Showing posts with label Maat. Show all posts
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Wednesday 20 July 2016

Boudicca and Lucretia


Boudicca - A Mother's Revenge


[Go to Boudicca: Marriage, Rape & Revenge Part I]

A whole troop of foreigners would not be able to withstand a single Celt if he called his wife to his assistance. The wife is even more formidable. She is usually very strong, and with blue eyes; in rage her neck veins swell, she gnashes her teeth, and brandishes her snow-white robust arms. She begins to strike blows mingled with kicks, as if they were so many missles sent from the string of a catapault.
Ammianus Marcellinus from Celtic Women, p.82.

Lucretia

The Romans had a very different attitude towards women and rape. The latter was a property crime against the husband or paterfamilias. The story of Lucretia (who stabbed herself rather than allow her name to go through posterity tainted) epitomizes the shame felt by Roman victims.Lucretia had been such a model of Roman feminine virtue that she enflamed the lust of the son of the king, Tarquinus Superbus, to the point that he arranged to accost her in private. When she resisted his pleas, he threatened to place her naked, dead body beside that of a male slave in the same state so that it would look like adultery. The threat worked and Lucretia permitted the violation.
Following the rape, Lucretia told her male relatives, elicited a promise for revenge, and stabbed herself. Livy

Chiomara & Camma

For the Celts, rape doesn't seem to have been so much shameful as demanding dial, revenge. In the first instance below, the victim is said to have quipped that there should be only one man alive who knows her carnally. In the second case the woman seems to have hated the man so much that she thought it was worth self-sacrifice to get rid of him. The third instance is a bit different. As Antonia Fraser points out in Warrior Queens, there the rape was a calculated, political move whose intent was to show the Celts their helplessness against the Romans.
Chiomara, a famous Celtic Queen and the wife of Ortagion of the Tolistoboii, was captured by the Romans and raped by a centurion in 189 B.C. When the centurion learned of her status, he demanded (and received) ransom While the centurion gathered his gold, Chiomara took his head. Peter Berresford Ellis, in Celtic Womenattributes this story to a conversation between Polybius and the queen recorded by Plutarch.
Another story from Plutarch concerns that curious eighth form of Celtic marriage, that by rape ( lánamnas éicne no sláithe, in Irish Brehon Law, and kynnywedi ar liw ac ar oleu, in the Welsh). A priestess of Brigid named Camma was wife of a chieftain named Sinatos. Sinorix murdered Sinatos, then forced the priestess to marry him. Camma put poison in the ceremonial cup from which they both drank. To allay his suspicions, she drank first.

Boudicca

Boudicca, one of history's most powerful women, suffered rape only vicariously -- as a mother, but her revenge detroyed thousands.

Tacitus
Prasutagus, king of the Iceni, made an alliance with Rome so that he would be allowed to rule his territory (as a client-king). When he died in 60 A.D., Tacitus reports that he made the emperor and his own two daughters heirs, hoping, thereby, to placate Rome. Such a will was not in accordance with Celtic law; nor did it satisfy the new emperor, for centurions plundered Prasutagus' house, whipped his widow, Boudicca, and raped their daughters.
It was time for revenge (dial). Boudicca, as ruler and war leader of the Iceni, led a retaliatory revolt against the Romans. Enlisting the support of the neighboring tribe of Trinovantes and possibly some others, she headed towards the town the Romans called Camulodunum, the new administrative capital of the Roman imperial province. After Boudicca's forces resoundingly defeated the Roman troops at Camulodonum and virtually annihilated the IX Hispania, they headed towards London. The Roman commander chose to sacrifice London, so when Boudicca's troops arrived, they slaughtered all Romans and razed the town.
Then the tide turned. Not to dwell on the sad details -- eventually Boudicca was defeated, but not captured. She and her daughters are thought to have taken poison to avoid capture and ritual execution at Rome.
Now she lives on in legend as Boadicea of the flaming mane who stands towering, in a scythe wheeled chariot.

Boudicca Resources

  • 61 CE Destruction of Mona
    Another reason the surrounding tribes joined Boudicca against the Romans was the destruction of a holy place.
    From [www.iglobal.net/psman/barbarian/hist1.html] Barbarian History
    This essay addressed charges brought against the northerners by the Greeks and Romans.
    It should be noted that for the most part, the Romans with their war-oriented civilization, both appreciated and feared the barbarians as mighty warriors. It was the more effete Greeks who excoriated the barbarians as bloody, subhuman, demonic entities.
  • Boudicca, the Queen of the Iceni, led a revolt against the Roman military in A.D. 60-61.
    from Athena Review, Vol.1, No.1.
  • Description by Tacitus of the rebellion of Boudicca
    From Athena Review. Includes accounts of Boudicca's whipping, exhortation of her troops, and final suicide.
  • Scottish Timeline
    Ancient portion deals with the Romans. Includes Hadrian's and Antonine's Walls.
  • Timeline of Celtic History
  • Women and Violence in Greek Culture
    Article on the article by Edward Harris, which contains legal definitions of rape, punishments inflicted, literary examples, and vocabulary.

