“In Our Life time”
The Wonder Theory
2017 marks the 44th anniversary of Stevie
Wonder’s near-fatal car accident, which occurred three days after the release
of his masterpiece “Innervisions.” Within the next three years, Wonder, who was
23 years old when the accident occurred, would write and record
“Fulfillingness’ First Finale,” “Songs in the Key of Life” and the soundtrack
”Journey Through the Secret Life of plants.
Wonder’s injuries were critical. According to reports, he was riding in the
front passenger seat of a rental car in west-central North Carolina when it
struck the back of a flatbed truck used for delivering lumber. Wonder, who was asleep, was knocked
unconscious. He bled profusely from head
wounds: He may have been struck by a log
that burst through the shattered windshield.
Other reports state the truck was empty save for loose wooden shards.
Wonder was rushed to a local hospital, then transferred to a
larger facility in Winston-Salem, where he remained in a coma for several
days. Ira Tucker Jr., the son of the
lead singer of the Dixie Hummingbird and a Wonder aide, is reported to have
sung “Higher Ground” – which appears on “Innervisions” – to the unconscious
artist, who began to move his fingers.
Soon, Wonder regained consciousness.
He was released from the hospital two weeks later; briefly, he lost his
sense of smell and suffered reoccurring headaches. Scars on his forehead are still visible
today.
Before we get into what is public knowledge about Stevie wonder,
we must take in a look at the esoteric side of his life, first I will say I
have been researching and writing about this matter for the past 36 years by
year 2017.and of yet I Have not been able to get an interview with him. The
results of my obsession in this matter of wonder is currently recorded and
published in a master works called the Holy Book of Wonder.
From the book
5/5/2000 by Richard W Noone, it states that when the number 23 start showing
up in your life you are in contact or being contacted by a higher power, we
must note that the number 23 is the resonant number of Sirius the enigmatic Egyptian
dog Star. And it is written in Holy Quran sura 53 the star verse 49 which is a mathematical
code: and He, Allah is lord of Sirius.
Note that at the time of the 6th August 1973 accident Stevie
wonder was age 23.also the driver of the truck was age 23. 2x23-46 reversed is
64 which allude to genetic coding… what we wish to cause out that the readers
see here is the influence of Sirius on the life of Stevie wonder. Note the
accident occurred three days after the
release of his masterpiece “Innervisions.” Note that in the Sirius constellation
there are three stars known as Sirius A. Sirius B. and Sirius C. Within the
next three years, Wonder, who was 23 years old when the accident occurred,
would write and record “Fulfillingness’ First Finale,” “Songs in the Key of
Life” and the soundtrack ”Journey Through the Secret Life of plants.
We must be
aware that his music has changed and took on a certain direction since the
accident which we can see mostly in the title of the albums. for instance
in the album “journey through the secret life of plants we hear Stevie teaching
in song about the Sirius star system, explaining how Sirius B the smaller star rotates
around the large star every 50 years, and he goes on to go even deeper into the Dogon cosmology of the universe as it relates to Sirius, which dogon
cosmology is in perfect harmony, with the name of the album as the seed is start
of the plant, and a small seed is focal point of the dogon cosmology teachings…
Hotter than July is the nineteenth album by American
recording artist Stevie Wonder, originally released on Motown's Tamla label on
September 29, 1980. It was certified platinum and reached number three on the
US Billboard chart. The title of this album
Presents a follow-up of
Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants
Released October 30, 1979. Why was it a follow up album ? It
was an esoteric message
Thus the foundation and inspiration of The Holy Book Of
Wonder: as July and august are the hottest days of summer having to do with
what is called dog days, when Sirius conjuncts earths sun, normally around July
23rd which is coincidently the birth date of The Ethiopian King Halie Selassie,
in the song with a reggae rhythm titled Master Blaster Jamming, there are
prophetic lyrics which states “when you are moving in the positive, your
destination is the brightest star” and it is known fact that Sirius is the
Brightest star of The Heavens. So at the essence of this thesis is that the
accident induced coma took the soul of Stevie wonder to the constellation
Sirius where it was programed and sent back to earth, upon awaking with a
message to the world which was to be delivered through Reggae music and The
Rastafari movement, as the song Master Blaster jamming was a dedication and
memorial to The Rastafari Prophet Bob Marley.
