norton ash wrote:Can we at least post a 'may be triggering' warning for people whose first LSD experience was inextricably intertwined with the Beatles? Because you are all blowing my mind, man.
Ooh, you're right! Lots of rapid-fire images & spooky sounds.... the earlier ones, not as much. The guy definatly improved with time.
norton ash wrote:NOT.. going to..look...into...this... life's TOO short.
HA! Yeah, that's exactly how I feel about it!
But ... it's ..... so ..... TEMPTING.
God help me, I went down this hole a few years back, nothing was resolved. Now what I really want to know is just why is this so tempting. Is it the thought that such a totally, literally, IN YOUR FACE deception could work? The switch was made in the days of old media, it was quick, and now it's all we know. That's it isn't it?
"When I'm done ranting about elite power that rules the planet under a totalitarian government that uses the media in order to keep people stupid, my throat gets parched. That's why I drink Orange Drink!"
All I can say is well played, streeb. That's one of many Crowley/ancient Egypt connections.
For those who aren't aware, Aleister Crowley claimed to have written The Book of the Law in a fit of automatic writing while visiting the great pyramids in 1904. He claimed that the book was dictated to him by the spirit Aiwass, who was the messenger of Horus.
Meanwhile, McCartney's logo..
And deeper down we go...
Returning to Crowley and Egypt for a minute...
Here's Crowley on the cover of Sgt. Pepper (center).
and...
and the Winged Beatle:
Scarab beetle:
Meaning: It seemed to the ancient Egyptians that the young scarab beetles emerged spontaneously from the burrow were they were born. Therefore they were worshipped as "Khepera", which means "he was came forth." This creative aspect of the scarab was associated with the creator god Atum.
The ray-like antenna on the beetle's head and its practice of dung-rolling caused the beetle to also carry solar symbolism. The scarab-beetle god Khepera was believed to push the setting sun along the sky in the same manner as the bettle with his ball of dung. In many artifacts, the scarab is depicted pushing the sun along its course in the sky.
"One day you'll look to see I've gone For tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun
Some day you'll know I was the one But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun"
Indeed.
"Arrogance is experiential and environmental in cause. Human experience can make and unmake arrogance. Ours is about to get unmade."
That scarab beetle image is spooky..I remember when the whole "Paul is dead" thing came out. I sorta freaked out a bit. Went off the deep end, no joke. And what's weird is that I never liked Paul. My first Beatle crush was John, then I was in love with George at the time of Paul's "death." Paul was too pretty for me. But after he "died" I believed we were "meant for" each other and he was waiting for me to j"oin him" so "the world will live as one." I came out unscathed eventually. Actually, I willed myself to return to sanity.
Now, I hate Wings and all the "Faul" stands for. Especially for making me go mad for a year or so during my adolescence. What a waste!
Oddly, never found 'them' sexy... being born in 1967, my mind had placed them in the 'comdedian' section of my pleasure receptors: like The Marx Brothers. Every Thanksgiving, my local station showed "Yellow Submarine" and sometimes "Hard Days Night" & "HELP!".... I'm sure I didn't consider them rock stars!