Unity Descends From Above

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"History brought forth a great moment," the German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright wrote of the French Revolution, the defining event of his lifetime, "but the moment found a mediocre people."
(cited in "Europe's Tragedy, and Europe's Tragedian." Asia Times.)

Ron Rosenbaum, the author of “Explaining Hitler,” even extended the argument to the German Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt, a former student and lover of Heidegger’s. Citing a recent essay by the historian Bernard Wasserstein, Mr. Rosenbaum wrote in Slate.com that Arendt’s thinking about the Holocaust and her famous formulation, “the banality of evil,” were contaminated by Heidegger and other anti-Semitic writings.

Without understanding the soil in which Heidegger’s philosophy is rooted, Mr. Faye argues, people may not realize that his ideas can grow in troubling directions. Heidegger’s dictum to be authentic and free oneself from conventional restraints, for example, can lead to a rejection of morality. The denunciation of reason and soulless modernism can devolve into crude anti-intellectualism and the glorification of “blood and soil.”

After that, whenever a new mayor came to the village, he was found dead a day after his arrival. As this kept happening, mysterious rumors spread through the village, but no one knew for sure what had happened to the men or for what reason.
A brave young man came to the village as a new mayor. He was aware of the deaths of predecessors, but he was not afraid for his own life. When night came, he was sitting in his room when his candle was suddenly blown out and gruesome noises filled the air. The door opened to reveal no one, at first, but then the new mayor saw 2 young female ghosts. He asked them who they were and why they had killed the previous mayors. Weeping, the elder sister explained that all they wanted was to let people know the truth: the elder girl had not been an unchaste girl who committed suicide in shame. She had been framed by her stepmother and murdered by her eldest half-brother. The mayor asked the ghost of Janghwa for any evidence of this. Janghwa told him to examine the miscarried fetus which Stepmother had shown to the villagers.

The next morning, the new mayor did what the sisters' ghosts had asked him to do. He summoned Father, Stepmother, and the eldest son and examined the fetus which Stepmother insisted had come from Janghwa's body. When he split it with a knife, it was revealed to be a rat. Stepmother and her eldest son were sentenced to death. Father, however, was set free because the mayor thought Father had known nothing of Stepmother's evil plan and in fact was just another victim.

(taken from Wikipedia - re: A Tale of Two Sisters [2003])

Sister of Battle
Ready to combat the enemies of the God-Emporer of Man

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To the sound of the bells
Oh victorious way
To the sound of the bells
On a glorious day

All the scum washed away, washed away, washed away
All the dirt washed away, washed away, washed away

Hör’ die Glocken, sie künden von siegreicher Schlacht
Hör’ die Glocken, sie künden vom Ende der Nacht

Von Throhnstahl "Bells"

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Ofrenda for/to/of Dead Child


Statues of Saint Death (Santa Muerte)


Sigils in front of the Shrine to Santa Muerte
Does anyone know what they mean?

More Halloween goodness. Evidently, Salem, Mass. is conducting a new witch-hunt. Sexy Costumes Lead To Tween Prostitution Arrests. Thanks to StevenSteven for posting this link.

"In Salem, the girls were dressed as Sexy Hello Kitty, Sexy American Girl and Sexy Dora the Explorer, along with more generic costumes like Sexy Witch, Sexy Princess and Sexy Preschooler"

[note: it's satire]

I often post about the abuses of the sex offenders list, for a change of pace I present the case of Sarah Kruzan. She killed her pimp who'd raped her and put her out as a prostitute at the age of 13. She was 16 and got life -- for killing a pimp. It's not like she was a brutal rapist or a clear and present danger to society. Hell, she did society a favor.

BARBAROSSA UMTRUNK / Kazeria - 72 Candles In Cairo CD
Split CD 11 track (72min) in DVD case with 2 Insert is hand numbered of 100 copies.
This 75 normal CD and 25 copies comes with bonus VCD ( Video 25min).