This statement can be verified by the Third World reggae band album “You’ve got
the power” released in 1982 with the collaboration of Stevie wonder, who wrote
the song “Try Jah Love” and wrote and also played music on the song “you
Playing us to close” which contains the concert as written of in the holy book
of wonder which is a prophecy and a command. a line of lyrics states “and all
the musicians shall be there, players upon instruments at his feet”
In holy book of wonder one will see the struggle and the
seeming impossibility of the writer to get an interface with the subject of the book, the star of the show,
the many encounters with the people surrounding Stevie wonder his family and
friends employees and even at times being in the presence of Stevie wonder and
then being taken away by the powers that be around him. Over the past seven
years since the Obama administration there is the appearance of madness in the arena of
entertainment many conspiracy theories have surfaced also many strange deaths
and talk of illuminati soul selling ,cloning and just crazy things, I have
never wondered of the possibility of Stevie wonder being cloned or dead ,I have
wondered why was it impossible for me in my endeavor and people with literally
nothing to say are granted conversations with Stevie wonder all the time, but
when it comes to me it’s a no- no, and I have been making big noise concerning Stevie
wonder for over three decades, yet have I to consider the possibility that Stevie
wonder was not real dead or a clone etc., I realized the depth of his importance after Ewart
Abnor had passed away. I did not think much about the passing of his brother Larry
who grew dread locks, I have had a meeting with Abnor and Melody McCulley, mother of his son.fought with his other two brothers, and had what I thought
was a meaningful meeting with the laroda group a clandestine security firm
which at one time always surrounded him, at this time I realized that the
government has 'something to do' with Stevie wonder, currently he is The UN AMBASSODER
OF PEACE, also known as a national treasure, he appears to be very close to the
Obama ADMINERSTRATION,AND this is the point where I know there is a great
possibility something could be very wrong, now I see he's campaigning for or
speaking good of Hillary Clinton and this sign to me is not good at all.
But
what we can conclude from the original premise of this theory is that through the
Holy Book Of wonder it is evident that through the music of Stevie wonder and
six other prophets, The Gods spoke to us in our life time as indicated in the
album by the same name released by Marvin Gaye “In Our Life time”
1973 Car Accident
You are the Sunshine of My Life was just descending the
charts after reaching number one whilst Stevie’s new single Higher Ground which
spoke about spiritual progression through reincarnation, was just beginning its
upward climb. His recently released album, Innervisions, six days earlier was
receiving rave reviews.
It was 6th August 1973 and the prodigious 23 year old
singer, songwriter, musician and producer was heading north on Interstate 85 on
a hot dry Monday afternoon after a performance the night before in Greenville,
South Carolina.
In a wide 1973 Mercury Cruiser, a rental car from Hertz,
driven by his cousin John Wesley Harris, Stevie was on his way to a benefit
performance for the radio station WAFR in Durham sitting in the front passenger
seat. Behind them were two other cars from Stevie’s entourage. Stevie had with
him a reel-to-reel tape recorder along with two-track mixes of
"Innervisions" which he wanted to listen to. Needing a connection to
power the player from the car, Harris stopped off briefly at an electronics
store near Charlotte to purchase a suitable cable.
Stevie Wonder Accident in 1973 As they approached the town
of Salisbury at around 1:40 p.m., just ahead of them was 23 year old Charlie
Shepherd in his 1948 Dodge flatbed farm
truck. A sleeping Wonder was wearing headphones, and Harris, distracted by
something, failed to notice the flatbed truck ahead of them.
There have since been conflicting accounts of the series of
events that led to the injury of Stevie. One of the more popular reports that
still pervade books and the internet was that a log came flying off the truck,
crashed through the windshield of Wonder’s car and hit him on the head, sending
him into a coma.
