tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post1094348580874890124..comments2024-02-26T00:37:47.131-08:00Comments on Broomstick Chronicles: Collective JoyBroomstick Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11217890674112142957noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-5191793468243259702007-10-09T16:29:00.000-07:002007-10-09T16:29:00.000-07:00I LOVED that book. So many incredible insights.I LOVED that book. So many incredible insights.Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-15148862923236868302007-10-09T07:44:00.000-07:002007-10-09T07:44:00.000-07:00"I might add that Dionysus is the original Christo..."I might add that Dionysus is the original Christos, or the god who is apprehended by the worshipper's consumption of his essence."<BR/><BR/>"Original" is such a dangerous word. It's a very old idea, and probably older than Dionysos. In many times and places, Mother says: You are what you eat.<BR/><BR/>Here's a bit from the Pyramid of Unas, containing some of the oldest writing (http://touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramidtext.htm):<BR/><BR/>Utt. 173-4<BR/>The Dead King Hunts and Eats the Gods<BR/><BR/>The sky is overcast,<BR/>The stars are darkened,<BR/>The celestial expanses quiver,<BR/>The bones of the earth-gods tremble,<BR/>The planets are stilled,<BR/>For they have seen the King appearing in power<BR/>As a god who lives on his fathers<BR/>And feeds on his mothers;<BR/>The King is a master of wisdom<BR/>Whose mother knows not his name.<BR/>The glory of the King is in the sky,<BR/>His power is in the horizon<BR/>Like his father Atum who begot him.<BR/>He begot the King,<BR/>And the King is mightier than he.<BR/>The King's powers are about him,<BR/>His qualities are under his feet,<BR/>His gods are upon him,<BR/>His uraei are on the crown of his head,<BR/>The King's guiding serpent is on his brow,<BR/>Even that which sees the soul,<BR/>Efficient for burning;<BR/>The King' neck is on his trunk.<BR/>The King is the Bull of the sky,<BR/>Who conquers at will,<BR/>Who lives on the being of very god,<BR/>Who eats their entrails,<BR/>Even of those who come with their bodies full of magic<BR/>From the Island of Fire.<BR/>The King is one equipped,<BR/>Who assembles his spirits;<BR/>The King has appeared as the Great One,<BR/>A possessor of helpers;<BR/>He sits with his back to Geb,<BR/>For it is the King who will give judgement<BR/>In company with Him whose name is hidden<BR/>On that day of slaying the Oldest Ones.<BR/>The King is a possessor of offerings who knots the cord<BR/>And who himself prepares his meal;<BR/>The King is one who eats men and lives on the gods,<BR/>A possessor of porters who dispatches messages;<BR/>It is Grasper-of-topknots who is Kehau<BR/>Who lassos them for the King;<BR/>It is the Serpent with raised head<BR/>Who guards them for him<BR/>And restrains them for him;<BR/>It is He who is over the blood-offering<BR/>Who binds them for him;<BR/>It is Khons who slew the lords<BR/>Who strangles them for the King<BR/>And extracts for him what is in their bodies,<BR/>For he is the messenger whom the King sends to restrain.<BR/>It is Shezmu who cuts them up for the King<BR/>And who cooks for him a portion of them<BR/>On his evening hearthstones.<BR/>It is the King who eats their magic<BR/>And gulps down their spirits;<BR/>Their big ones are for his morning meal,<BR/>Their middle-sized ones are for his evening meal,<BR/>Their little ones are for his night meal,<BR/>Their old men and their old women are for his incense-burning.<BR/>It is the Great Ones in the north of the sky<BR/>Who set the fire for him<BR/>To the cauldrons containing them<BR/>With the thighs of their oldest ones,<BR/>Those who are in the sky serve the King,<BR/>And the hearthstones are wiped over for him<BR/>With the feet of their women.<BR/>He has traveled around the whole of the two skies,<BR/>He has circumambulated the Two Banks,<BR/>For the King is a great Power<BR/>Who has power over the Powers;<BR/>The King is a sacred image,<BR/>The most sacred of the sacred images of the Great One,<BR/>And whomsoever he finds in his way,<BR/>Him he devours piecemeal.<BR/>The King's place is at the head<BR/>Of all the august ones who are in the horizon,<BR/>For the King is a god, older than the oldest.<BR/>Thousands serve him,<BR/>Hundreds offer to him,<BR/>There is given to him a warrant as Great Power<BR/>By Orion, father of the gods.<BR/>The King has appeared again in the sky,<BR/>He is crowned as Lord of the horizon;<BR/>He has broken the backbones<BR/>And has taken the hearts of the gods;<BR/>He has eaten the Red Crown,<BR/>He has swallowed the Green One.<BR/>The King fees on the lungs of the Wise Ones,<BR/>And is satisfied with living on hearts and their magic;<BR/>The King revolts against licking the...<BR/>Which are in the Red Crown.<BR/>He enjoys himself when their magic is in his belly;<BR/>The King's dignities shall not be taken away from him,<BR/>For he has swallowed the intelligence of every god.<BR/>The King's lifetime is eternity,<BR/>His limit is everlastingness<BR/>In this his dignity of:<BR/>"If he wishes, he does;<BR/>If he dislikes, he does not,"<BR/>Even he who is at the limits of the horizon forever and ever.<BR/>See, their souls are in the King's belly,<BR/>Their spirits are in the King's possession<BR/>As the surplus of his meal out of the gods<BR/>Which is cooked for the King out of their bones.<BR/>See, their souls are in the King's possession,<BR/>Their shades are removed from their owners,<BR/>While the King is this one who ever appears and endures,<BR/>And the doers of (ill) deeds have no power to destroy<BR/>The favorite place of the King among those who live in this land<BR/>Forever and ever.Mercury Redbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977075893764518410noreply@blogger.com