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Back at the Cock & Suck
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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That I'm back at the "Cock & Suck", the pub I've been at the last few years, and this year they've hired a whole new pile of employees. New cooks, servers, skulls every one, tattoos, overly friendly. And waitresses who think they know me and are sexually forward, only I'm kind of lost...
They're all settling in, there's rooms here, rooms there, everyone's found a place to sleep and I don't want to, don't want to be beholding to the company store...
These places, rooms, restaurant, I've never been, yet they're familiar, as if from another dream, and everywhere I go I'm finding their stuff, my stuff, trunks of my stuff left behind from years past, trying to gather it up, only I haven't the arms, and I'm not sure yet where I'm taking it to...
Rowena, Philippine ex from London, here in a bedroom with husband, he's old, she's "Shhhh"-ing me when I recognize her, close the door, still there's the other waitresses, familiar, lewd, and I'm still gathering my possessions and looking for a place to sleep...
Shit-show of a dream, mixed feelings about returning to the restaurant, "Rowena"? Wtf? ...and the locations, familiar only through other dreams...
The Grateful Dead
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(Not the band)
A common folklore/fairy tale motif, common world-wide, in which an unsuspecting traveler does a good turn for what turns out to be a spirit, who then finds a way to repay him/her.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_dead_(folklore)
Demonology
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It's been a while since I've done any reading on the subject, and - to be frank, it's not something that comes up in day to day conversation. Not in Canada, anyways.
So - a bit of research down obscure rabbit-holes, some curious books and grimoires indeed, and - magic of the internet - most of it is available online.
So, without further ado, to begin:
- Wiki on Demonology
- Wiki on The Pseudomonarchia Daemonum
- Wiki on The Classification of Demons
- Wiki on The Testament of Solomon
That's a start, and should keep you busy for a few days (or weeks). And, yes, with a very little bit of searching you can find the originals online and in translation...
Theosophy
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So, going down the more esoteric listening rabbit holes of Theosophy and other such Biblical interpretations.
Noteworthy - and - occasionally cringe worthy - "Acres of Diamonds" by Russell H. Conwell - which takes the old folk tale of the Arabian who dreams of a buried treasure, travels far and wide, then returns to discover it buried in his own back yard. This - the entire narration - be a good neighbor, and you will be amply rewarded. The style of writing - more or less compiled from various of the authors travelling lectures - often painful, ridiculous, but - it's of the era. That said I would be curious to attend one of his speeches, if only to see how he presented his lectures, somewhat in the manner of an itinerant preacher I imagine.
Other books - "Your Invisible Power" by Genevieve Behrend, "The Game of Life and How to Play It" by Florence Scovel Shinn - classics - there are dozens in the same light - as ye think so shall ye become, the world is a manifestation of thought, etc. etc. Noteworthy uploaders include Master Key Society, Esoteric Tower, Psychology Library.
Now, just a quick note - every new age flapdoodle religion or belief has it's grounding in these books. "The Secret" is nothing more than old knowledge recycled and passed down time and time again. What is curious is that we need such an inane movie to readvise us of what is probably the closest reasonable interpretation of the Bible there is.
Other worthwhile listening comes in the form of Alan Watts - whom I'm not perfectly in accordance with, but I enjoy his lectures nonetheless.
And Carl Jung, his own readings or competent readings from his works - his theories on symbolism & psychology greatly embellished Freuds.
So, there, largely, lies my listening pleasures lately, some curious things online, if only you know how to find them.
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