However Shepherd in a statement later had said he had
already delivered his load of logs in China Grove and that the back of his
truck was empty as he headed for home on Interstate 85. Newspaper photographs
taken on the scene don't show any large logs on the back of the truck, just
some small pieces and broken boards. That seems to mesh with what Stevie told
attorneys as part of a civil suit filed in connection with the accident in
1976. He said the bed of the truck crashed through the windshield and hit him
in the forehead with "great force."
The 2002 biography "Blind Faith: the Miraculous Journey
of Lula Hardaway”, Stevie Wonder's Mother retold the story as follows:
"There was a great, grinding screech as metal hit metal and, then,
impossibly, as if in some lavishly produced Hollywood action movie, one of the
great logs disencumbered itself of the truck and came crashing through the
windshield, spearing Stevie square in the forehead."
Stevie Wonder Accident in 1973Piecing together the disparate
versions of the incident it is clear that Stevie’s car did crash into the back
of the flatbed truck, and the bed of the truck shattered the windshield and
struck him a glancing blow to the head as he would have moved forward as a
result of the impact.
As a result of the collision, Shepherd felt the jolt behind
him and realized, that his truck was sliding out of control toward the college
on his right. The car skidded toward the median. Shepherd's truck began
tipping, then went into a full roll as its momentum carried it completely over
and it landed back on its wheels in the grass just south of the overpass.
Shepherd’s both ankles were broken and his upper lip badly
cut. Stevie was unconscious, however his cousin, John suffered cuts to his
thigh and had glass lodged in his fingertips from the shattered windshield.
Soon members of the band, traveling in the two cars behind,
arrived at the scene and stopped in a panic. One of his brothers rushed to the
car, which had come to rest in the median, and noticed immediately that Stevie
was unresponsive and bleeding from his forehead and scalp.
Stevie was transferred to one of the other cars. Asking
directions to the nearest hospital - Rowan Memorial Hospital, they headed off
with the unresponsive singer.
C&M Ambulance Service, the private ambulance company
that served Rowan County, arrived later to transport Shepherd and Harris.
Charlie Shepherd, flat on his back in the emergency room,
noticed Wonder waiting close to him. But he had no idea who Stevie Wonder was;
he had never heard of the pop star. The two men, both 23 from very different
backgrounds, met by some chance of destiny on that faithful day.
Word spread quickly that Stevie Wonder had been injured
badly in the I-85 accident. People from across the world — reporters from ABC,
NBC, CBS and the BBC, fellow entertainers and fans — were calling the hospital,
digging for any kind of information on Steve's condition. Rowan Memorial
doctors already were making plans to move Stevie to N.C. Baptist Hospital
because, it would be said later, the Winston-Salem hospital had "neurological
facilities."
A representative for The Jackson 5 also had called the
hospital and offered the group's private plane to fly Wonder anywhere in the
country.
That same night, about 9:05, Wonder arrived at N.C. Baptist
Hospital's intensive care unit in Winston-Salem — his vital signs were stable
but he was still unconscious.
Stevie's mother, Lula Mae Hardaway, heard a news bulletin
about the wreck at her home in Detroit and quickly made travel arrangements for
Winston-Salem along with some of her other sons.
The Jackson 5, performing in Greensboro, visited Wonder the
day after the wreck. By telegram and telephone, other entertainers such as
former Beatle Paul McCartney, Roberta Flack and members of the popular band
Chicago sent hopes for a speedy recovery.
Meanwhile, word of Wonder's condition at N.C. Baptist eked
out morsel by morsel. On the Tuesday, doctors upgraded Wonder's condition to
satisfactory, but he remained in the intensive care unit with what they
described as "a bruise on the brain."
A hospital spokesman said no surgery was "indicated or
contemplated" and that no significant change in the singer's condition was
expected over the next 48 hours. A doctor also told the newspaper that Wonder's
chances for a complete recovery were good.
Wonder's longtime friend and publicist Ira Tucker couldn't
even recognize the star. To Tucker, the singer's head seemed to be swollen five
times its normal size — "and nobody could get through to him."
A 2002 biography on Lula Hardaway, "Blind Faith,"
also mentioned how Wonder's family and friends were trying to reach Wonder with
their words. The book recalls: "First one visitor and then another would
gingerly take his hand, lean over to his one exposed ear and gently say,
“Stevie, you there?"