Barbarossa Umtrunck and Kazeria [KZ] have released a split album called '72 Candles in Cairo 1904.' As you might guess, it is dedicated to Liber AL. Barbarossa Umtruck normally delivers an enjoyable Martial Industrial / Militant Neofolk type sound. The works on this album introduce a ritual ambient element and makes liberal use of the vocals on "The Great Beast Speaks" album. The Kazeria [KZ] tracks start off with the moody title track. I am reminded of the works On Coil's 'Musick To Play In The Dark.' Calm, brooding pieces with minor interjections of discordance -- they are difficult to make out, but I believe that they are also Crowley samples. The ending sample on 'Black Stars of Thelema' is great, some British accented woman saying that Crowley was what you would call today a psychopath (due to his lack of morals). The final Kazeria track is more upbeat, rather EBM-like.

I have not watched the DVD yet.

( Cover [NSFW] )
Sample tracks:
Barbarossa Umtrunk - Aiwas Commandments
Kazeria - 72 candles in Cairo

Zombies, we all secretly (or not so secretly) love them -- but why? With Night of the Living Dead, Zombies became America's Godzilla, a cautionary tale of what could happen when Science runs amok. Unlike with Godzilla, however, they are also a reassurance that no matter what those pointy headed scientists get up to, a shotgun and machete are all that is required to set things right. (article)

Evidently, the Kanji character known as Fenrir means "Ice Wolf." I haven't been able to verify this using google and I cannot really use a Kanji dictionary yet, however if this is correct a little part of me thinks it is really cool. Hail the universal proto-language...

I've been really enjoying Wakashima Kanon (分島 花音). Imagine a ethereal goth style with a cello and you are in the ballpark for her sound. Evidently, she works with Mana (Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois) who has a more Death Rock/Metal edge. When I saw this ending for Vampire Knight, I had to find the artist.

Search at Nipponsei for Vampire Knight ending will get you the torrent for this track.

As many of you know, I was once an "employee" of the Church of Scientology. It was short lived, but it has left me with a dislike for the organization. They were charged and convicted of fraud in France. It also appears that Nightline is covering the problem of Scientology.

Sexing the Ape Men. Scientist convinced Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens had sex. He's trying to figure out if they had children...

HP is taking the University of Michigan's scanned book collections and making them available via a print on demand. This may be the only way to get Crowley's works in the future....

Tesla sets new record for electronic car distance.

Panel proposes more realistic goals for NASA.

The Great Stupa of Sanchi
Original: 3rd Century BC
Embellished over the passing centuries.


Borobudur Stupa

and yes, it amuses me to use Christian dating for Buddhist Monuments.

Kotodama or kototama (言霊, lit. "word spirit/soul") refers to the Japanese belief that mystical powers dwell in words and names. English translations include "soul of language", "spirit of language", "power of language", "power word", "magic word", and "sacred sound". The notion of kotodama presupposes that sounds can magically affect objects, and that ritual word usages can influence our environment, body, mind, and soul.

This Japanese compound kotodama combines koto 言 "word; speech" and tama 霊 "spirit; soul" (or 魂 "soul; spirit; ghost") voiced as dama in rendaku. In contrast, the unvoiced kototama pronunciation especially refers to kototamagaku (言霊学, "study of kotodama"), which was popularized by Onisaburo Deguchi in the Oomoto religion. This field takes the Japanese gojūon phonology as the mystical basis of words and meanings, in rough analogy to Hebrew Kabbalah.

The etymology of kotodama is uncertain, but one explanation correlating words and events links two Japanese words pronounced koto: this 言 "word; words; speech" and 事 "situation; circumstances; state of affairs; occurrence; event; incident". Note that these two kanji were used interchangeably in the name Kotoshironushi 事代主 or 言代主, an oracular kami mentioned in the Kojiki and Nihon shoki. Kotodama is related with Japanese words such as kotoage 言挙 "words raised up; invoke the magical power of words", kotomuke 言向 "directed words; cause submission though the power of words", and jumon 呪文 "magic spell; magic words; incantation".

Kotodama is a central concept in Japanese mythology, Shinto, and Kokugaku. For example, the Kojiki describes an ukei (or seiyaku) 誓約 "covenant; trial by pledge" between the sibling gods Susanoo and Amaterasu, "Let each of us swear, and produce children".  Uttering the divine words of an ukehi supposedly determines results, and in this case, Amaterasu giving birth to five male deities proved that Susanoo's intentions were pure.

