"The female form on the cover is the Goddess of the Heretic. She has many names -- Lilith, Mahummuhu, Amah-Ushumgal-Anna. She dances in the silent spaces in one's thoughts. She embraces those who break free from the chains of conditioning, the prisons of mass hypnosis caused by global indoctrination. Her likeness can be seen in many various religious systems, and with various names.
As for the fire and the water on the cover, dualism has been a part of many
spiritual teachings. In many ancient writings, there is a reference to the four
elements: Air, Fire, Water and Earth.
There are as many different interpretations as there are interpreters. In the
Qabalah, Air is referred to as the Breath of Awareness, Fire is the Awareness
of One's Potential, Water is the Awareness of One's Imagination, and Earth is
where it all finalizes as manifestation. In my own interpretation, Fire represents
Force, and Water represents Form. These two Principles are apparent in the "great
balancing act" of the Universe. Look at our Sun; here is a perfect example
of the interplay of Force and Form. The outward expanding energies being contained
by the retracting energies of the gravity. Eventually the force will deplete
it's energy and no longer be able to withstand the constricting energy of the
gravity and will be crushed in upon itself, but does that mean that Form is
the most powerful? I associate Form with entropy sometimes, that always-present
energy that seems to eventually erode all things. One must not forget those
new stars being created from nothing, elsewhere in the Universe. In the big
picture it's all simply necessary.
The cover also depicts a "Reflection". Zero becomes One the instance of self-realization and, by joining with one's "reflection", 1 becomes 2. 1 plus 2 becomes 3 and this meager interpretation attempts to do the impossible task of defining the Creative Force of the Universe. This is the start of the downfall of the Intellect.
This is our 8th official release and I, being more an Instrument of the Living Continuum than a guitar player/songwriter, I go with what flows through me even when I may not fully "analytically" comprehend it. The term "knowing without knowing" works for me in these cases because any real "knowing" is subjective anyways and then we enter the realm of interpretation where this is no longer the "true or false" format.
To know one's experiences by objective/estranged evaluations is like trying to smell a flower by reading a seed catalog."