Magical evening with @sixturnsnine They released their new album #soulglitches recently and helt the album release party at this incredibly cool art nouveau location, which usually houses the hair salon #kinkycutters but was transformed into a venue for the night. People passing by got curious, checked out the music and stayed for more… The band played songs from all three albums. Setlist included classics such as “Moments” and of course new songs “Desert Heat” and “Hills of Heaven”. Check them out!
We had done an interview with the band and written a review about the Rebirth concert in Stockholm. Not quite satisfied with the first interview, which felt lacking in depth and complexity, probably due to a tight schedule and a founded wariness towards the media, I begged the management for a second opportunity. And so it happened, that three lucky journalists met again with the band on November 11, 2004 at K17 in Berlin. The atmosphere was much more relaxed and we talked nearly for an hour about music, spiritual topics and anything and everything. The interview was published in German Legacy magazine.
“Der Heilige Geist und die Natur sind eins: Täglich ist die Natur ein Licht aus dem Heiligen Geist und lernt von ihm, also kommt es im Menschen während der Tiefe der Nacht. Das Wissen der kalten Vernunft hat verblendet das Licht der Weisheit und das Licht der Natur; so herrscht eine fremde Doktrin und hat beider Erkenntnis zwischen Stühle und Bänke gesetzt. Die dieser fremden Doktrin anhängen, versuchen die Wahrheit beider Lichter zu verdunkeln und wollen sogar das Licht des Ewigen und der Natur auslöschen.
Nun merkt, dass Christus und die Seinen dem Licht der Natur nichts genommen haben, aber die Scholare mit ihrem pharisäischen Sauerteig wollen der Natur ihre Macht brechen und nehmen, und zwar weil sie selbst weder Christus nachfolgen noch dem natürlichen Licht. Sie sind die Toten, die die Toten begraben. Kein Leben ist in ihrem Tun, denn sie lernen weder etwas vom Licht der Ewigkeit noch vom Licht der Natur und wollen’s doch beide sein.
In der Natur ist ein Licht, das heller scheint als das Licht der Sonne; in diesem Licht werden die unsichtbaren Dinge sichtbar”
Panorama composed of three images, Aletsch glacier, view from below Märjelensee, July 2024
In July we took the path from Bettmerhorn along the Aletsch glacier towards Eggishorn and the glacier’s gate, which is located a few hundred meteres below Märjelensee. As we headed back, I was able to take some photos of the arena sans people, except for two persons in the distance, which give a reference of the glacier’s actual size.
The Aletsch is the largest glacier in the Swiss Alps and for a long time has withstood weather or climate changes. However, lately it is decreasing every year. The former entrance gate, where people could stand upright infront of the clear blue ice mass, has nearly vanished. Currently you have to kneel in order to still catch a glimpse of the stunning ice blue colors underneath.
Our hike back turned out longer than planned but granted us stunning views of the evening sun casting its rays through isolated clouds and dipping the blooming highland meadows into a warm golden light.
With a walking distance of 20 km this has been my longest hike so far. Our four year old walked at least of half of it on his own and mastered the climb to and from the glacier ice all by himself.
Wiebke Rost 