SOL LUCKMAN
Itâs hardly surprising that one of the most iconic and bestselling musician biographies of all time, and the first (of a veritable âSpanish Caravanâ) written about the Doors front man Jim Morrison, was titled NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE.
The lyric is a line from âFive to One,â a perennial fan favorite penned by Morrison but credited officially to the Doorsâand it has stuck in my mind (as it has in countless others over more than half a century since its 1968 release) like a splinter, to reference the movie THE MATRIX that also figures prominently in this book.
When I was living in Paris in the early 1990s, I became obsessed with Morrison, and not just his music but his often macabre poetry as well. This was shortly after the release of Oliver Stoneâs uber provocative rock biopic that put to shame all other rock biopics, THE DOORS.
As a birthday present, my girlfriend gave me a bilingual copy of THE LORDS & THE NEW CREATURES, Morrisonâs first volume of poetry replete with dark meditations on sex, celebrity, drugs, and (of course) death.
While riding the Metro, sitting on the steps of Montmartre and sipping espresso at cafĂŠs, I found myself reading it alternately in English and the French translation to capture more and more nuances of Morrisonâs cryptic, multilayered thought.
Jim had died in Paris and was buried in the cityâs famously lovely necropolis, Père Lachaise Cemetery. His graveâwhich once featured a stone bust with his big hippy hair made by a Croatian sculptor and stolen in 1988âwas, and still is, a literal shrine to many tourists, fans and hipster locals making rock ânâ roll pilgrimages from near and far.
Practically as controversial in death as in life, ever since his untimely demise in 1971 that rocked the rock world, Morrison has lingered in a sort of public half-life.
Simultaneously, he has been an inspiration for counterculture and music lovers; a nuisance for Parisians fed up with the incessant drinking, smoking and carousing that have turned his grave into an eternal party; and a would-be prodigal son to his home country, where a Florida politician bizarrely (and unsuccessfully) sought to have Jimâs final resting place relocated to his birthplace, the Space Coast!
My girlfriendâcall her Kateâand I regularly visited Morrisonâs final resting place, and often partook in the festivities, which I must admit were exemplary displays of Dionysian behavior ⌠if inevitably a regretted hangover source.
Filled with more cemeteries, church crypts and bone-lined Catacombs than you could shake a Gauloise at, Paris invited an ongoing meditation on the afterlife. Like HARRY POTTERâs Myrtle without the moaning, I regularly found myself contemplating the seeming inevitability of death.
And then one overcast Parisian winter afternoon half a decade later, when I was back in town visiting a new girlfriend, while standing in front of Morrisonâs grave strewn with flowers and cigarette butts yet again as if no time had elapsed and nothing had changed, the doors of my perception (hat tip to William Blake and Aldous Huxley) suddenly burst wide open when a still small voice inside me asked this simply disarming question:
âDoes no one here get out alive?â
Copyright Š Sol Luckman. All Rights Reserved.
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RIP ⌠Death?
Longevityâs overrated. Live forever instead.
In this deep dive into inner alchemy, shamanism and energy medicine, bestselling author and renowned sound healer Sol Luckman addresses mortality head-on ... and shares a nondogmatic solution to this âproblemâ that will shock and inspire you!
You donât need to create your inner Philosopherâs Stone and âget out of here aliveâ to benefit massively from the authorâs wisdom.
You donât even have to practice the potent techniques he teaches for recovering energy, erasing trauma, and restoring mind-body-spirit health.
Uniquely and elegantly, this book will upgrade your life in the here and now by empowering you to âŚ
⢠Simplify your existence
⢠Digital-detox your mind
⢠Maximize the power of silence
⢠Procrastinate your way to creativity
⢠Connect with the superpower of your uniqueness
⢠Establish a beneficial relationship with your shadow &
⢠Follow your bliss on your own Heroâs Journey to wholeness and authenticity
