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spyprettygirlPosted at 2016-12-15 05:13:04(384 wks ago) (Bowie General / OK all you Bowie pros, what do you call it?)
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Guys, weird question.  You all will know exactly what I mean if I describe it so please bear with me.

Bowie does this one signature move, has done it for years, here and there.

The move is: it's him crouching down, and doing a one handed "earth grounding salute" thing.

Has there ever been any analysis or discussion of this move?

What is it called?  

What does it mean?

I'm curious all of a sudden.

Right now, I actually can't recall where all I've seen it...but you see his acolytes do a poor version of it around 1:15 here in Ashes to Ashes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMThz7eQ6K0

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scruffymurphPosted at 2016-12-15 11:19:06(384 wks ago) (Bowie General / OK all you Bowie pros, what do you call it?)


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I believe I read once the one handed "earth grounding salute" thing is Buddhist.

Very amusingly, Bowie does it in the Dancing in the Street video and when Mick sees him do it, Jagger imitates him.

http://infobec.com/health-and-fitness/yoga/what-does-it-mean-when-the-buddha-touches-the-ground/


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CrackedActorPosted at 2016-12-15 11:54:32(384 wks ago) (Bowie General / OK all you Bowie pros, what do you call it?)


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"From Kether to Malkuth" [?]

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wisthewPosted at 2016-12-15 11:59:14(384 wks ago) (Bowie General / OK all you Bowie pros, what do you call it?)


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That could be usefull :)

http://www.parareligion.ch/bowie.htm

And search for Jagger.

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neilwilkesPosted at 2016-12-15 14:06:09(384 wks ago) (Bowie General / OK all you Bowie pros, what do you call it?)


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CrackedActor wrote:

"From Kether to Malkuth" [?]

The Quabbalah, specifically the Tree of Life and a description of the Path of the Lightning Bolt through the Tree of Life from K ether (the Crown, or the original concept of nothingness as it travels down through the first dot (a single dimensional point) down to Man, Malkuth (or the uninitiated, according to the dogma "The Path of the Lightning Bolt is the creative energy flowing from the Primum Mobile to the most concrete manifestation. It determines the numbering of the Spheres (Sephiroth)"
Depending on how far you want to push the analogy (and it's easy enough to do as Bowie's work is riddled with Crowley references) it could be Bowie's "Divine Imagery" manifesting in our plane.

Someone, one day, will write a thesis on this.

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wishupon1Posted at 2016-12-15 15:07:10(384 wks ago) (Bowie General / OK all you Bowie pros, what do you call it?)


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....watch this from 9:26 on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7yL0lzFIbM

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CrackedActorPosted at 2016-12-15 16:09:22(384 wks ago) (Bowie General / OK all you Bowie pros, what do you call it?)


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He was doing this move as early as 1969 if not earlier - it appeared in the 'Let me sleep beside you' video that was made for the 1969 promotional film 'Love You Till Tuesday'. Twelve years later [the date of that yt clip] he's still doing it and he doesn't know why? Okayyy

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