Thoughts of Oscar Strik (Evening of Light) on card nr. 14

The cyclic movement - and that of the pendulum - is a recurring and profound theme throughout the history of human culture. It pervades a large portion of religion and art, and our modern post-industrial music scene is no exception. It seems a great number of artists seek the cyclic and eternal in nature and the world, as an antidote or compensation for the neverending struggle upwards of our Western civilisation, or alternatively, its decline and fall. In recognising the cyclic, we embrace our role in the greater scheme of things, we realise we are unique, yet part of a greater pattern.