The process of regaining full consciousness was taking
awhile. But the turning point in his hospital recovery as an oft-repeated story
goes — when Ira Tucker loudly began singing "Higher Ground" to the
comatose singer. “Gonna keep on tryin' til I reach my highest ground.” Tucker
soon noticed Wonder moving his fingers in time to the song — doing keyboard
licks on the hospital bed.
Stevie Wonder Accident in 1973Three days into his hospital
stay Stevie was able to talk enough to answer simple questions and was making
slow, steady progress." The next day he was being fed liquids by mouth,
instead of intravenously, though he remained in intensive care.
Charlie Shepherd stayed in Rowan Memorial Hospital for three
days. His injuries, which included two broken ankles, kept him from working for
the next three months.
Stevie stayed at N.C. Baptist Hospital for two weeks,
including a week in intensive care. As a result of the injury Stevie temporarily
lost his sense of smell and was left with a scar on the right side of his
forehead
All the flowers that were coming to him, Stevie had sent to
children patients at the hospital. Stevie also befriended a hospital security
guard named Larry Woolard, whose wedding he would attend two years later.
On Aug. 18 at the hospital, dressed in red with a green
fatigue cap, Wonder gave his first interview since the accident, though he
declined going into details about the wreck itself, saying he really didn't
remember much. “The only thing I know,” he said, “is that I was unconscious,
and that for a few days, I was definitely in a much better spiritual place that
made me aware of a lot of things that concern my life and my future, and what I
have to do to reach another higher ground.” His reference to "Higher
Ground" was no accident.
Standing with Stevie at the interview session was Ewart
Abner, president of Motown; Tucker, his publicist, and Charles Collins, his
administrator. Stevie said the hospital was warm and the people, beautiful.
“I've gotten the feeling of being loved not just because of me being Stevie
Wonder, but being loved as a person,” he said.
With a new sense of mortality, Stevie left Baptist Hospital
Aug. 20, 1973, to convalesce at the University of California at Los Angeles
Medical Center. His mother, three brothers, a registered nurse and Abner
accompanied him.
Wonder would not perform again until March 1974 in New
York's Madison Square Garden.
He told Crawdaddy magazine he felt like he had a second
chance at life. "What happened to me was a very, very critical thing, and
I was really supposed to die," he said. When plastic surgery was suggested
to remove the mark left by the crash, he said "I will leave it as one of
the scars of life I went through."
As recent as November 2008, Stevie returned to Carolina for
a concert at the RBC Center in Raleigh. Stevie opened the night with a short
speech, giving thanks to God as well as the doctors in Winston-Salem who saved
his life after the 1973 crash.”
http://www.steviewonder.org.uk/bio/life-stories/1973_accident.html
Innervisions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innervisions
“Innervisions is the 16th studio album by American musician
Stevie Wonder, released August 3, 1973, on the Tamla label for Motown Records,
a landmark recording of his "classic period".[2] The nine tracks of
Innervisions encompass a wide range of themes and issues: from drug abuse in
"Too High", through inequality and systemic racism in "Living
for the City", to love in the ballads "All in Love Is Fair" and
"Golden Lady". The album's closer, "He's Misstra
Know-It-All", is a scathing attack on then-US President Richard Nixon,
similar to Wonder's song a year later, "You Haven't Done Nothin'".[3]
As with many of Stevie Wonder's albums, the lyrics,
composition and production are almost entirely his own work, with the ARP
synthesizer used prominently throughout the album. The instrument was a common
motif among musicians of the time because of its ability to construct a
complete sound environment. Wonder was the first black artist to experiment
with this technology on a mass scale, and Innervisions was hugely influential
on the subsequent future of commercial black music. He also played all or
virtually all instruments on six of the album's nine tracks, making most of
Innervisions a representative one-man band.”
