And I thought my decoder ring was cool. I have questions. Sure. But they are encrypted in a spiralling lucid dream state that I am presently activating. Be with you in a minute.
A wild ride dammit. Don't know what is real or false here
Anyway,
“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”
― James Baldwin, The FIRE Next Time
Hey hey hey, the primitives knew how to deal nicely with outcasted individuals, those who in western societies are "possessed" by the "Devil" or in the modern ones "mental illness"
According to Stanley Diamond on his book, In Search of the Primitive:
(Diamond was a fucking genius anthropologist, full of ... uuuh ... insights!)
"The Nama role-transition rites are indicative. At puberty, childbirth, the death of a spouse, the contraction of certain diseases, the slaying of an enemy in war, the killing of a large game animal and similar occasions, the individual is said to be in a condition called ! nau (in an unclean, labile or dangerous state).
During these periods, he is suspended between two statuses and is considered to be dangerous to himself and to others; he is in the tribe but not of it. Therefore, he is isolated, and placed in the care of an immune guardian, who has passed through the ! nau period for the identical event. In order to be restored to normality, a person must undergo a ritual cleansing, participate in a common meal with people who have emerged from the same situation and then be re-introduced into the life of the tribe by his guardian, at a ceremonial dance. The person is, in short, reborn"
And I thought my decoder ring was cool. I have questions. Sure. But they are encrypted in a spiralling lucid dream state that I am presently activating. Be with you in a minute.
I look forward to future papers.
Hope someone can cough up the funding - it’s not cheap burning through defense research staff like that.
If we can get our boys to perform the Abramelin operation, the Ukraine/Russia debacle could be gone in a poof. I know: funding.
You're a true operator Bradley. Work some budget magic and free up the funds for some serious necromantic black ops.
That zippo will get you every time!
Hey Seany, did you spot who the kid at the end who gets the zippo treatment 'really' is?
Gio! :))
You one clevva fella
You're a great writer. 👏
Very kind old boy. Regards mutual
A wild ride dammit. Don't know what is real or false here
Anyway,
“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”
― James Baldwin, The FIRE Next Time
Hey hey hey, the primitives knew how to deal nicely with outcasted individuals, those who in western societies are "possessed" by the "Devil" or in the modern ones "mental illness"
According to Stanley Diamond on his book, In Search of the Primitive:
(Diamond was a fucking genius anthropologist, full of ... uuuh ... insights!)
"The Nama role-transition rites are indicative. At puberty, childbirth, the death of a spouse, the contraction of certain diseases, the slaying of an enemy in war, the killing of a large game animal and similar occasions, the individual is said to be in a condition called ! nau (in an unclean, labile or dangerous state).
During these periods, he is suspended between two statuses and is considered to be dangerous to himself and to others; he is in the tribe but not of it. Therefore, he is isolated, and placed in the care of an immune guardian, who has passed through the ! nau period for the identical event. In order to be restored to normality, a person must undergo a ritual cleansing, participate in a common meal with people who have emerged from the same situation and then be re-introduced into the life of the tribe by his guardian, at a ceremonial dance. The person is, in short, reborn"
Where would we be without DARPA?