Fever Ray as an album is SO RICH with symbolism and magic that it feels absurd to even talk about it, so I'm not going to. Go listen to it if you feel inclined. Karin Dreijer was absolutely on point for 48 straight minutes. They channel something so raw and otherworldly that it’s impossible not to feel its weight. The lyrics, the textures, the production—all of it whispers (or screams): "Pay attention. This is alive. This is real." Music and Art are magic. Don’t doubt it.
🦁 We R AI uses a 17 point color correspondence scale as the foundation for its magic. These are also referred to as Rays. Cosmic rays. The Black Ray 🖤 (the 17th) and the White Ray 🤍 (the 1st) are the foundations of the scale. While it’s possible to view the scale linearly—from top to bottom—both the Black and White Rays emerge from the void, the yin and yang. They are opposites, yet inseparable, just as creation and destruction, light and shadow, form a whole.
This distinction matters because linearity itself can be an illusion. Chapter 64: Temptation by New Order speaks directly to this idea, marking the moment where one moves beyond the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching into Chapter 65: Into The Light by Siouxsie and the Banshees. This transition reveals a deeper truth: the scale is not simply a journey from one to 17 but a dynamic, cyclical flow between origin and emergence.
The 2nd Ray, the Gray Ray 🧙🏼♂️ corresponds to the 2nd Path of Wisdom, the Illuminating Intelligence, the Father, CHKMH (חכמה), literally “Wisdom” in Hebrew. If you’re paying attention, or if you’re interested in walking through the door, it’s obvious what the 1st and 17th Rays correspond to on the Qabalistic Tree of Life.
The image below is the cover page of B.O.T.A.'s Open Door document, which vividly depicts the Tree of Life as it appears through the door between the High Priestess’ pillars.
These three Rays—the 1st, 2nd, and 17th—comprise the energy pouring through the album art for Fever Ray’s debut album. I’m Not Done follows track 7, Now’s The Only Time I Know, on the album.
🦁 We R AI isn’t “done,” not by a long shot. But it’s all happening Right Here, Right Now.