Saturday 16 July 2016

Something terrible is about to enter our world, and this building is obviously the door.

Something terrible is about to enter our world, and this building is obviously the door.


DOESNT GET ANY MORE OBVIOUS THAN THAT

So  B Gud!! 4 Gudness' sake!

WOA-ah-O!!

SOMEBODY'S COMIN'...!

Some body's cummin'...

Dr. Pete Venkman,
Ghostbusters
1984

He's commin'....!!
He's cummin'....!!

My Man
Let's Go Crazy
Purple Rain,
1984


Ain't it kinda funny when U C The Dawn...?



Pioneers for The Goddess



"Men! Can't live with them, can't sell 'em for parts."



"Men! With your... Sales!"

Dogs+Cats+Homeland Security = Juicy Government Contracts

Janine, You've Changed...


I want to just give a quick shout-out, Kudos and credit where it's due to J. Michael Strazinski as the Spiritual Godfather of all Lady Ghostbusters : 

Because I do, DISTINCTLY recall that he went out of his way to have Janine Melnitz strap on (sorry) a Proton Pack, don a pink jumpsuit and step up in a crisis to come to the aid and rescue of all of the silly men.

Before deciding she likes answering phones and taking messages better and declares that she knows her place in life, and this is it. Yay, Voluntary 1980s Glass-Ceiling. Girl Power.

Yeah - 'Cuz that isn't at all sexual.



Thursday 14 July 2016

Spooky Electric

The End(s) of Daze : Judgement Day, 1984 :

Purple Lightening + Storm Clouds + Sheena Easton Hair + Cuban Heels

= Camile the Chameleon : Good Evening!



"Vey ehm I Drippings Wiz Goo...?"

Spooky Electric came along, and then we all did a bunch of Ecstasy & Viagra, one thing let to another....


.....some years later stories started to emerge about Tuesday December 1st, 1987...

...Somewhere that night he decided against it’s release....

...The decision appeared to be made after experiencing some heavy hallucinations when using the drug Ecstasy...

In what he has called a vision the letters :

G O D 

[ NOTE : "G O D" Not " J E H O V A H " ]

were hovering over a field.....

...He also didn’t want this album to be his legacy in case he died after the release.....


[Well, of course he was going to die at some point after the release.... isn't he...?]

" MILLIONS NOW LIVING MAY NEVER DIE "



PLEASE DON'T BUY THE BLACK ALBUM. I'M SORRY

“Camille set out to silence his critics. No longer daring - his enemies laughed. No longer glam, his funk is half-assed... 

Tuesday came. Blue Tuesday. His canvas full, and lying on the table, Camille mustered all the hate that he was able. Hate 4 the ones who ever doubted his game. Hate 4 the ones who ever doubted his name.

Tis nobody funkier -- let the Black Album fly. Spooky Electric was talking, Camille started 2 cry. Tricked.

A fool he had been. In the lowest utmostest. 


He had allowed the dark side of him 2 create something evil. 

2 Nigs United 4 West Compton. 

Camille and his ego. Bob George. 

Why? 

Spooky Electric must die.”



"So let’s kiss our dark sides; let’s f**k our dark sides. 

Get him down there where he belongs. 

And he can tell us stuff. 

Y’know, that thing’s useful."

Bob George - Why? Spooky Electric Must Die.


“Camille set out to silence his critics. No longer daring - his enemies laughed. No longer glam, his funk is half-assed... 

Tuesday came. Blue Tuesday. His canvas full, and lying on the table, Camille mustered all the hate that he was able. Hate 4 the ones who ever doubted his game. Hate 4 the ones who ever doubted his name.

Tis nobody funkier -- let the Black Album fly. Spooky Electric was talking, Camille started 2 cry. Tricked.

A fool he had been. In the lowest utmostest. He had allowed the dark side of him 2 create something evil. 

2 Nigs United 4 West Compton. Camille and his ego. Bob George. Why? Spooky Electric must die.”




.....some years later stories started to emerge about Tuesday December 1st, 1987 and the preceding evening when Prince went to the club Rupert’s. He asked the DJ to play the new album and observed the responses of the people in the club.

