Characters: Black Eve (mother of humanity), prophet
Ode to Sri Ramakrishna: Anonymous prophet and Black Eve (the mother of all humanity)
Characters of the Ode to Sri Ramakrishna
Black Eve (narrator, dramatic soprano)
Since 6 million years ago, Africa has seen the most important steps of humanity, three authentic revolutions, until we became what we are: Homo Sapiens. Africa should be the protagonist of the history of the human race.
Humanity, each and every one of us, has a common African origin; we all come from a small group of individuals from East Africa, dating our origins between 300,000 and 100,000 years ago.
From this African origin, Homo Sapiens colonized the world. We all come from the same woman, the so-called "Black Eve." Eve timelessly recounts the guiding thread of this ode.
Prophet (bass)
All the teachings of the prophets cited in this Ode have been unified in the figure of the Prophet (anonymous and timeless).
Chorus & Yoga Ballet
The chorus combines the story of Eve with the repetition of a series of mantras. The yoga ballet performs a series of Asanas based on the narrated leitmotif.
The text of this Ode to Sri Ramakrishna will be part of a musical composition for piano and voice that I am composing, hence the existence of the choir and the yoga ballet.
The simple graphic at the beginning of each scene should help the reader to imagine the setting where the scene takes place.
I recommend the reader to imagine these characters, “even if they are not there,” as if they were an active part of this ode. I believe that it will facilitate its objective, which is none other than to thank the wisdom of Sri Ramakrishna, the man who knew nothing except God, and of Swami Vivekananda, who said: “May the day come when there will be as many religions as there are men,” defining a new form of direct relationship between man and God, without dogmas, without myths, and which make the human being strong and free.
Thank you so much, Pedro Nonell
Personajes Oda a Sri Ramakrishna
Ode a Sri Ramakrishna.
Next: Abraham
Vedas, Moses, Akhenaten, Violence, Zarathustra, Krishna, Buddha, Mahavira, Confucius, Laozi, Philosophy, Jesus, Roma, Muhammad, Guru Nanak, Catholicism, Darkness, Goddess Reason, Divergence, Sri Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Barbarism, He always comes back, Conclusions, My Religion
(c) Gita Institute & Pedro Nonell
