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Shiva is a pan-Hindu deity celebrated for his, or perhaps her, extremely attractive attributes. His name means kind and auspicious, he was inordinately handsome and eternally young, his powers stretch from creation all the way to eradication and he was even a dancer of note. Shiva is also associated with other powerful Vedic deities such as Brahma and Vishnu. Shiva has hermaphroditic qualities, sports a crescent moon on her head, five ornamental serpents wrapped around his ash-smeared body and, in some depictions, a third eye that he uses to burn away desire and thus retain a pure form. Her other name is Rudra which highlights more ferocious qualities; however Shiva the Destroyer is actually a misnomer - Shiva the Transformer would be a more accurate name for this god who is both ascetic and spouse, tiger and lamb, ambivalence and yet deep and searing truth.

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Like the Phoenix I am born with the ashes of fate

I spring from what is burned and what blossoms again

I seek no death for death’s sake but for life

To soar from all pain, from the wreckage of gain


As if I were evil,

Destroyer of the Worlds

you will rise and fall without me

as your Destroyer


With fierce wild robes

and a beast at my side

With my half open eyes

I can see a new sky


As if I were evil,

Destroyer of the Worlds

you will rise and fall without me

as your Destroyer

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from Awakening the Green Man (demos), released May 13, 2016
Words by Catherine Owen
Music by John Armstrong & Tom Roschkov
John Armstrong - programming & bass guitar
Tom Roschkov - vocals & electric guitar

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Johnny Bordeaux Edmonton, Alberta

Johnny Bordeaux aka John Armstrong is an artist and producer based out of Edmonton, Alberta. Whether he's laying down bass with a roots band, manipulating Theremin and other electronic instruments or staging a guerrilla-style, community folk festival, John is all about musical interactivity. ... more

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