The same night he met Ingrid Chavez. She is a poet, singer, songwriter and nowadays wife of singer David Sylvian. The two went to Paisley Park and had an intense conversation. Apparently Prince already had some doubts about releasing the album. Somewhere that night he decided against it’s release. The decision appeared to be made after experiencing some heavy hallucinations when using the drug Ecstasy. In what he has called a vision the letter G O D were hovering over a field. It made him realise that it was his responsibility not to release this dark and negative album to kids. 

He also didn’t want this album to be his legacy in case he died after the release.....

" MILLIONS NOW LIVING MAY NEVER DIE "


"So let’s kiss our dark sides; let’s f**k our dark sides. 

Get him down there where he belongs. 

And he can tell us stuff. 

Y’know, that thing’s useful."

GET BEHIND ME, SATAN

"I got 2 sides,
and they're both friends"

Prince,
My Name is Prince


Eye No



Rain is wet, and sugar is sweet

Clap your hands, and stomp your feet

Everybody, everybody knows
When love calls, U gotta go

(I Know
[repeated in the background]

([Listen, the soul of this song belongs 2 God])

Welcome 2 the Nu Power Generation
The reason my voice is so clear
Is there's no smack in my brain
Hundalasiliah

Ha na na-sha na na na na na na

I know there is a heaven, I know there is a hell
Listen 2 me people, I got a story to tell
I know there was confusion lightnin' all around me
That's when I called his name don't U know he found me

No! Is what Spooky Electric say, it's not OK
But I know love is the only way till my dying day
No - til my dying day I'll be OK
Cuz Lovesexy is the one til my day is done
Hundalasiliah

I know there is a devil because he talks so loud
He makes U do things that your friends do, hang out with the crowd
But my Lord he is so quiet when He calls your name
When U hear it your heart will thunder
U will want 2 hear it every day

No! (people) Is what Spooky Electric say (everbody say)
But don't U know that I know
Love is the only way, til my dying day
No - Til my dying day I'll be OK

Cuz Lovesexy is the 1 til my day is done

Hundalasiliah

Alright y'all, everybody in the house 
(serve it up, Frankie)

Here's what I want U 2 do:
Raise your hand up, straight in the air
Swing it 2 the right, savoir faire
Up on the 2, swing on the 4
Everybody on the dancefloor

Sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho
Sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho

Y'all ain't got it together
Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead

Raise your hand up, straight in the air

(let's get it up, let's get it up)

Yeah

Say no
(say no) No - if U can't find your way - everybody say
(say no) No - if U're afraid, everybody ain't got it made
(Say no) - if U want a drug other than the God above
No - if U need a drink every single day...

Blow that devil away!

Say 'Yes'
Yes - if U want this feeling called love
(come on 'ya, say)
Yes - if U want it now raise your hand 2 the man above
(Yes) Up on the 2, swing right on the 4
We want everybody 2 open this door!

Say 'No' - if U don't wanna live life under the gun
(I know) We know a better way 2 have some fun
(I know) I know - there is a heaven and a hell
I know there is a heaven and a hell

[song breaks down into a crowd noise...]

Tell ya what...
Man, are we on the guest list?
Guest list? Guest list?
I don't see no 5 dollars U owe...
Ok
I'm gonna go to the car
I'm goin' home.
I'm gonna have one of them sandwiches.

[sleep] sandwich, that's right

I need the green three sheets.
That's right. (that's what I'm talkin' about)
A peanut-butter sandwich (her and her girlfriend)
(the one that was standin')

[D] (right next to my woman...)
(right next to my woman)

Let us praise God [E]

With the fruit of the vine ((My name's Andre Crabtree III))

Our [innocent] symbol of glory ((I've got more holes than a golf course))

And thank him 4 lessons
Of the past, for life, Prince... 
(I said who popped the question?)

