From here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson, reinterpreted so as to spread the Good News to All.
Jesus Christ Superstar (born Dec. 25th, 0AD, as Jesus H. Christ) was the founder and leader of the “People Who Loved Each Other Unconditionally,” a cult he began in Israel in 30AD. He was convicted of being a dick for commanding certain members of the group to carry out the March 33AD throwing of the money-changers out of the BankTemple in Jerusalem. Though there was no evidence he personally was a dick, he was found guilty anyway, through the joint-responsibility rule of conspiracy (see Roman Penal Code Statue 55.62-B).
Having suffered, crucified and died, Jesus Christ Superstar is - officiallly according to Rome) presently an inmate in Hell, where he is serving an eternal sentence (and not actually still alive and walking around partying with his friends of flying up into Heaven or some shit as some of you may have heard).
Jesus Christ Superstar spent most of his adult life in prison, initially for offenses such as car theft, forgery, credit card fraud and pimping (See also: Magdalene, Mary). In the late 20ADs, he migrated to Jerusalem, wanting to become a prophet; instead, he befriended some disenfranchised young people (low life circus freaks, tax collectors, drop-outs, addicts and hookers, mostly - slutty slutty hookers!) and began calling them his “family.” (What the hell, I know, right? What an asshole this guy is - I mean was! Family? Fuck that!)
Before the throwing out of the money changers or whatever, Jesus Christ Superstar was also friends with several notable prophets, including John the Baptist of the pop rock group The Essenes, and was a marginally successful prophet who recorded several albums (gospels); his songs and teachings have since been covered by many prophets.
Since his trial and conviction, Jesus Christ Superstar’s name and image have been integrated into American pop culture, typically as a symbol of (values and symbols the Roman Empire wants you to automatically reject as) evil.
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http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005...01/mansons-helter-skelter-apocalypse/
And I’ve always been into this Manson quote:
well, it could be characterised as paranoia…….but when your own internal dialog shuts the fuck up for long enough it`s suprising what you hear, see, taste, smell and feel.
Sure is hard to get it to shut up for that long though, huh?
yeah, even when on are on acid one is still trying to make sense of it all. rationalisation will kill you.
or allow the ego to persist.
See, to me, The coyote is the opposite of Christ. But, like, I don’t think that’s profound or anything to disagree with Charles Manson.
But maybe They aren’t opposite, I just associate them with being opposite from the perspective of being a former Christian. Maybe Christians are opposite of the coyote but Christ is not.
I associate being a Christian with being a sheep. Sheep want to feel safe and protected. They want a shepherd to provide security, so then their senses become duller the more faith they have in the shepherd. Because they don’t need them. They atrophy. Like the eyes of a cave fish.
To be a coyote is to take a step into the dark side. To see the Universe as hostile and to seek to become indomitable. Coyotes are pretty much indomitable. They can’t be killed off. The wolves got killed off. I think what it was was that the wolves reighned as Kings and got deposed, the coyotes evolved as outcasts, living on the edges in the shadow of the wolf. Wolves will kill coyotes on sight.
Interesting quote though Tim. I guess you are a mystical type Christian, more like Christ himself than one of his sheep.
i tried to be a sheep for so long……just to belong.
one cannot betray one`s nature and live.
true dat…
I dig the reinterpretation, Tim. John the Baptist was a hardcore dude. Peace to the Mandeans–may they survive the bombings.
Coyote–like Jesus–is a benevolent trickster. And as you point out, Ted, coyotes live on the edges, outcasts. And Jesus hung about with outcasts. The symbolism we usually have is him as a shephard, but that’s just as much condensing reference points from Dionysian religion (Dionysis was often depicted as a shephard) as anything else. (then again, Dionysus was a trickster…like Coyote Jesus/Ugly).
It’s just picking the symbols that energize and speak to your soul and going with it fully, I’d say, that matters, so that you can act from your true nature.
Enjoying your darkworker experimentation on your site, btw, Ted. Best to you.
How’s it goin, Alistair?
Another interesting thought:
in chess the queen seems more powerful than any other player
and when pawns reach the opposing line their dedication and willingness to sacrifice themselves makes them into queens! although in checkers i guess its “king me”, right?
Nevermind the election of the King and Queen at the ritual harvest prom festival!
Yet another tangent, possibly to be explored later:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene
People use that as “evidence” that Jesus was married. But if Jesus and Mary were having some kind of sacred tantric non-procreative sex, then it would only make sense that they would not be legally married, because their union would be of god and goddess in total ecstasy, which makes legal marriage irrelevant and laughable and provides a “logical” solution to the did Jesus have kids argument and still maintains Dan Brown’s precious “Divine Feminine” stuff…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onanism
Could also describe esoteric sex practices of witholding ejaculation.
In the Bible God “kills” Onanism for spilling his seed. Didn’t some Gnostics believe that procreating was a crime because it brought another soul into this world to suffer? By dispelling “seed” you condemn yourself to the cycle of death and nature DNA. By not spilling seed - we could conjecture - maybe God grant’s eternal life through divine ecstatic sexual union with the goddess?
http://www.enduringword.com/commentaries/0315.htm
The Symbolism of Chess by Titus Burckhardt
http://www.cultdeadcow.com/archives/2006/11/the_symbolism_of_che.php3
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[...] Charles Manson, despite being the “Son of Man” wasn’t Jesus so much as he was John the Baptist. Just look at him out there ranting and raving like a wildman in the desert. John the Baptist was imprisoned by Herod, correct? And beheaded? That’s what television is for: beheadings, Talking Heads. Heads fixed onto the spikes of antennae which line the roads in and out of our towns and villages. Heads which moan and weep in warning, making an example of those who would be successful: play by our rules or rot in our prisons. Rome, Rome, what have you done for me lately? Besides all the infrastructure, that is? [...]