Indeed "vagina" as a clinical term for the female genitalia indicates the fundamental sexism of the weltenschaung that gave rise to our modern world; with the notion that woman exists for man, but without the notion that man exists for woman.
"And remove the sheath of your ignorance
Bless the eunuch
And the Skoptsi"
There is a strong current in human history of "religion" or psychic development being pursued by those who believe the physical side of humanity, in its rawest form the sexual side, to be inherently corrupt. To paraphrase the gospels, "if your left nut causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it into the fire".
"With the orgies of the sacrament"
The eucharist is the mock devouring of the flesh and blood of a human sacrifice, a parody of earlier pagan rites of eating a sacrificial animal, and still earlier rites of actually eating a human sacrifice. The accompanying wine/blood perhaps comes from the bacchanlia, pagan orgies.
"But it's a cheap world and you don't exist..."
The illusory nature of the reality of the senses is a common thread in ascetic religion. . .
"Slit the fabric of the right now"
as is the metaphor of a "veil" of illusion, and the focus on perception of time, on the "eternal now".
"spread your legs and wear the crown"
Babylon, the mother of harlots, drinks the blood of the saints. The eucharist is the drinking of the blood of the Christ.
"Tell me how long, lord, how long?
Till I get my beauty sleep?"
The elevation of the aterlife in Christianity is only possible at the cost of degrading the present life; if perfection is only attainable in the heaven after death, then why do we not seek out death? Indeed, Christians often have.
from the Skoptsy wiki page: "They believed that after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had the halves of the forbidden fruit grafted onto their bodies forming testicles and breasts. Thus, the removal of these sexual organs restored the Skoptsy to the pristine state before the Original Sin. In this the Skoptsy maintained that they were fulfilling Christ's counsel of perfection in Matthew 19:12[1] and 18:8–9.[2]"
from the Skoptsy wiki page: "They believed that after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had the halves of the forbidden fruit grafted onto their bodies forming testicles and breasts. Thus, the removal of these sexual organs restored the Skoptsy to the pristine state before the Original Sin. In this the Skoptsy maintained that they were fulfilling Christ's counsel of perfection in Matthew 19:12[1] and 18:8–9.[2]"
I think sheathe of ignorance is more likely referring to Adam and Eve grafting the Fruit of Knowledge to themselves,...
I think sheathe of ignorance is more likely referring to Adam and Eve grafting the Fruit of Knowledge to themselves, and "removing" it to achieve an original state, although Mike Patton could be a rabid feminist, it's clear he loves his latin.
The Latin word for "sheath" is "vagina".
Indeed "vagina" as a clinical term for the female genitalia indicates the fundamental sexism of the weltenschaung that gave rise to our modern world; with the notion that woman exists for man, but without the notion that man exists for woman.
"And remove the sheath of your ignorance Bless the eunuch And the Skoptsi"
There is a strong current in human history of "religion" or psychic development being pursued by those who believe the physical side of humanity, in its rawest form the sexual side, to be inherently corrupt. To paraphrase the gospels, "if your left nut causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it into the fire".
"With the orgies of the sacrament"
The eucharist is the mock devouring of the flesh and blood of a human sacrifice, a parody of earlier pagan rites of eating a sacrificial animal, and still earlier rites of actually eating a human sacrifice. The accompanying wine/blood perhaps comes from the bacchanlia, pagan orgies.
"But it's a cheap world and you don't exist..."
The illusory nature of the reality of the senses is a common thread in ascetic religion. . .
"Slit the fabric of the right now"
as is the metaphor of a "veil" of illusion, and the focus on perception of time, on the "eternal now".
"spread your legs and wear the crown"
Babylon, the mother of harlots, drinks the blood of the saints. The eucharist is the drinking of the blood of the Christ.
"Tell me how long, lord, how long? Till I get my beauty sleep?"
The elevation of the aterlife in Christianity is only possible at the cost of degrading the present life; if perfection is only attainable in the heaven after death, then why do we not seek out death? Indeed, Christians often have.
@untermenschfurimmer "And remove the sheath of your ignorance"
@untermenschfurimmer "And remove the sheath of your ignorance"
from the Skoptsy wiki page: "They believed that after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had the halves of the forbidden fruit grafted onto their bodies forming testicles and breasts. Thus, the removal of these sexual organs restored the Skoptsy to the pristine state before the Original Sin. In this the Skoptsy maintained that they were fulfilling Christ's counsel of perfection in Matthew 19:12[1] and 18:8–9.[2]"
from the Skoptsy wiki page: "They believed that after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had the halves of the forbidden fruit grafted onto their bodies forming testicles and breasts. Thus, the removal of these sexual organs restored the Skoptsy to the pristine state before the Original Sin. In this the Skoptsy maintained that they were fulfilling Christ's counsel of perfection in Matthew 19:12[1] and 18:8–9.[2]"
I think sheathe of ignorance is more likely referring to Adam and Eve grafting the Fruit of Knowledge to themselves,...
I think sheathe of ignorance is more likely referring to Adam and Eve grafting the Fruit of Knowledge to themselves, and "removing" it to achieve an original state, although Mike Patton could be a rabid feminist, it's clear he loves his latin.