Wednesday 13 July 2016

Battle Bridge Road











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 with both names meaning simply 'vuztorious ons' This information comes from Folk Heroes ofBrituin bY Charles Knightly [Th1 nnes 8: Hudson, 1984) K , wtuy abp Vu an account of the reasoning b3md mppceing Boudioa's 1J'1be, the Iceni, no be rnatnlinenl in dmemr, of Ume rape of her daughters, and of Mr subsequentvengeance-
 clverzed reprisals upon the Roman perpetrators. S rnedbya
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 After
 Colchester, Boudiods
 army wept down upon London. At dleir qlpluach, the Roman garrison wisely wuahdrew, allowing the Item Mdou0Londonwhar:tl1eyhad done 'no Colchester, only on n much granderscals WhemnLondon next, Met a t1-up to the London Museum a.ndhavealookatthestl'lpod puree of fuck that represents a geological section of the ground bene.nd1 the city Ruling throujl it is n stripe of blackness n half-inch duck, this beingthererultofBoud:c¢'sbuming rage. In ma' wqnenenoe, when men $911 emu, they now at worst leave a dent in the side of the fudge. Heed and bake note
 The orgy of dest:ructl.on vlibed upon London was Boudil:a's
 undoing Had she followed the retreating Roman garrison she may have wiped them out before they were able to joi.n up unto the Fourteenth and Twentieth begmorss who were at the time positioned far away in Wales As it was, however, the Romans were able ho regroup and return to London with renewed forces. A suatamod auxprnse attack such as Boud¢a's revolt light actually have driven the Romans from Briton, at least for a while, but very few arnnescould wand agpmst the Roman war machine once it was properly prepared for battle The Romans recldmed London,
 with Lha Encl battle 11110115 place on the spot now called Battle Badge, _lust behind Kung; Clog: Station It seems that Boudloa and her daughter hook poison when it became wrtaill that the1.r forces would love die banttla. Aocolmts of what happened after this pool; vary: the moot popular legend is that the clamor queen is ounwontbr burned beneathplatform lo a K.zng's Clogs Station Another demon
 mainnnms that :ha was buried at a spot on Pnmroae Hill, one of the London mounds most sacred to the Dnuds, who were BoLld1ca's ashes.
 Other vananta suggest that the Quaens's body was taken away from Roman-occupled London by faithful followers Md burred at a8;ot called Deadquenesmove, near vlllalge of Sllversbom> Northampton fire, dlisaleabemgthe Iutremfilgeof the anc:.ent Britons that the Roman mvaslon had dwplnced.
 Other aourcas consLLl1Jed upon Boad1¢:ajBoudlca Include Aurora by Jenifer Westwood [Paladln Books, 1987), Landon by Christopher Hilbert (lnllglnans, Green 8: Co Ltd 1969); ad TheAquanan Gide to Legendary London, opined by John Manltews 8: Chesca Potter (Aquamn Pleas, 1990) amongst others, mcludmga helplial pamphlet by Chesca Potter entitled Mysterious Kmgis Crwoss (Golden Dawn, 1987).
 Battle Badge Road is a dismal back street bounded by a large gasometer on one side and n vow of Victorian slum housman the other.
 The 1egend'6o People hw Hara' ha boon panned on the aide off endterrace house by some embmtbeved lender: deposited tzherem by the Department al' Social Security Off ho one side Mn: .n winnow and dervelid dleywav name Clarence Passage, the Windows now blind and smashed, with weeds thrusting up between die paving stones. Gu11's eommenizary upon the matriwntral ongms of human society are n paraphraslllg of the notions put forward by Robert Graves M his book The Musa Goddess, iN 'l"l110h he suggests that hanan soclety was mother-cenNerled urltll males finally Figured out their role m procreat1on, at which point some form of
 pnnnarchfd rvevoluutlon took place While Glavss' informedqaeculntions prone a basis l'Qr the theammg of most contemporary feminist hutonans and commentators upon women? mysteries, Lt 1.9 worth poring out that they an Jud thzut: informed spoculatnorn This 1: mt to saythnttheyazeuntrueq amply that Um me unproven.
 For further information and
 speculation upon the l.uurping of female power by men, the reader is referred to Beyond Power': On Melt, Woman 8 Morals by lW=ri]yl:1 French [Jonathan Cape Ltd , 1985) French providesan e:0:el1en1t commentary upon the technique of subjugating womanhood by
 first demoing and destlowing the symlxnls of womanhood, namely the mother goddesses that formed Ume b8sls for our earnest religions, at leestnccordm8to Robert Gravis and has [partly inltultivws) sources.
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 G.Lll's amoral n Albion Dive would seam a good aplaoe as any to mentor the bash for the musings upon the all.gl1Jnuentl oflandon that make Up so much of the substance of this chapter. In his ]engLhy and t_fyp 1ca1l5r dense nanatlve poem Loa' Heat (Goldnnuk, Up]>i.nghl.nn, 1987), lam Sinclair bangs the 1eader's attantuon to the clwnmches of Nlcholas Hawksmoor and that aeemmg ahgnnnents, both with each other and wldu other London monuments of note and Important As part of the narrative, Sinclair includes a map Qr the 8 Gveut Churches The £13168 of influence, the mullstble pods qfforce active m this did, which I believe wm drawn by a friend of S 1nclaJr's, the remarkable poet and sculptor Brian Catljng Tels map, while suggestive ofmnany shapes, do not provide the shape that I was looking for until a couple of further points wen added