Castle De Crux
About
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Why are we called Castle de Crux?
De Crux was a Medieval surname, tracing back to Old French "de cruse" and Latin "de cruces". It indicated
that someone lived near, or by a cross. That cross could refer to a crossroads, a church or a gallows...
which has a cross-shaped structure.
ELYSIA and EXOR founded 'CASTLE DE CRUX' as a musical DUO in 2023.
Their debut single 'DEMON IN MY SKIN' was released on October 20th 2023. Follow up releases announced
in 2024 are their single... 'SO MANY MONSTERS' alongside a four song EP... 'DEMONS WE CREATE'
+ THE CASTLE REPRESENTED IN THE ART OF CASTLE DE CRUX +
In the art of De Crux, the Castle represents in a deeper psychological description both the blessings and curses
caused by mental health and its surrounding issues.
In the art of Castle De Crux the castle can be understood 'metaphorically' as a place of both mental strength and weakness, of pychological light and pychological darkness, of the good and the bad within, the benevolent and malevolent. It represents in various ways artistically, a deep psychological discription of both the blessings and
destructive problems caused by issues regarding the mental wellness of a person for better or worse.
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In the castle, mental states changing from what might be called normality to breakdown (dark) and
recovery (light) are, as has been mentioned previously are represented symbolically and metaphorically.
On the dark side for example, the castle might at it's most extreme, seem like an impossible labrinth
or impossible scary maze where the walls are constantly changing form and position. From this mental
perspective and without outside help it might be impossible to escape from the castles darkest
corridors sending the victim deeper and deeper into even darker parts of their mental health.
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So, the level of unwellness someone might have reached is represented by the darkest, isolated, most disturbing and unfathomable parts and depths, here the castle itself will change, for example your surroundings will now be represented by impressions of being in the the dank bowls of the castle where the victim is confronted by the most disturbing and scary dungeons, monsters and traps.
Sadly in reality, they have fallen into an even darker and deeper element of their mental ill health.
However, a way out is still possible but as the darkness becomes thicker and eerie mists rise to sting
the eyes and confusion, doubt and despair seeps into the brain, even more, then it becomes harder and
harder to see any way out, any escape at all. The equivilent in terms of mental unwell being, is to find
oneself just one step away from suicidal tendencies...
however even here at this the darkest level, with help, guidance and a solid and wise understanding friend
acting as a highly stable anchor on the outside, yes, it can be possible to rise from the darkness once more,
to gain better clarity of your mind and senses.
Then as you ascend from the darkness, the pit and the dungeons, light from the positive castle trickles
down and grows along the walls.
Creating soft shadows of reason it begins to take over with the warmest glow, then as it does, so does
hope grow within. Then with better mental fitness growing too, enough to
help you cope, you see that a way forward to the beginnings of recovery has cleared before you, as
has your mind of debilitating confusion and fog.
