A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

Home › Glossary › Letter S

Supernal

World Religion
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Pertaining to the divine or celestial realms; that which is heavenly, exalted, or originating from a higher plane.

Detailed Definition
The term "supernal" is often used in mystical and esoteric traditions, such as Kabbalah, to describe the highest sefirot (divine emanations) like Keter (the Crown). It denotes the pure, unmanifest realms of divinity from which all creation flows. In poetry, "supernal" elevates the subject matter, pointing towards a transcendent, ineffable beauty or truth beyond the mundane. It allows poets to invoke the quality of the divine without naming it directly, suggesting a sublime, heavenly radiance that infuses the cosmos and is the ultimate goal of the soul's ascent.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Kabbalistic poetry, Supernal realms transcend form: “Above the veil—Supernal light, too bright for names”; In mystical verse, Supernal is divine source: “Three crowns—Supernal triad where all rivers begin”; In contemporary spirituality, Supernal inspires awe: “Stargazing—Supernal vastness humbles my daily worries”; Poets describe Supernal as origin: “Before thought—Supernal silence, pregnant with possibility.”
Additional Notes
“Supernal” originates from Latin supernus (“situated above”) and is frequently used in mystical and esoteric traditions—particularly Kabbalah—to describe the highest divine emanations (e.g., Keter, Chokhmah, Binah); in poetry, the term conveys a sense of transcendent beauty or otherworldly grace, often contrasting with earthly or mundane experience, and serves as a lexical bridge between theological abstraction and lyrical elevation.
Also Known As
Heavenly Celestial Supernal Realm
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