Kototama or kotodama is also fundamental to Japanese martial arts, for instance, in the use of kiai. Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido, used kototama as a spiritual basis for his teachings. William Gleason says Ueshiba "created aikido based on the kototama principle," and quotes him that "Aikido is the superlative way to practice the kototama. It is the means by which one realizes his true nature as a god and finds ultimate freedom." Mutsuro Nakazono, a disciple of Ueshiba, wrote books on the importance of kototama in aikido.

While other cultures have animistic parallels to kotodama, such as mantra, mana, and logos, some Japanese people believe the "word spirit" is unique to the Japanese language. One of the classical names of Japan is kotodama no sagiwau kuni (言霊の幸う国, "the land where the mysterious workings of language bring bliss"), a phrase that originated in the Man'yōshū.

from Wikipedia

Jon Stewart Needs Letters of Support for having Dr. Barghouti and Anna Baltzer on “The Daily Show"

We’ve been asked to pass on this urgent request.

From: anna.baltzer@gmail.com

Daily Show needs letters of support for having Barghouti & me on

Dear friends,

Last night Dr. Barghouti and I were on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart talking about Palestine.

The show was overwhelmed with angry emails and phone calls prior to the appearance, and up until the last minute it seemed like they might cancel. During the taping the show had it's only heckler in 11 years. The entire staff was very nervous and may come to regret the monumental decision (and not make it again) as they will surely be inundated now that the show has aired.

That is why it is CRUCIAL that the show receive letters of support from anyone who appreciated the interview.

PLEASE take a moment to give a quick thank you to the Daily Show. I'm sure they will likely be affected by numbers rather than length, so it's OK to make it short, but spread the word to others! Be sure to put "Thank you" in the subject, and maybe Dr. Barghouti & my names. Fill out the form here: http://www.comedycentral.com/help/questionsCC.jhtml

(make sure to choose The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as your topic).

You can also try calling 212-468-1700.

Many of you who watched the show on TV noticed that everything of real substance that I said was edited out. The major issues cut out were (1) the U.S. role in aiding Israel, (2) the lack of adequate coverage in mainstream U.S. media, and (3) the Palestinian-led movement for Boycott / Divestment / Sanctions (BDS) to nonviolently pressure Israel to comply with international law.

The full, un-cut interview is available on the Daily Show homepage:  www.thedailyshow.com

It's worth watching and comparing with what they allowed said in the TV version.

Regardless of the cuts, this was a huge step for the movement (and Dr. Barghouti's left-in parts were excellent, in my opinion). If you agree, do make your letters positive, even if you decide to mention the disappointing discrepancy between the full interview and what was aired.

I believe the interview wouldn't have happened three years ago. Times are changing. Keep on keepin' on...

Anna

PS: I launched a new version of my website in time for the show, in case you're interested:

www.AnnaInTheMiddleEast.com <http://www.AnnaInTheMiddleEast.com/>

For more information see http://mondoweiss.net.

Politically speaking, the crisis of the principle of authority seems to us to constitute the most serious difficulty. Let us repeat that we speak of authority in the true sense, which is such as to determine not only obedience, but also natural adherence and direct recognition. - Evola [cited by keith418]

  Lind discusses how "La Familia" in Mexico has replaced the state in its region. It reminds me of Hamas...

Moments in History: Hobbes: The First Counter Revolutionary.

Find out more regarding the PsyOp program aimed at the American Public by the Bush Administration era Pentagon. Read and wonder if Obama really dismantled the program. After all, his first move was to end the War on Terror, aka the Long War, by renaming it to something else. Add to this the article on whether the US counts as a "Failed State." [both viakeith418]

 Cracked Magazine brings us "The Five Most Popular Safety Laws that don't work." See if your favorites stupid safety laws made it, mine did.

 Also from Cracked,throwingstardna provides us with the results from their contest on "The World of Tomorrow (If The Internet Disappeared Today)"

Home of the Moon Men Found? Possible entrance to interior of moon found. To prevent full-scale panic, the government is referring to them as "Lava Tubes" rather than "Entrances to Hostile Moon Men Secret Lunar Base."

The Oracle that is Steven Stapleton. On Automating Two, in "Human Human Human" Steven discussed the necessity of eliminating the drain caused by Animals on this planet. The resultant transference of affection, once wasted on lower plane beings, was felt on several astral planes. Following in these footsteps, the Vales have analysed the eco-footprint of the common dog and cat. The results aren't too good for Fido.

