track/monteverdi-zefiro-torna Classically Inclined Jupiter from The Planets by Gustav Holst https://classically-inclined.bandcamp.com/album/the-planets-suite-op-32 https://bandcamp.com/download?id=1431362003&ts=1680630619.3960612377&tsig=730f8edc7ac54319def44750ffde5e33&type=album also, one track was made by me, singing with electronics.

Episode Four: Unknowing

Et in Arcadia ego. Hermina discusses the struggles of this journey and the concept of "unknowing," a term from the medieval text The Cloude of Unknowyng. #unknowing #cloudofunknowing #growingpains #humility #etinarcadiaego #bookeofnature #beauty #truth Credits: From Musopen: Omnes amici mei by Carlo Gesualdo, sung by Vox Altera ensemble Lachrimae, or Seven Tears, 1. Lachrimae Antique by John Dowland, performed by I Solipsisti The Bells of St. Anne de Beaupré by Alexander Russel, played by Paul Pitman