Visions

About Visions

Visions is the title of the fourth solo album, a double LP, by the Christian singer-songwriter Paul Field. It is a musical, or rather "a message to the nation that God is great, a message to the church that God is powerful and a message to Christians everywhere that God's resources are available to them".

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Contents

Track listing

Side one

"Creation" (Paul Field)

"Solomon's Temple" (Paul Field)

"Elijah's Contest. Part 1: The prophet's of Baal" (Paul Field)

"Elijah's Contest. Part 2: Elijah's song" (Paul Field)

"Elijah's Contest. PArt 3: God answers with fire" (Paul Field)

Side two

"Ezekiel's Valley. Part 1: Lament" (Paul Field)

"Exekiel's Valley. Part 2: Valley of dry bones" (Paul Field)

"Ezekiel's VAlley. PArt 3: Renewal" (Paul Field)

"Mary's Song" (Paul Field)

Side three

"Baptism. Part 1: Prepare the way" (Paul Field)

"Baptism. Part 2: The spirit of the Lord is upon me" (Paul Field)

"The Cross and the Empty Tomb. Part 1: No greater love" (Paul Field)

"The Cross and the Empty Tomb. Part 2: The way of the cross" (Paul Field)

"The Cross and the Empty Tomb. Part 3: The empty tomb" (Paul Field)

Side four

"River of Life. Part 1: The condemnation of the seven churches" (Paul Field)

"River of Life. Part 2: God's love, our vision" (Paul Field)

Personnel

Paul Field: Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass and Drums

Julie Moon: Vocals

Mark Williamson: Vocals

Sharon Armstrong: Vocals

Bernie Armstrong: Vocals

Sue Bassett: Vocals

Production notes

Produced by Paul Field

Engineered by Paul Field

Recorded at "The Billiard Room", Loxwood, Wallington, Surrey

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Notable quotes

“A man who has had a vision is a fully functioning adult, possessing an identity that is of both ritual and practical significance to himself and his peers. [...] Until he has a vision the youth is not an adult, that is, a ritually acknowledged member of his community. He has no adult name, a circumstance that marks him as a “child” who cannot take on his adult responsibilities in the community.”
— Paula Gunn Allen, about visions among the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Chapter Two
“The vision you saw was real, but what you saw in the vision wasn’t.”
— Ajaan Dune, Gifts He Left Behind, The Dhamma Legacy of Phra Ajaan Dune Atulo (Phra Rājavuḍḍhācariya), as compiled by Phra Rājavaraguṇa, as translated from the Thai by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
“Some of these visions can be lots of fun and really absorbing, you know, but if you stay stuck right there it’s a waste of time. A really simple method for letting go of them is not to look at what you see in the vision, but to look at what’s doing the seeing. Then the things you don’t want to see will disappear on their own.”
— Ajaan Dune, Gifts He Left Behind, The Dhamma Legacy of Phra Ajaan Dune Atulo (Phra Rājavuḍḍhācariya), as compiled by Phra Rājavaraguṇa, as translated from the Thai by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
“I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes.”
— Hosea, XII. 10.
“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.”
— Joel, II. 28. Acts, II. 17.
“Hence, dear delusion, sweet enchantment hence!”
— Horace and James Smith, Rejected Addresses, An Address without a Phœnix. By "S.T.P." (Not an imitation. Initials used to puzzle critics).

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