 Keith418 knows what we want to know. Here are some fabulous pictures from the recent Chinese Celebration. 

Men love death. In everything they make, they hollow out a central place for death, let its rancid smell contaminate every dimension of whatever still survives. Men especially love murder. In art they celebrate it, and in life they commit it. They embrace murder as if life without it would be devoid of passion, meaning, and action, as if murder were solace, stilling their sobs as they mourn the emptiness and alienation of their lives - Andrea Dworkin

What is meant by the Method of Science? Charles Maurras states "What our fathers did through custom and feeling, we ourselves pursue it through reason and will, with the assurance and clarity of science." Gornahoor (briefly) discusses this quote as contrasted with Marx (the winning view) and science's subordination to a Materialistic Ideology.

I must say, listening to Last.FM's Shonen Knife radio is exposing me to a lot of pretty fun Japanese Girl "punk" bands -- many of which seem to have a strong "surf" music undercurrent (e.g. GitoGito Hustler). Whoo hooo! 

If we consider the Western world as a whole (Europe and its background), and not only the small portion of it which one generally has in mind when speaking of “the West”, then we have to include in it the countries of the Bible—Syria, Egypt, Arabia, Iraq—no less than Greece; for they are the geographical and cultural background of Christianity, the religion of Europe for centuries. -- Savitri Devi. Son of the Sun

Keith418 has provided these items on the Apocrypha of John.

When did iao131 become our resident spokesperson for Thelema? Is he blowing the professor of this class or what (check out the syllabus)? I don't recall anything ever coming from him that was worthwhile, though I am willing to be mistaken on that point. The real question is: will he be struck down by RHK as was Tim, or will he become unable to hide from the reality that is Thelema and run away as did Ash. [via Keith418]

I received my copy of the joint project between Triarii and Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio. It is an excellent album, however it seems to be dominated more by the Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio than Triarii. My guess is that Tomas Pettersson wrote the lyrics which in turn forced the music into a style very similar to an Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio album. Perhaps it is a little more bombastic, but I was hoping for a stronger Triarii presence. You should still buy a copy as it is well worth the price, but I am still a little disappointed.

Quite naturally, White Nationalists want to cut loose that "huge anchor" pulling America in an anti-racist direction, eject the people who are "urinating" in our discursive pool, and cast off the "70 lb. backpack" holding down our movement. As Spock would say, it is only logical. I emphasize: this is not to say the Jews should be rounded up in concentration camps and exterminated. Rather, we believe they should seek refuge elsewhere, maybe in Israel where they already have a state of their own.

http://xkcd.com/647/

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http://www.little-gamers.com/2009/10/09/leave-it-to-the-norweigans/

More info on how social networks sell your personably identifiable information.

Yet another article on user data, and the class divisions they show, in MySpace vs. Facebook.

 The Seven Deadly Sins mapped to the US. [via Keith418]

 Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian. - Robert Orben

We see quotes like this all the time. Seldom is it meant as a counter to permitting immigration (whether illegal or just the super high counts we permit). It's as if the people speaking them are unaware of history -- or perhaps it is the arrogance of your typical American. For some reason they think that we won't go the way of the Native American if we allow ourselves to be culturally displaced. It's as if the (mostly) liberals think that what occurred to the natives wasn't all that bad or that it was ultimately beneficial. We came in, killed them off by gun & disease, weakened them with alcohol and herded them into little pens comprised of some of the least hospitable land in the union. We then consistently violated our treaties whenever convenient. Now we are told that we should permit unrestricted immigration because we were immigrants? Why do we think that we will escape the fate that has happened to every other group?

Evidently the "Conservatives" are in a twitter because a school sang a line or two regarding Obama in a song about presidents during black history month after the inauguration. While school recitals are often very tiring, comparing them to the Khmer Rouge is a bit much. Stewart discusses this. Obamination of a nation.

 Obama moves to oppress those who are too young to vote. He intends to increase the amount of time that children spend in school. Parents everywhere rejoice.

 New fossils show stages from "tree-dweller" to Flying dinosaur.

Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga

The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left--the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds. -- King Farouk of Egypt

Title quote by Flannery O'Connor.

• 19:38 At dark arts festival. My dislike of others is strengthening