Post-release car accident
Three days after the commercial release of Innervisions, on
August 6, 1973, Wonder played a concert in Greenville, South Carolina. While on
the way back, just outside Durham, North Carolina, Wonder was asleep in the
front seat of a car being driven by his friend, John Harris, when they were
snaking along the road, behind a truck loaded high with logs. Suddenly the
trucker jammed on his brakes, and the two vehicles collided. Logs went flying,
and one smashed through the wind shield, sailing squarely into Stevie Wonder's
forehead. He was bloody and unconscious when he was pulled from the wrecked
car. For four days he lay in a coma caused by severe brain contusion, causing
media attention and the preoccupation of relatives, friends and fans.
It was his friend and tour director Ira Tucker who first elicited
some response from him:
... I remember when I got to the hospital in Winston-Salem.
Man, I couldn't even recognize him. His head was swollen up about five times
normal size. And nobody could get through to him. I knew that he likes to
listen to music really loud and I thought maybe if I shouted in his ear it
might reach him. The doctor told me to go ahead and try, it couldn't hurt him.
The first time I didn't get any response, but the next day I went back and I
got right down in his ear and sang Higher Ground. His hand was resting on my
arm and after a while his fingers started going in time with the song. I said
yeah, yeah!! This dude is going to make it!
— Ira Tucker
Wonder's climb back to health was still very long and slow.
When he regained consciousness, he discovered that he had lost his sense of
smell (which he later largely recovered).[5] He was deeply afraid that he might
have lost his musical faculty, too.
... We brought one of his instruments—I think it was the
clavinet—to the hospital. For a while, Stevie just looked at it, or didn't do
anything with it. You could see he was afraid to touch it, because he didn't
know if he still had it in him—he didn't know if he could still play. And then,
when he finally did touch it... man, you could just see the happiness spreading
all over him. I'll never forget that.
— Ira Tucker
Still, Wonder had to take medication for a year, tired
easily, and suffered severe headaches. The August 6 accident particularly
changed his way of thinking. His deep faith and spiritual vision made him doubt
that it was "an accident". He stated, "You can never change
anything that has already happened. Everything is the way it's supposed to
be... Everything that ever happened to me is the way it is supposed to have
been." Wonder also commented when he was interviewed by The New York Times
that "the accident opened my ears up to many things around me. Naturally,
life is just more important to me now... and what I do with my life".
Confirming Stevie's belief in destiny, Michael Sembello, Wonder's lead
guitarist at the time, said
... Well, I think he'd always had some awareness of the
spiritual side of life. But the accident really brought it to the surface. Like
now I know he really sees and uses every concert as the spiritual opportunity
it is, to reach people... The accident made him recognize God, it changed him a
lot. Sometimes he'd just drift off in conversation, he'd just... be some place
else. He got really intense after the accident, his ESP got really strong.
— Michael Sembello
... I would like to believe in reincarnation. I would like
to believe that there is another life. I think that sometimes your
consciousness can happen on this earth a second time around. For me, I wrote
Higher Ground even before the accident. But something must have been telling me
that something was going to happen to make me aware of a lot of things and to
get myself together. This is like my second chance for life, to do something or
to do more, and to value the fact that I am alive.
— Stevie Wonder
Before the accident, Wonder had been scheduled to do a
five-week, 20-city tour between March and April 1974. It was postponed, with
the exception of one date in Madison Square Garden in late March. That concert
began with Stevie pointing to his scarred forehead, looking up, grinning, and
giving "thanks to God that I'm alive." 21,000 people in the crowd
roared with applause, and as a Post critic noted, "it was hard not to be
thrilled."
I was on Songs in the key of life and I saw Steve a couple of times since
ReplyDeletethe LP was released. Tried to reach him for songs reunion, but no luck.
I would love to reach Ira or Steve. My name is Colleen
May 15 1956. from Ottawa, Canada
Peace colleen,thanks for replying,sorry it took me so long to find your reply,tonight is Halloween night 10-31-2020 full blue moon,and i'm studying my quest,good to find your note,yes he is very hard to reach by those who really need to reach him,I was wonder if Ira was still alive...well: if you see him before I do let him know i'm out here.peace.
Deletehave read the book re stoneman , i have face booked you , as i feel i could be a missing stoneman ,
ReplyDelete