Donovan’s “Atlantis” is one of the most unusual songs in the classic rock canon, as it combines spoken word, rock, and Greek mythology. Donovan revealed a supposedly supernatural book inspired “Atlantis.” Subsequently, the tune’s composition garnered comparisons to a famous Beatles track.
Donovan | David Redfern / Staff The ‘channeled’ words of an Atlantean inspired Donovan’s ‘Atlantis’
During a 2012 interview with Rock Cellar Magazine, Donovan revealed how he composed “Atlantis.” “I was reading this book by Phylos the Tibetan, [A Dweller on Two Planets] which is a channeled book,” he said. For context, a channeled book is a book supposedly dictated to an author by a ghost or other supernatural being. The Victorian author Frederick Spencer Oliver claimed to have channeled A Dweller on Two Planets from an Atlantean named Phylos the Tibetan.
“And it was about Atlantis, and I was fascinated with it so I wrote this piece on the continent of Atlantis,...
Donovan | David Redfern / Staff The ‘channeled’ words of an Atlantean inspired Donovan’s ‘Atlantis’
During a 2012 interview with Rock Cellar Magazine, Donovan revealed how he composed “Atlantis.” “I was reading this book by Phylos the Tibetan, [A Dweller on Two Planets] which is a channeled book,” he said. For context, a channeled book is a book supposedly dictated to an author by a ghost or other supernatural being. The Victorian author Frederick Spencer Oliver claimed to have channeled A Dweller on Two Planets from an Atlantean named Phylos the Tibetan.
“And it was about Atlantis, and I was fascinated with it so I wrote this piece on the continent of Atlantis,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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