The Whore of Babylon

Mary, Mary, quite contrary

Now given that it is Easter, as I am writing this, our annual reminder of the violence of brutal oppressors, how could I let the opportunity go by to say a few words to Mary, the aristocrat.

I mentioned in a previous piece that Pharaoh of Egypt was completely destroyed during the collapse of the Old Kingdom, and that it took one hundred years for Pharaoh to climb back onto his throne. I also suggested that the satirical parable in Exodus is a legend which, as is typical for legends, grew more and more elaborate over the years, and refers back to the time when Pharaoh's kingdom collapsed into ruins, which would then have been a perfect time for ‘Moses' to have led a bunch of slaves out of Egypt to liberation and freedom. Legends, we know, often have some connection with a real historical event, and given the parallels that exist between elements in that legend and things recorded in Egyptian historical records of the time, I conclude that this legend refers to some real historical event, even if the legend itself is not historical, but rather is found to be a satirical parable. Even the most outlandish elements of that satire are rooted in real history. We are told that the magicians of Egypt had a magic contest with Moses, doing such stunts as using their magical spells to turn a stick into a live serpent. This is satire of Egyptian religion, which was based upon magical rituals performed by priests, who wrote large books full of magic spells. The point of the satire was that all the magic of those Egyptians was not powerful enough to allow them to keep their slaves, nor was it powerful enough to save Pharaoh or stop those disasters that happened to Pharaoh's kingdom back in those days.

It turns out that even familiar fairy tales, which are also legends, are rooted in real historical events. For example we have all heard the one about ‘Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow...with pretty maidens all in a row.' Now people think of that as a children's nursery rhyme, and the only reason a poem like that could be considered a nursery rhyme today is that people have forgotten the history behind the legend. You see, Mary was an aristocrat and she was also a lesbian, and they were outing her. Now outing a lesbian might seem like vicious act, until you realize that the aristocrats of those times were peddling the exorbitant piety and extravagant spirituality of religion, with all its pomp and splendor, while at the same time they were cynically peddling the fig leaf that went along with that maudlin display of exaggerated piety. This did not mean that the aristocracy was much interested in such religion themselves, for you see, Mary was busy lining up pretty little maidens all in a row. The stupidity of religion was just a tool of the aristocracy used to muddle the heads of the lumpen masses of peasants they were oppressing and exploiting, and so therefore Mary was outed to expose the hypocrisy of that whole rotten system and the hypocritical fraud of that religion, which was the religion of the aristocracy only in the sense that it was their tool.

Yes, Mary was quite contrary all right, but that didn't stop her nor did it stop her priests from cynically peddling that fig leaf But then Mary and her priests were just vicious oppressors of the human race, and that fig leaf was just one more in a long line of such ruthless attacks on humanity. For that particular attack Mary preferred to out source the job to priests because she knew that for some reason humanity is quite gullible when it comes to frocked up imposters posing as ‘men of God', and therefore they will do just about anything, no matter how stupid, if a priest told them to, and this was then a way of making sure that they never did anything to Mary, such as tie Mary up and then rob her house. As you would know the advice of Joshua was that if you want to overcome a strong oppressor, first you must tie him up, and then once he has been well knotted, you can rob the oppressors house. Mary had priests in her service you see, because she didn't care much for that Joshua, and she preferred ‘Jesus' and his priests instead, because she knew with them on the job she wouldn't have to ever worry about being tied up and robbed and that she could be free to oppress humanity for at least another two thousand years, provided that evangelists kept busy and people kept accepting Jesus into their hearts, becoming the type of people who wore fig leaves and never tied anyone up, which was the whole idea behind the invention of that elaborate orthodox religion in the first place.

If you study the archeological record you will find that religion is always found sitting beside the throne. When Christianity came along Mary thought it was just another religion, and the priests thought so as well, and thus we found Mary inviting priests to share her throne, and we find priests accepting the invitation.

Now, oh Mary, what will you do? You took the bait, Mary, and now what will you do? You never expected to get caught out, now did you Mary? How will you get into the Garden, Mary, how will you get into the Garden now? You discovered that the secret to success was ruthlessness and wickedness. After all, look how far evil took you Mary, and no one was able to remove you from your throne. But you didn't put enough thought into what you were doing, Mary, nor did you or your priests ever stop to think about how it would all turn out at the end of it all. Now how will you get into the Garden, Mary, how will you get into the Garden now? The source of your great power was terror and the threat of death which you held like a sword over the necks of the oppressed of the earth, as you threatened to expel them from the Garden forever and plunge them into ever lasting darkness. Now how will you be judged, Mary. How will you get into the Garden now?

The Song of the Ruthless

"How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased!YAHWEH has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers, that smote the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.

The fool will no more be called noble, nor the knave said to be honorable. For the fool speaks folly, and his mind plots iniquity: to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning YAHWEH, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink. The knaveries of the knave are evil; he devises wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. But he who is noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.

Therefore strong peoples will glorify thee; cities of ruthless nations will fear thee. For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the blast of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall, like heat in a dry place. Thou dost subdue the noise of the nations; as heat by the shade of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless fades away..

Come Down From Your Throne

Come down from your throne, and sit in the dust, you old Whore of Babylon, for never again will you be called tender and delicate, the creme de la creme, and the blue blooded. Now pick up the handmill and start grinding corn. Pick up an ax and start chopping wood, and head into the kitchen and start making those sandwiches. Strip off you veil and lift up your skirt and wade through rivers so that your nakedness can be seen and your shame exposed. Vengeance will taken, and clemency will not be offered to you. Go into the darkness and sit in silence, you old Whore of Babylon, for never again will you be called ‘the ruling class.' Nations were surrendered into your power and you showed them no mercy whatsoever, and you filled the world with grinding misery and suffering. Even on the very aged and the young and the helpless you placed a back breaking yoke of ruthless oppression.

You said to yourself, ‘I shall remain a queen forever.' You gave no thought to your actions, nor did you stop for a moment to consider how it was all going to turn out for you at the end of it all.

Now listen to this, you lover of wealth and luxury, sitting there secure upon your throne. You say to yourself, ‘I am, and there is no other. I shall never never sit in widow's mourning, never know the loss of children.' But suddenly, in a single day, both these things will come upon you in full measure; loss of children and widowhood, despite all your many magical spells and your constant sorcery.

Secure in your wicked ways you thought, ‘No one can see me. No one knows what I am doing.' It was your own great wisdom and shrewdness that led you astray. You said to yourself, ‘I am, and there is no other.' Therefore, now evil will overwhelm you, and you will not know how to conjure it away. Disaster will befall you, and you will not be able to avert it; ruin entirely unforseen will suddenly come upon you.

Persist in your spells and your many sorceries, in which you have trafficked all your life. Maybe you can get some help from them. Maybe you will yet inspire terror. In spite of your many wiles you are powerless. All your advisers have become like stubble, and fire burns them up. They cannot snatch themselves from the flames, for this is not a cozy little fire to warm themselves by. So much for your magicians with whom you have trafficked all your life . They have wandered off, each going his own way, and there is now no one left to save you.

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