Author Erica Thompson's presentation, "Willing to do the Work: The Spiritual Mission of Prince, 1958-1988," at the Purple Reign academic conference at the University of Salford in Manchester, England, in May 2017

https://www.youtube.com/w...4KaMFUg9GI

Link to A Purple Day in December

Im really looking forward to this book...

Erica has DOne the WORK...

ah Yes...

we can go on

and on

and on

My Favorite Topic

Now look what youve gone and made me do Luv4u

When I reach my destination
My name will be victor

Prince was a conservative...ple to GOD

^^^^^^ all of these!!!!!

but his spiritual mission was so much more than his believe in god ... lets go there for a minute ... and there's so much more behind each of these quotes and the way he lived by them ...

Beautiful...thanks for posting, lovejunky!

Lovejunky said:

Now look what youve gone and made me do Luv4u

When I reach my destination
My name will be victor

Prince was a conservative...ple to GOD

Lovejunky said:

Author Erica Thompson's presentation, "Willing to do the Work: The Spiritual Mission of Prince, 1958-1988," at the Purple Reign academic conference at the University of Salford in Manchester, England, in May 2017

https://www.youtube.com/w...4KaMFUg9GI

Link to A Purple Day in December

Im really looking forward to this book...

Erica has DOne the WORK...

This looks really interesting

LOVE THIS THREAD

Did she finish the book? I think she may have posted links to her interviews on here in the past...

purplethunder3121 said:

Did she finish the book? I think she may have posted links to her interviews on here in the past...

Not finished YET...

Link to her Blog in the first post

stlmuziqlvr said:

Beautiful...thanks for posting, lovejunky!

SO welcome..

My Favorite Prince Legacy topic

His Spirit !

anangellooksdown said:

I am looking forward to reading her interpretation of Prince’s spiritual experience. Nice photos. Thanks, LoveJunky.

Welcome,

Of course the Angel would chime in

OldFriends4Sale said:

Lovejunky said:

https://www.youtube.com/w...4KaMFUg9GI

Link to A Purple Day in December

Im really looking forward to this book...

Erica has DOne the WORK...

This looks really interesting

INDEED !

daqueria1998 said:

LOVE THIS THREAD

I 2nd that notion....

please keep this thread alive.... like his spirit

Lovejunky said:

Author Erica Thompson's presentation, "Willing to do the Work: The Spiritual Mission of Prince, 1958-1988," at the Purple Reign academic conference at the University of Salford in Manchester, England, in May 2017

https://www.youtube.com/w...4KaMFUg9GI

Link to A Purple Day in December

Im really looking forward to this book...

Erica has DOne the WORK...

Erica's book is one I'm also looking forward to.

luvsexy4all said:

please keep this thread alive.... like his spirit

Don't Cry For He Is Coming
Don't Die Without Knowing The Cross

In the beginning, there was God
He made the earth and the heavens
He gave us light 2 rule the day
And another light 2 rule the night
The Lord, thy God
He made, He made the seas
He made the fruit upon the tree

When He saw
When He saw that it was good
He made a man
He made a man
Only He could, only He could

God made U
God made me 2
He made us all
He made us all equally

Now U say it

God made U, God made me
He made us all equally

Wake up children
Dance the Dance Electric
There isn't much time
Who screamed?
Was it U?

Who is ur real father?
The everlasting one
The one who came from nothing
And yet from this one, everything comes

The one who commands ur momma
With the simple phrase “I am”
And every time that she obeys
She gives birth 2 the Son of Man
Who is this?

Prince Philosophized theo...n PREACHED

I think Prince always felt he had some sort of spiritual mission from the beginning and it was apparent in his music even under different guises in different eras... He always seemed to come back to this theme even in times when he seemed to "be in between" or during a period when he might have questioned his beliefs. That's just my opinion, obviously.

sticky alert.....

purplethunder3121 said:

I think Prince always felt he had some sort of spiritual mission from the beginning and it was apparent in his music even under different guises in different eras... He always seemed to come back to this theme even in times when he seemed to "be in between" or during a period when he might have questioned his beliefs. That's just my opinion, obviously.

Lots of written evidence to back you up Purplethunder

Most people in this world are born dead
But I was born alive
(I was born with this dream)
With a dream outside my head
That I could find my way back home
My, my, way way back home

That's a beautiful idea, luvsexy4all...I agree!

luvsexy4all said:

please keep this thread alive.... like his spirit

Thank you for starting this uplifting thread, lovejunky...and for the link. The article linked is one that I must have missed.

Lovejunky said:

Who is ur real father?
The everlasting one
The one who came from nothing
And yet from this one, everything comes

The one who commands ur momma
With the simple phrase “I am”
And every time that she obeys
She gives birth 2 the Son of Man
Who is this?

Prince Philosophized theo...n PREACHED

stlmuziqlvr said:

Thank you for starting this uplifting thread, lovejunky...and for the link. The article linked is one that I must have missed.

Lovejunky said:

Who is ur real father?
The everlasting one
The one who came from nothing
And yet from this one, everything comes

The one who commands ur momma
With the simple phrase “I am”
And every time that she obeys
She gives birth 2 the Son of Man
Who is this?

Prince Philosophized theo...n PREACHED

SO Welcome...

Here is another you may have missed...

When a Muslim Minister SEES the TRUTH

As I think of my brother Prince, I think of Allah (God), the Essence of Beauty, planting that essence in him and then wrapping that essence in the flesh and the bones of the earth that speak to physical beauty through which we gained access to that essence which is the soul of the man that we called Prince. He has returned to Him who gave Prince to us and I like all who have admired him and loved him rejoice that a man like that came this way.

Prince THe Essence of Beauty

Yes, thank you. I love this thought...

"He loved his faith. He kept the faith and fought the good fight. The Essence of Beauty remains, the beautiful flesh that wrapped that essence from head to foot is gone from us, yet beauty in a man named Prince remains."

Lovejunky said:

stlmuziqlvr said:

Thank you for starting this uplifting thread, lovejunky...and for the link. The article linked is one that I must have missed.

SO Welcome...

Here is another you may have missed...

When a Muslim Minister SEES the TRUTH

As I think of my brother Prince, I think of Allah (God), the Essence of Beauty, planting that essence in him and then wrapping that essence in the flesh and the bones of the earth that speak to physical beauty through which we gained access to that essence which is the soul of the man that we called Prince. He has returned to Him who gave Prince to us and I like all who have admired him and loved him rejoice that a man like that came this way.

Prince THe Essence of Beauty